Create an agent identity without issuing credentials

POST

/v1/admin/orgs/{org_id}/projects/{project_id}/agents

• Production
• Local

Creates an active, project-bound agent for console-managed inboxes. API keys can be issued separately.

Authorizations

• ClerkSession
• AgentKey
  account:admin
• AgentKey
  agent:manage

Parameters

Path Parameters

org_id

required

string

project_id

required

string

Request Body ^required

object

name

required

Human-facing agent name. The server generates its technical handle.

string

>= 1 characters <= 120 characters

Responses

201

Created

object

id

string

handle

string

name

string

status

string

Allowed values: active disabled

mailbox_count

Inboxes owned by this agent in the active project.

integer

last_seen_at

Latest authenticated API-key activity.

string format: date-time

nullable

created_at

string format: date-time

400

Invalid request.

The canonical error envelope. error is a stable machine code.

object

error

required

Stable error code (e.g. unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, invalid, quota_exceeded, rate_limited).

string

Example

forbidden

message

Human-readable detail (never leaks internals).

string

Example

missing required scope

reason

Machine-readable quota reason. inbox_limit_exceeded means billing account inbox capacity across all organizations and projects sharing that account; enrollment_token_mailbox_budget_exhausted means the enrollment key lifetime creation allowance. Read message for recovery; inbox counts are separate from sending quotas.

string

used

Consumed plus reserved units.

integer format: int64

delta

Requested additional units.

integer format: int64

limit

integer format: int64

remaining

integer format: int64

consumed

integer format: int64

reserved

integer format: int64

next_reset_at

Next UTC usage-period boundary; pending reservations survive this boundary.

string format: date-time

upgrade_required

boolean

401

Missing or invalid credential.

The canonical error envelope. error is a stable machine code.

object

error

required

Stable error code (e.g. unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, invalid, quota_exceeded, rate_limited).

string

Example

forbidden

message

Human-readable detail (never leaks internals).

string

Example

missing required scope

reason

Machine-readable quota reason. inbox_limit_exceeded means billing account inbox capacity across all organizations and projects sharing that account; enrollment_token_mailbox_budget_exhausted means the enrollment key lifetime creation allowance. Read message for recovery; inbox counts are separate from sending quotas.

string

used

Consumed plus reserved units.

integer format: int64

delta

Requested additional units.

integer format: int64

limit

integer format: int64

remaining

integer format: int64

consumed

integer format: int64

reserved

integer format: int64

next_reset_at

Next UTC usage-period boundary; pending reservations survive this boundary.

string format: date-time

upgrade_required

boolean

403

Authenticated but lacking the required scope, or out of quota.

The canonical error envelope. error is a stable machine code.

object

error

required

Stable error code (e.g. unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, invalid, quota_exceeded, rate_limited).

string

Example

forbidden

message

Human-readable detail (never leaks internals).

string

Example

missing required scope

reason

Machine-readable quota reason. inbox_limit_exceeded means billing account inbox capacity across all organizations and projects sharing that account; enrollment_token_mailbox_budget_exhausted means the enrollment key lifetime creation allowance. Read message for recovery; inbox counts are separate from sending quotas.

string

used

Consumed plus reserved units.

integer format: int64

delta

Requested additional units.

integer format: int64

limit

integer format: int64

remaining

integer format: int64

consumed

integer format: int64

reserved

integer format: int64

next_reset_at

Next UTC usage-period boundary; pending reservations survive this boundary.

string format: date-time

upgrade_required

boolean