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

# POST /v1/organizations/users/{user_id}?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

> Update User

## 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/users/user-id?beta=true' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "role": "billing"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| user_id | path | string | Yes | ID of the User. |
| role | body | string | Yes | New role for the User.  The accepted values depend on the organization type.... |

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

---
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POST

POST /v1/organizations/users/{user_id}?beta=true — Claude API

Beta

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

Claude API

Update User

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/users/user-id?beta=true' \  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "role": "billing"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
user_id	path	string	Yes	ID of the User.
role	body	string	Yes	New role for the User. The accepted values depend on the organization type. Console and API organizations accept `user`, `developer`, `billing`, and `claude_code_user`; `admin` cannot be assigned through the API. Claude Enterprise organizations accept `user` and `managed`.

Response 200 OK

{
  "added_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "email": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "role": "admin",
  "type": "user"
}

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