Create a child org (admin+ on the parent)

POST

/v1/admin/orgs

• Production
• Local

Create a CHILD org under parent_org_id (required). Requires admin+ on the parent. The child inherits the root org’s tier/limits and is capped by the root’s max_child_orgs. Client org/customer ids are never accepted.

Authorizations

• ClerkSession

Request Body ^required

Create a CHILD org. parent_org_id is required (only child orgs are creatable from the console in v1; a user’s single root org is bootstrapped on first sign-in). admin+ on the parent is required. Client-supplied org ids are NEVER accepted; the server creates a UUID and a compatibility customer id.

object

display_name

string

slug

string

parent_org_id

required

string

Responses

201

Created.

An Extrovert organization (the authority/billing boundary). org ids are plain server-created UUIDs (never client-supplied). A root org has a null parent_org_id; child orgs reference their parent.

object

id

required

string

customer_id

required

string

parent_org_id

string

nullable

root_org_id

required

string

display_name

required

string

slug

required

string

lifecycle_status

required

string

Allowed values: active archived deleted

plan_tier

required

string

max_child_orgs

required

integer

max_projects

required

integer

version

required

Optimistic-CAS version.

integer

created_at

required

string format: date-time

updated_at

required

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

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

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

409

Resource conflict (e.g. a duplicate entry).

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