POST
POST /v1/deployments/{deployment_id}?beta=true — Claude API
Beta
Anthropic API key (required); https://api.anthropic.com
Claude APIUpdate Deployment
- 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/deployments/deployment-id?beta=true' \ -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \ -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{}'
Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deployment_id | path | string | Yes | Path parameter deployment_id |
| name | body | string | No | Human-readable name. Must be non-empty. Omit to preserve. Cannot be cleared. |
| description | body | string | No | Description. Omit to preserve; send empty string or null to clear. |
| agent | body | string | No | Agent to deploy. Accepts the `agent` ID string, which re-pins to the latest version, or an `agent` object with both id and version specified. Omit to preserve. Cannot be cleared. |
| environment_id | body | string | No | ID of the `environment` where sessions run. Omit to preserve. Cannot be cleared. |
| vault_ids | body | string[] | No | Vault IDs. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send empty array or null to clear. Maximum 50. |
| initial_events | body | object[] | No | Initial events. Full replacement. Omit to preserve. Cannot be cleared. At least 1, maximum 50. |
| resources | body | object[] | No | Session resources. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send empty array or null to clear. Maximum 500. |
| metadata | body | object | No | Metadata patch. Set a key to a string to upsert it, or to null to delete it. Omit the field to preserve. The stored bag is limited to 16 keys (up to 64 chars each) with values up to 512 chars. |
| schedule | body | object | No | Cron schedule. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send null to clear (revert to manual-only). |
| budget | body | object | No | Spend ceiling for future sessions. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send null to clear (sessions created afterwards are uncapped). The deployment agent's model must have a public list price, or the request is rejected; a multiagent roster is re-validated in full when each fire copies the cap, which fails closed the same way. |
Response 200 OK
{
"type": "deployment",
"id": "depl_011CZkZcDH3vPqd7xnEfwTai",
"name": "Daily order report",
"description": "Compiles yesterday's orders into a report every weekday morning.",
"agent": {
"type": "agent",
"id": "agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP",
"version": 1
},
"environment_id": "env_011CZkZ9X2dpNyB7HsEFoRfW",
"vault_ids": [
"vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv"
],
"initial_events": [
{
"type": "user.message",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Compile yesterday's orders into report.md."
}
]
}
],
"resources": [],
"metadata": {},
"schedule": {
"type": "cron",
"expression": "0 9 * * 1-5",
"timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
"last_run_at": "2026-03-16T16:00:09Z",
"upcoming_runs_at": [
"2026-03-17T16:00:00Z",
"2026-03-18T16:00:00Z"
]
},
"status": "active",
"paused_reason": null,
"created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
"archived_at": null
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