## Create User Profile

`client.beta.userProfiles.create(UserProfileCreateParamsparams, RequestOptionsoptions?): BetaUserProfile`

**post** `/v1/user_profiles`

Create User Profile

### Parameters

- `params: UserProfileCreateParams`

  - `external_id?: string | null`

    Body param: Platform's own identifier for this user. Not enforced unique. Maximum 255 characters.

  - `metadata?: Record<string, string>`

    Body param: Free-form key-value data to attach to this user profile. Maximum 16 keys, with keys up to 64 characters and values up to 512 characters. Values must be non-empty strings.

  - `name?: string | null`

    Body param: Display name of the entity this profile represents. Required when relationship is `resold` (the resold-to company's name); optional otherwise. Maximum 255 characters.

  - `relationship?: "external" | "resold" | "internal"`

    Body param: How the entity behind a user profile relates to the platform that owns the API key. `external`: an individual end-user of the platform. `resold`: a company the platform resells Claude access to. `internal`: the platform's own usage.

    - `"external"`

    - `"resold"`

    - `"internal"`

  - `betas?: Array<AnthropicBeta>`

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

    - `(string & {})`

    - `"message-batches-2024-09-24" | "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" | "computer-use-2024-10-22" | 23 more`

      - `"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"`

      - `"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"`

      - `"managed-agents-2026-04-01"`

      - `"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"`

      - `"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"`

### Returns

- `BetaUserProfile`

  - `id: string`

    Unique identifier for this user profile, prefixed `uprof_`.

  - `created_at: string`

    A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

  - `metadata: Record<string, string>`

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

  - `relationship: "external" | "resold" | "internal"`

    How the entity behind a user profile relates to the platform that owns the API key. `external`: an individual end-user of the platform. `resold`: a company the platform resells Claude access to. `internal`: the platform's own usage.

    - `"external"`

    - `"resold"`

    - `"internal"`

  - `trust_grants: Record<string, BetaUserProfileTrustGrant>`

    Trust grants for this profile, keyed by grant name. Key omitted when no grant is active or in flight.

    - `status: "active" | "pending" | "rejected"`

      Status of the trust grant.

      - `"active"`

      - `"pending"`

      - `"rejected"`

  - `type: "user_profile"`

    Object type. Always `user_profile`.

    - `"user_profile"`

  - `updated_at: string`

    A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

  - `external_id?: string | null`

    Platform's own identifier for this user. Not enforced unique.

  - `name?: string | null`

    Display name of the entity this profile represents. For `resold` this is the resold-to company's name.

### Example

```typescript
import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const betaUserProfile = await client.beta.userProfiles.create();

console.log(betaUserProfile.id);
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "uprof_011CZkZCu8hGbp5mYRQgUmz9",
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "metadata": {},
  "relationship": "external",
  "trust_grants": {
    "cyber": {
      "status": "active"
    }
  },
  "type": "user_profile",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "external_id": "user_12345",
  "name": "Example User"
}
```