Create Vault

$ ant beta:vaults create

POST/v1/vaults

Create Vault

Parameters

--display-name: string

Body param: Human-readable name for the vault. 1-255 characters.

minLength1

maxLength255

--metadata: optional map[string]

Body param: Arbitrary key-value metadata to attach to the vault. Maximum 16 pairs, keys up to 64 chars, values up to 512 chars.

--beta: optional array of AnthropicBeta

Header param: Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

Returns

beta_managed_agents_vault: object{ id, archived_at, created_at, 4 more }

A vault that stores credentials for use by agents during sessions.

id: string

Unique identifier for the vault.

archived_at: string

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time

created_at: string

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time

display_name: string

Human-readable name for the vault.

metadata: map[string]

Arbitrary key-value metadata attached to the vault.

type: "vault"

updated_at: string

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time

Create Vault

ant beta:vaults create \
  --api-key my-anthropic-api-key \
  --display-name 'Example vault'

{
  "id": "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv",
  "archived_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "display_name": "Example vault",
  "metadata": {
    "environment": "production"
  },
  "type": "vault",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv",
  "archived_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "display_name": "Example vault",
  "metadata": {
    "environment": "production"
  },
  "type": "vault",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z"
}