diff --git a/coder-sdk/env.go b/coder-sdk/env.go
index 7743213c..050db088 100644
--- a/coder-sdk/env.go
+++ b/coder-sdk/env.go
@@ -75,16 +75,17 @@ const (
 
 // CreateEnvironmentRequest is used to configure a new environment.
 type CreateEnvironmentRequest struct {
-	Name           string   `json:"name"`
-	ImageID        string   `json:"image_id"`
-	OrgID          string   `json:"org_id"`
-	ImageTag       string   `json:"image_tag"`
-	CPUCores       float32  `json:"cpu_cores"`
-	MemoryGB       float32  `json:"memory_gb"`
-	DiskGB         int      `json:"disk_gb"`
-	GPUs           int      `json:"gpus"`
-	Services       []string `json:"services"`
-	UseContainerVM bool     `json:"use_container_vm"`
+	Name           string  `json:"name"`
+	ImageID        string  `json:"image_id"`
+	OrgID          string  `json:"org_id"`
+	ImageTag       string  `json:"image_tag"`
+	CPUCores       float32 `json:"cpu_cores"`
+	MemoryGB       float32 `json:"memory_gb"`
+	DiskGB         int     `json:"disk_gb"`
+	GPUs           int     `json:"gpus"`
+	UseContainerVM bool    `json:"use_container_vm"`
+	ResourcePoolID string  `json:"resource_pool_id"`
+	Namespace      string  `json:"namespace"`
 
 	// Template comes from the parse template route on cemanager.
 	// This field should never be manually populated
@@ -189,14 +190,12 @@ func (c *DefaultClient) StopEnvironment(ctx context.Context, envID string) error
 // UpdateEnvironmentReq defines the update operation, only setting
 // nil-fields.
 type UpdateEnvironmentReq struct {
-	ImageID              *string   `json:"image_id"`
-	ImageTag             *string   `json:"image_tag"`
-	CPUCores             *float32  `json:"cpu_cores"`
-	MemoryGB             *float32  `json:"memory_gb"`
-	DiskGB               *int      `json:"disk_gb"`
-	GPUs                 *int      `json:"gpus"`
-	Services             *[]string `json:"services"`
-	CodeServerReleaseURL *string   `json:"code_server_release_url"`
+	ImageID  *string  `json:"image_id"`
+	ImageTag *string  `json:"image_tag"`
+	CPUCores *float32 `json:"cpu_cores"`
+	MemoryGB *float32 `json:"memory_gb"`
+	DiskGB   *int     `json:"disk_gb"`
+	GPUs     *int     `json:"gpus"`
 }
 
 // RebuildEnvironment requests that the given envID is rebuilt with no changes to its specification.
diff --git a/internal/cmd/envs.go b/internal/cmd/envs.go
index 38ea29ca..e824aa65 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/envs.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/envs.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"cdr.dev/coder-cli/coder-sdk"
+	"cdr.dev/coder-cli/internal/coderutil"
 	"cdr.dev/coder-cli/internal/x/xcobra"
 	"cdr.dev/coder-cli/pkg/clog"
 	"cdr.dev/coder-cli/pkg/tablewriter"
@@ -198,6 +199,11 @@ coder envs create my-new-powerful-env --cpu 12 --disk 100 --memory 16 --image ub
 				return err
 			}
 
+			provider, err := coderutil.DefaultWorkspaceProvider(ctx, client)
+			if err != nil {
+				return xerrors.Errorf("default workspace provider: %w", err)
+			}
+
 			// ExactArgs(1) ensures our name value can't panic on an out of bounds.
 			createReq := &coder.CreateEnvironmentRequest{
 				Name:           args[0],
@@ -209,6 +215,8 @@ coder envs create my-new-powerful-env --cpu 12 --disk 100 --memory 16 --image ub
 				DiskGB:         disk,
 				GPUs:           gpus,
 				UseContainerVM: useCVM,
+				ResourcePoolID: provider.ID,
+				Namespace:      provider.DefaultNamespace,
 			}
 
 			// if any of these defaulted to their zero value we provision
@@ -339,9 +347,16 @@ coder envs create-from-repo -f coder.yaml`,
 				return xerrors.Errorf("parse environment template config: %w", err)
 			}
 
+			provider, err := coderutil.DefaultWorkspaceProvider(ctx, client)
+			if err != nil {
+				return xerrors.Errorf("default workspace provider: %w", err)
+			}
+
 			env, err := client.CreateEnvironment(ctx, coder.CreateEnvironmentRequest{
-				OrgID:    userOrg.ID,
-				Template: tpl,
+				OrgID:          userOrg.ID,
+				Template:       tpl,
+				ResourcePoolID: provider.ID,
+				Namespace:      provider.DefaultNamespace,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return xerrors.Errorf("create environment: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/coderutil/env.go b/internal/coderutil/env.go
index fff6072d..aca70c4c 100644
--- a/internal/coderutil/env.go
+++ b/internal/coderutil/env.go
@@ -58,3 +58,17 @@ func EnvsWithProvider(ctx context.Context, client coder.Client, envs []coder.Env
 	}
 	return pooledEnvs, nil
 }
+
+// DefaultWorkspaceProvider returns the default provider with which to create environments.
+func DefaultWorkspaceProvider(ctx context.Context, c coder.Client) (*coder.WorkspaceProvider, error) {
+	provider, err := c.WorkspaceProviders(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, p := range provider {
+		if p.Local {
+			return &p, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, coder.ErrNotFound
+}