---
title: Create Service Account Workspace Member
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/ruby/beta/organization/workspaces/service_accounts/add
---

# Create Service Account Workspace Member

`beta.organization.workspaces.service_accounts.add(workspace_id, **kwargs) -> BetaServiceAccountWorkspaceMember`

**POST** `/v1/organizations/workspaces/{workspace_id}/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=ruby).

Add a service account to a workspace with the given `workspace_role`.

The role determines what the service account can do in the workspace and
which workspace-scoped permissions it can be granted when authenticating
through federation. Every service account is already an implicit
`workspace_user` member of the default workspace; adding it explicitly
assigns a chosen role. If the service account is already an explicit
member of the workspace, its `workspace_role` is replaced with the
value supplied here. Archived workspaces return 400. Archived service
accounts cannot be added and are rejected.

## Parameters

- `workspace_id: String` (path parameter)

  ID of the workspace.

- `service_account_id: String`

  Tagged service account ID to add.

- `workspace_role: BetaNoBillingWorkspaceRole`

  Role to assign to the service account in this workspace.

  - `:workspace_admin`

  - `:workspace_developer`

  - `:workspace_restricted_developer`

  - `:workspace_user`

- `betas: Array[AnthropicBeta]` (header parameter)

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

  - `String = String`

  - `:"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"`

  - `:"user-profiles-2026-09-04"`

  - `:"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"`

  - `:"mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"`

  - `:"thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"`

  - `:"mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"`

  - `:"compact-2026-09-04"`

  - `:"inline-tools-2026-09-15"`

  - `:"mcp-client-2026-09-15"`

  - `:"ce-plugins-2026-09-01"`

  - `:"spend-limit-reads-2026-09-26"`

  - `:"telemetry-destinations-2026-08-11"`

## Returns

- `class BetaServiceAccountWorkspaceMember`

  - `type: :service_account_workspace_member`

  - `created_by_actor_id: String`

    Tagged ID (`user_...`/`svac_...`) of the actor who created this membership.

  - `implicit: bool`

    True when this is the implicit default-workspace membership every service account has when no explicit membership exists. Implicit memberships have role `workspace_user` and cannot be removed.

  - `service_account_id: String`

    Tagged service account ID (`svac_...`).

  - `workspace_id: String`

    Tagged workspace ID (`wrkspc_...`).

  - `workspace_role: BetaWorkspaceRole`

    Role of the service account in this workspace. Service accounts cannot hold the `workspace_billing` role.

    - `:workspace_admin`

    - `:workspace_billing`

    - `:workspace_developer`

    - `:workspace_restricted_developer`

    - `:workspace_user`

## Example

```ruby
require "anthropic"

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

beta_service_account_workspace_member = anthropic.beta.organization.workspaces.service_accounts.add(
  "workspace_id",
  service_account_id: "service_account_id",
  workspace_role: :workspace_admin
)

puts(beta_service_account_workspace_member)
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "created_by_actor_id": "created_by_actor_id",
  "implicit": true,
  "service_account_id": "service_account_id",
  "type": "service_account_workspace_member",
  "workspace_id": "workspace_id",
  "workspace_role": "workspace_admin"
}
```