diff --git a/apps/events/src/components/playground.tsx b/apps/events/src/components/playground.tsx
index c324e450..084f2868 100644
--- a/apps/events/src/components/playground.tsx
+++ b/apps/events/src/components/playground.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getSmartAccountWalletClient } from '@/lib/smart-account';
-import { _useDeleteEntityPublic, useQuery } from '@graphprotocol/hypergraph-react';
+import { _useCreateEntityPublic, _useDeleteEntityPublic, useQuery } from '@graphprotocol/hypergraph-react';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { Event } from '../schema';
 import { Button } from './ui/button';
@@ -14,17 +14,46 @@ export const Playground = () => {
     },
   });
   const [isDeleting, setIsDeleting] = useState(false);
+  const [isCreating, setIsCreating] = useState(false);
 
   const deleteEntity = _useDeleteEntityPublic(Event, {
     space: '1c954768-7e14-4f0f-9396-0fe9dcd55fe8',
   });
 
+  const createEntity = _useCreateEntityPublic(Event, {
+    space: '1c954768-7e14-4f0f-9396-0fe9dcd55fe8',
+  });
+
   console.log({ isLoading, isError, data });
 
   return (
     <div>
       {isLoading && <div>Loading...</div>}
       {isError && <div>Error</div>}
+      <Button
+        disabled={isCreating}
+        onClick={async () => {
+          setIsCreating(true);
+          const walletClient = await getSmartAccountWalletClient();
+          if (!walletClient) {
+            alert('Wallet client not found');
+            setIsCreating(false);
+            return;
+          }
+          const { success, cid, txResult } = await createEntity(
+            {
+              name: 'Test Event 42 by Nik',
+              sponsors: ['347676a1-7cef-47dc-b6a7-c94fc6237dcd'],
+            },
+            // @ts-expect-error - TODO: fix the types error
+            { walletClient },
+          );
+          console.log('created', { success, cid, txResult });
+          setIsCreating(false);
+        }}
+      >
+        Create
+      </Button>
       {data?.map((event) => (
         <div key={event.id}>
           <h2>{event.name}</h2>
diff --git a/packages/hypergraph-react/src/index.ts b/packages/hypergraph-react/src/index.ts
index 45767be2..a4d826ad 100644
--- a/packages/hypergraph-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hypergraph-react/src/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export {
   useUpdateEntity,
 } from './HypergraphSpaceContext.js';
 export { generateDeleteOps as _generateDeleteOps } from './internal/generate-delete-ops.js';
+export { useCreateEntityPublic as _useCreateEntityPublic } from './internal/use-create-entity-public.js';
 export { useDeleteEntityPublic as _useDeleteEntityPublic } from './internal/use-delete-entity-public.js';
 export { useGenerateCreateOps as _useGenerateCreateOps } from './internal/use-generate-create-ops.js';
 export { useQueryPublic as _useQueryPublic } from './internal/use-query-public.js';
diff --git a/packages/hypergraph-react/src/internal/use-create-entity-public.ts b/packages/hypergraph-react/src/internal/use-create-entity-public.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2ef30a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hypergraph-react/src/internal/use-create-entity-public.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { type GeoSmartAccount, Graph, Id, type PropertiesParam, type RelationsParam } from '@graphprotocol/grc-20';
+import type { Entity } from '@graphprotocol/hypergraph';
+import { Type, store } from '@graphprotocol/hypergraph';
+import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useSelector } from '@xstate/store/react';
+import type * as Schema from 'effect/Schema';
+import { publishOps } from '../publish-ops.js';
+
+type CreateEntityPublicParams = {
+  space: string;
+};
+
+export function useCreateEntityPublic<const S extends Entity.AnyNoContext>(
+  type: S,
+  { space }: CreateEntityPublicParams,
+) {
+  const mapping = useSelector(store, (state) => state.context.mapping);
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+
+  return async (
+    data: Readonly<Schema.Schema.Type<Entity.Insert<S>>>,
+    { walletClient }: { walletClient: GeoSmartAccount },
+    // TODO: return the entity with this type: Promise<Entity.Entity<S>>
+  ) => {
+    try {
+      // @ts-expect-error TODO should use the actual type instead of the name in the mapping
+      const typeName = type.name;
+      const mappingEntry = mapping?.[typeName];
+      if (!mappingEntry) {
+        throw new Error(`Mapping entry for ${typeName} not found`);
+      }
+
+      const fields = type.fields;
+      const values: PropertiesParam = [];
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(mappingEntry.properties || {})) {
+        let serializedValue: string = data[key];
+        if (fields[key] === Type.Checkbox) {
+          serializedValue = Graph.serializeCheckbox(data[key]);
+        } else if (fields[key] === Type.Date) {
+          serializedValue = Graph.serializeDate(data[key]);
+        } else if (fields[key] === Type.Point) {
+          serializedValue = Graph.serializePoint(data[key]);
+        } else if (fields[key] === Type.Number) {
+          serializedValue = Graph.serializeNumber(data[key]);
+        }
+
+        values.push({
+          property: Id.Id(value),
+          value: serializedValue,
+        });
+      }
+
+      const relations: RelationsParam = {};
+      for (const [key, relationId] of Object.entries(mappingEntry.relations || {})) {
+        const toIds: { toEntity: Id.Id }[] = [];
+
+        if (data[key]) {
+          // @ts-expect-error - TODO: fix the types error
+          for (const entity of data[key]) {
+            if (typeof entity === 'string') {
+              toIds.push({ toEntity: Id.Id(entity) });
+            } else {
+              toIds.push({ toEntity: Id.Id(entity.id) });
+            }
+          }
+          relations[Id.Id(relationId)] = toIds;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const { ops } = Graph.createEntity({
+        types: mappingEntry.typeIds,
+        id: data.id,
+        values,
+        relations,
+      });
+
+      const { cid, txResult } = await publishOps({
+        ops,
+        space,
+        name: `Create entity ${data.id}`,
+        walletClient,
+        network: 'TESTNET',
+      });
+      // TODO: temporary fix until we get the information from the API when a transaction is confirmed
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+        queryKey: [
+          'hypergraph-public-entities',
+          // @ts-expect-error - TODO: find a better way to access the type.name
+          type.name,
+          space,
+        ],
+      });
+      return { success: true, cid, txResult };
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(error);
+      return { success: false, error: 'Failed to create entity' };
+    }
+  };
+}