Create Service Account

POST /v1/organizations/service_accounts

Requires an OAuth access token with the org:admin scope, from ant auth login --scope org:admin or a workload identity federation rule; Admin API keys are not accepted. See Manage WIF with the Admin API.

Create a service account.

A service account is a named workload identity that federation rules target. organization_role is developer (default) or admin; a rule may only be created or retargeted to grant org:admin scope when the target's organization_role is admin. Creating an admin-role service account requires an interactive credential (a user OAuth token or a Console session) — a workload may only create developer-role service accounts.

Headers

• "anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta

  Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

  • string

  • "message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 42 more

    • "message-batches-2024-09-24"

    • "prompt-caching-2024-07-31"

    • "computer-use-2024-10-22"

    • "computer-use-2025-01-24"

    • "pdfs-2024-09-25"

    • "token-counting-2024-11-01"

    • "token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"

    • "output-128k-2025-02-19"

    • "files-api-2025-04-14"

    • "mcp-client-2025-04-04"

    • "mcp-client-2025-11-20"

    • "dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"

    • "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"

    • "code-execution-2025-05-22"

    • "extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"

    • "context-1m-2025-08-07"

    • "context-management-2025-06-27"

    • "model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"

    • "skills-2025-10-02"

    • "fast-mode-2026-02-01"

    • "output-300k-2026-03-24"

    • "user-profiles-2026-03-24"

    • "user-profiles-2026-08-18"

    • "user-profiles-2026-09-04"

    • "advisor-tool-2026-03-01"

    • "managed-agents-2026-04-01"

    • "cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"

    • "dreaming-2026-04-21"

    • "thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"

    • "server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"

    • "server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"

    • "fallback-credit-2026-06-01"

    • "fallback-credit-2026-07-01"

    • "agent-memory-2026-07-22"

    • "mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"

    • "compact-2026-01-12"

    • "computer-use-2025-11-24"

    • "mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"

    • "structured-outputs-2025-11-13"

    • "task-budgets-2026-03-13"

    • "thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"

    • "ce-user-management-2026-07-13"

    • "mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"

    • "thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"

    • "mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"

Body parameters

• name: string

  Slug identifier (lowercase, digits, hyphens). Unique within the organization; a duplicate name returns 409.

  maxLength: 255, minLength: 1

• description: optional string or null

  Optional free-text description.

  maxLength: 2000

• organization_role: optional "admin" or "developer"

  Org-level role. Defaults to developer.

  • "admin"

  • "developer"

Returns

• BetaServiceAccount object

  Named non-human identity within the caller's organization.

  A service account is a pure identity: name + org. Authorization lives on whatever references it (federation rules).

  • type: "service_account"

    default: service_account

  • id: string

    Tagged ID of the service account.

  • archived_at: string or null

    If set, this service account is archived.

    format: date-time

  • archived_by_actor_id: string or null

    Tagged ID (user_/svac_) of the actor that archived this service account.

  • created_at: string

    When this service account was created.

    format: date-time

  • created_by_actor_id: string or null

    Tagged ID (user_/svac_) of the actor that created this service account.

  • description: string or null

    Optional free-text description.

  • name: string

    Admin-chosen slug identifier.

  • organization_role: "admin" or "developer"

    Org-level role. A federation rule may only be created or retargeted to grant org:admin scope when this is admin. A rule granting org:admin whose target is later demoted to developer is rejected at token exchange. Rules granting org:admin are managed in the Console.

    • "admin"

    • "developer"

  • updated_at: string

    When this service account was last updated.

    format: date-time

  • updated_by_actor_id: string or null

    Tagged ID (user_/svac_) of the actor that last updated this service account.

Example

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/service_accounts \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "name": "ci-deploy-bot"
        }'

Response (200)

{
  "id": "svac_01SDCCSbTxrXDpWc1phhtcfK",
  "archived_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "archived_by_actor_id": "archived_by_actor_id",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "created_by_actor_id": "created_by_actor_id",
  "description": "description",
  "name": "ci-deploy-bot",
  "organization_role": "admin",
  "type": "service_account",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "updated_by_actor_id": "updated_by_actor_id"
}