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Create Credential

beta.vaults.credentials.create(strvault_id, CredentialCreateParams**kwargs) -> BetaManagedAgentsCredential
POST/v1/vaults/{vault_id}/credentials

Create Credential

Parameters
vault_id: str
auth: Auth

Authentication details for creating a credential.

One of the following:
class BetaManagedAgentsMCPOAuthCreateParams:

Parameters for creating an MCP OAuth credential.

access_token: str

OAuth access token.

minLength1
maxLength8192
mcp_server_url: str

URL of the MCP server this credential authenticates against.

minLength1
maxLength2047
type: Literal["mcp_oauth"]
expires_at: Optional[datetime]

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time
refresh: Optional[BetaManagedAgentsMCPOAuthRefreshParams]

OAuth refresh token parameters for creating a credential with refresh support.

class BetaManagedAgentsStaticBearerCreateParams:

Parameters for creating a static bearer token credential.

token: str

Static bearer token value.

minLength1
maxLength8192
mcp_server_url: str

URL of the MCP server this credential authenticates against.

minLength1
maxLength2047
type: Literal["static_bearer"]
class BetaManagedAgentsEnvironmentVariableCreateParams:

Parameters for creating an environment variable credential.

display_name: Optional[str]

Human-readable name for the credential. Up to 255 characters.

maxLength255
metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]]

Arbitrary key-value metadata to attach to the credential. Maximum 16 pairs, keys up to 64 chars, values up to 512 chars.

betas: Optional[List[AnthropicBetaParam]]

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

One of the following:
str
Literal["message-batches-2024-09-24", "prompt-caching-2024-07-31", "computer-use-2024-10-22", 38 more]
One of the following:
"message-batches-2024-09-24"
"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"
"computer-use-2024-10-22"
"computer-use-2025-01-24"
"pdfs-2024-09-25"
"token-counting-2024-11-01"
"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"
"output-128k-2025-02-19"
"files-api-2025-04-14"
"mcp-client-2025-04-04"
"mcp-client-2025-11-20"
"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"
"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"
"code-execution-2025-05-22"
"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"
"context-1m-2025-08-07"
"context-management-2025-06-27"
"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"
"skills-2025-10-02"
"fast-mode-2026-02-01"
"output-300k-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-08-18"
"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"
"managed-agents-2026-04-01"
"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"
"dreaming-2026-04-21"
"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"
"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"
"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"
"agent-memory-2026-07-22"
"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"
"compact-2026-01-12"
"computer-use-2025-11-24"
"mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"
"structured-outputs-2025-11-13"
"task-budgets-2026-03-13"
"thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"
"ce-user-management-2026-07-13"
Returns
class BetaManagedAgentsCredential:

A credential stored in a vault. Sensitive fields are never returned in responses.

Create Credential

import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key=os.environ.get(
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
    ),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
beta_managed_agents_credential = client.beta.vaults.credentials.create(
    vault_id="vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv",
    auth={
        "token": "bearer_exampletoken",
        "mcp_server_url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse",
        "type": "static_bearer",
    },
)
print(beta_managed_agents_credential.id)
{
  "id": "vcrd_011CZkZEMt8gZan2iYOQfSkw",
  "archived_at": null,
  "auth": {
    "mcp_server_url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse",
    "type": "static_bearer"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "metadata": {
    "environment": "production"
  },
  "type": "vault_credential",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "vault_id": "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv",
  "display_name": "Example credential"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "vcrd_011CZkZEMt8gZan2iYOQfSkw",
  "archived_at": null,
  "auth": {
    "mcp_server_url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse",
    "type": "static_bearer"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "metadata": {
    "environment": "production"
  },
  "type": "vault_credential",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "vault_id": "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv",
  "display_name": "Example credential"
}