In Hesiod’s myth of Pandora, Zeus instructed Hephaestus to create her.
The episode follows Prometheus’s theft of fire for humanity. Zeus responds by ordering the creation of a woman whose arrival forms part of a punishment directed at Prometheus and humans. Hephaestus, the divine craftsman, shapes her from earth or clay in the account’s broad sequence.
Other gods then contribute qualities, ornaments, or abilities to Pandora. This division of roles is why the myth involves several Olympian figures, but Zeus remains the authority who initiates the plan. Hephaestus is the maker, not the god who orders it.
Different summaries sometimes compress the story and say simply that the gods created Pandora. That wording is broadly understandable, but Hesiod’s narrative gives Zeus the command and Hephaestus the crafting role. Distinguishing those roles makes the answer specific.