diff --git a/js-pkg/sdk/src/main.ts b/js-pkg/sdk/src/main.ts
index 945001fb..8a112cd6 100644
--- a/js-pkg/sdk/src/main.ts
+++ b/js-pkg/sdk/src/main.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ export class DocumentManager {
     const clientToken = await this.getClientToken(docId, authDocRequest)
     return new DocConnection(clientToken)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new document with initial content.
+   *
+   * @param update A Yjs update byte string representing the initial content.
+   * @returns A {@link DocCreationResult} object containing the ID of the created document.
+   */
+  public async createDocWithContent(update: Uint8Array): Promise<DocCreationResult> {
+    const result = await this.createDoc()
+    await this.updateDoc(result.docId, update)
+    return result
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -187,3 +199,19 @@ export async function createDoc(
   const manager = new DocumentManager(connectionString)
   return await manager.createDoc(docId)
 }
+
+/**
+ * A convenience wrapper around {@link DocumentManager.createDocWithContent} for creating a new document
+ * with initial content.
+ *
+ * @param connectionString A connection string (starting with `ys://` or `yss://`) referring to a y-sweet server.
+ * @param update A Yjs update byte string representing the initial content.
+ * @returns A {@link DocCreationResult} object containing the ID of the created document.
+ */
+export async function createDocWithContent(
+  connectionString: string,
+  update: Uint8Array,
+): Promise<DocCreationResult> {
+  const manager = new DocumentManager(connectionString)
+  return await manager.createDocWithContent(update)
+}