---
title: "Create Vault"
method: POST
path: "/v1/vaults?beta=true"
---

# Create Vault

`POST /v1/vaults?beta=true`

## Headers

- `anthropic-version` string
- `anthropic-beta` string

## Request body

- BetaManagedAgentsCreateVaultRequest — Request parameters for creating a vault.
  - `display_name` string, required — Human-readable name for the vault. 1-255 characters.
  - `metadata` object — Arbitrary key-value metadata to attach to the vault. Maximum 16 pairs, keys up to 64 chars, values up to 512 chars.

## Response `200`

Successful response (OK)

- BetaManagedAgentsVault — A vault that stores credentials for use by agents during sessions.
  - `type` 'vault', required
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the vault.
  - `display_name` string, required — Human-readable name for the vault.
  - `metadata` object, required — Arbitrary key-value metadata attached to the vault.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A timestamp in RFC 3339 format
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — A timestamp in RFC 3339 format
  - `archived_at` string, date-time, required — A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid argument - The client specified an invalid argument
- `401` — Unauthenticated - The request does not have valid authentication credentials
- `403` — Permission denied - The caller does not have permission to execute the specified operation
- `404` — Not found - Some requested entity was not found
- `408` — Deadline exceeded - The deadline expired before the operation could complete
- `409` — Aborted - The operation was aborted due to concurrency issue
- `412` — Failed precondition - Operation was rejected because the system is not in required state
- `413` — Out of range - Operation was attempted past the valid range
- `429` — Resource exhausted - Some resource has been exhausted (rate limiting)
- `431` — Request header fields too large - Request metadata was too large
- `499` — Cancelled - The operation was cancelled by the client
- `500` — Internal - Internal server error
- `501` — Unimplemented - The operation is not implemented or supported
- `503` — Unavailable - The service is currently unavailable
- `504` — Deadline exceeded - Upstream service did not respond in time

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[API](https://skmtc.net/anthropics/apis/anthropic-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/anthropics/apis/anthropic-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/anthropics/anthropic-api/versions/93d8fd7d6493/schema)