Create Credential

beta.vaults.credentials.create(vault_id, **kwargs) -> BetaManagedAgentsCredential

POST/v1/vaults/{vault_id}/credentials

Create Credential

Parameters

vault_id: String

auth: BetaManagedAgentsMCPOAuthCreateParams { access_token, mcp_server_url, type, 2 more } | BetaManagedAgentsStaticBearerCreateParams { token, mcp_server_url, type } | BetaManagedAgentsEnvironmentVariableCreateParams { networking, secret_name, secret_value, 2 more }

Authentication details for creating a credential.

One of the following:

class BetaManagedAgentsMCPOAuthCreateParams { access_token, mcp_server_url, type, 2 more }

Parameters for creating an MCP OAuth credential.

access_token: String

OAuth access token.

minLength1

maxLength8192

mcp_server_url: String

URL of the MCP server this credential authenticates against.

minLength1

maxLength2047

type: :mcp_oauth

expires_at: Time

A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

formatdate-time

refresh: BetaManagedAgentsMCPOAuthRefreshParams { client_id, refresh_token, token_endpoint, 3 more }

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

class BetaManagedAgentsStaticBearerCreateParams { token, mcp_server_url, type }

Parameters for creating a static bearer token credential.

token: String

Static bearer token value.

minLength1

maxLength8192

mcp_server_url: String

URL of the MCP server this credential authenticates against.

minLength1

maxLength2047

type: :static_bearer

class BetaManagedAgentsEnvironmentVariableCreateParams { networking, secret_name, secret_value, 2 more }

Parameters for creating an environment variable credential.

display_name: String

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

maxLength255

metadata: Hash[Symbol, String]

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

betas: Array[AnthropicBeta]

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

One of the following:

String = String

AnthropicBeta = :"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 { id, archived_at, auth, 6 more }

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

Create Credential

require "anthropic"

anthropic = Anthropic::Client.new(api_key: "my-anthropic-api-key")

beta_managed_agents_credential = anthropic.beta.vaults.credentials.create(
  "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv",
  auth: {
    token: "bearer_exampletoken",
    mcp_server_url: "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse",
    type: :static_bearer
  }
)

puts(beta_managed_agents_credential)

{
  "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"
}