---
title: Create Service Account
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/php/organization/service_accounts/create
---

# Create Service Account

`$client->organization->serviceAccounts->create(string name, ?string description, ?OrganizationRole organizationRole): ServiceAccount`

**POST** `/v1/organizations/service_accounts`

**Requires an OAuth access token with the `org:admin` scope**, from `ant auth login --scope org:admin` or a workload identity federation rule; Admin API keys are not accepted. See [Manage WIF with the Admin API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/wif-admin-api?sdk_languages=php).

Create a service account.

A service account is a named workload identity that federation rules
target. `organization_role` is `developer` (default) or `admin`; a rule
may only be created or retargeted to grant `org:admin` scope when the
target's `organization_role` is `admin`. Creating an `admin`-role service
account requires an interactive credential (a user OAuth token or a
Console session) — a workload may only create `developer`-role service
accounts.

## Parameters

- `name: string`

  Slug identifier (lowercase, digits, hyphens). Unique within the organization; a duplicate name returns 409.

- `description?:optional string`

  Optional free-text description.

- `organizationRole?:optional OrganizationRole`

  Org-level role. Defaults to `developer`.

## Returns

- `class ServiceAccount`

  - `"service_account" type`

  - `string id`

    Tagged ID of the service account.

  - `?\Datetime archivedAt`

    If set, this service account is archived.

  - `?string archivedByActorID`

    Tagged ID (`user_`/`svac_`) of the actor that archived this service account.

  - `\Datetime createdAt`

    When this service account was created.

  - `?string createdByActorID`

    Tagged ID (`user_`/`svac_`) of the actor that created this service account.

  - `?string description`

    Optional free-text description.

  - `string name`

    Admin-chosen slug identifier.

  - `OrganizationRole organizationRole`

    Org-level role. A federation rule may only be created or retargeted to grant `org:admin` scope when this is `admin`. A rule granting `org:admin` whose target is later demoted to `developer` is rejected at token exchange. Rules granting `org:admin` are managed in the Console.

  - `\Datetime updatedAt`

    When this service account was last updated.

  - `?string updatedByActorID`

    Tagged ID (`user_`/`svac_`) of the actor that last updated this service account.

## Example

```php
<?php

require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Anthropic\Client;

$client = new Client(apiKey: 'my-anthropic-api-key');

$serviceAccount = $client->organization->serviceAccounts->create(
  name: 'ci-deploy-bot', description: 'description', organizationRole: 'admin'
);

var_dump($serviceAccount);
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "svac_01SDCCSbTxrXDpWc1phhtcfK",
  "archived_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "archived_by_actor_id": "archived_by_actor_id",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "created_by_actor_id": "created_by_actor_id",
  "description": "description",
  "name": "ci-deploy-bot",
  "organization_role": "admin",
  "type": "service_account",
  "updated_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "updated_by_actor_id": "updated_by_actor_id"
}
```