curl -X POST 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/service_accounts?beta=true' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-name"
}'

# POST /v1/organizations/service_accounts?beta=true (Claude API)
Base URL: https://api.anthropic.com
Auth: x-api-key; Anthropic API key; required.
Status: Beta.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create Service Account

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the `x-api-key` header and requests also require an `anthropic-version` header.
* The official OpenAPI URL is discovered from the SDK repository manifest and must remain under Anthropic's trusted Stainless storage prefix.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/service_accounts?beta=true' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-name"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| name | body | string | Yes | Slug identifier (lowercase, digits, hyphens). Unique within the organization;... |
| description | body | string | No | Optional free-text description. |
| organization_role | body | string | No | Org-level role. Defaults to `developer`. |

## Response example
{"archived_at":"2026-09-03T00:00:00Z","archived_by_actor_id":"string"}

---
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POST

POST /v1/organizations/service_accounts?beta=true — Claude API

Beta

Anthropic API key (required); https://api.anthropic.com

Claude API

Create Service Account

Base URL: https://api.anthropic.com
Auth: x-api-key: <ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the x-api-key header and requests also require an anthropic-version header.

The official OpenAPI URL is discovered from the SDK repository manifest and must remain under Anthropic's trusted Stainless storage prefix.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/service_accounts?beta=true' \  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "example-name"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
description	body	string	No	Optional free-text description.
name	body	string	Yes	Slug identifier (lowercase, digits, hyphens). Unique within the organization; a duplicate name returns 409.
organization_role	body	string	No	Org-level role. Defaults to `developer`.

Response 200 OK

{
  "archived_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "archived_by_actor_id": "string",
  "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "created_by_actor_id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "organization_role": "admin",
  "type": "service_account",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_by_actor_id": "string"
}

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