Amazon IAM Identity Center Agentic Access
Amazon IAM Identity Center exposes 56 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 56 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.
By consequence: 41 write, 11 physical, and 4 safety-critical.
4 operations are classed safety-critical and should require human-in-the-loop approval at runtime.
Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.
By consequence
Highest-consequence actions
The physical and safety-critical operations an agent could invoke — the ones that most warrant scoped tokens, tight TTLs, and escalation. Full per-operation contracts are in the source below.
| Method | Path | Consequence | Human-in-loop |
|---|---|---|---|
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.CreateInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DeleteInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DescribeInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.UpdateInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.CreateGroupMembership | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DeleteGroupMembership | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DescribeGroupMembership | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.GetGroupMembershipId | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.ListGroupMemberships | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.ListGroupMembershipsForMember | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DescribePermissionSetProvisioningStatus | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListAccountsForProvisionedPermissionSet | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListPermissionSetProvisioningStatus | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListPermissionSetsProvisionedToAccount | physical | conditional |
| POST | /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ProvisionPermissionSet | physical | conditional |
Source
Agentic Access
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/amazon-iam-identity-center-identitystore-openapi-original.yml, openapi/amazon-iam-identity-center-sso-admin-openapi-original.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
operations: 56
by_action_class:
acting: 56
by_consequence:
write: 41
physical: 11
safety-critical: 4
human_in_the_loop_required: 4
operations:
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.CreateGroup
method: post
operationId: CreateGroup
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.CreateGroupMembership
method: post
operationId: CreateGroupMembership
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.CreateUser
method: post
operationId: CreateUser
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DeleteGroup
method: post
operationId: DeleteGroup
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DeleteGroupMembership
method: post
operationId: DeleteGroupMembership
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DeleteUser
method: post
operationId: DeleteUser
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DescribeGroup
method: post
operationId: DescribeGroup
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DescribeGroupMembership
method: post
operationId: DescribeGroupMembership
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.DescribeUser
method: post
operationId: DescribeUser
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.GetGroupId
method: post
operationId: GetGroupId
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.GetGroupMembershipId
method: post
operationId: GetGroupMembershipId
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.GetUserId
method: post
operationId: GetUserId
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.IsMemberInGroups
method: post
operationId: IsMemberInGroups
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.ListGroupMemberships
method: post
operationId: ListGroupMemberships
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.ListGroupMembershipsForMember
method: post
operationId: ListGroupMembershipsForMember
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.ListGroups
method: post
operationId: ListGroups
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.ListUsers
method: post
operationId: ListUsers
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.UpdateGroup
method: post
operationId: UpdateGroup
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=AWSIdentityStore.UpdateUser
method: post
operationId: UpdateUser
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.AttachCustomerManagedPolicyReferenceToPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: AttachCustomerManagedPolicyReferenceToPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.AttachManagedPolicyToPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: AttachManagedPolicyToPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.CreateAccountAssignment
method: post
operationId: CreateAccountAssignment
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.CreateInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
method: post
operationId: CreateInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: safety-critical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 120
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
proof-of-possession: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: required
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.CreatePermissionSet
method: post
operationId: CreatePermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DeleteAccountAssignment
method: post
operationId: DeleteAccountAssignment
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DeleteInlinePolicyFromPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: DeleteInlinePolicyFromPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DeleteInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
method: post
operationId: DeleteInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: safety-critical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 120
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
proof-of-possession: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: required
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DeletePermissionSet
method: post
operationId: DeletePermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DeletePermissionsBoundaryFromPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: DeletePermissionsBoundaryFromPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DescribeAccountAssignmentCreationStatus
method: post
operationId: DescribeAccountAssignmentCreationStatus
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DescribeAccountAssignmentDeletionStatus
method: post
operationId: DescribeAccountAssignmentDeletionStatus
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DescribeInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
method: post
operationId: DescribeInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: safety-critical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 120
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
proof-of-possession: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: required
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DescribePermissionSet
method: post
operationId: DescribePermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DescribePermissionSetProvisioningStatus
method: post
operationId: DescribePermissionSetProvisioningStatus
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DetachCustomerManagedPolicyReferenceFromPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: DetachCustomerManagedPolicyReferenceFromPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.DetachManagedPolicyFromPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: DetachManagedPolicyFromPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.GetInlinePolicyForPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: GetInlinePolicyForPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.GetPermissionsBoundaryForPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: GetPermissionsBoundaryForPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListAccountAssignmentCreationStatus
method: post
operationId: ListAccountAssignmentCreationStatus
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListAccountAssignmentDeletionStatus
method: post
operationId: ListAccountAssignmentDeletionStatus
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListAccountAssignments
method: post
operationId: ListAccountAssignments
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListAccountsForProvisionedPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: ListAccountsForProvisionedPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListCustomerManagedPolicyReferencesInPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: ListCustomerManagedPolicyReferencesInPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListInstances
method: post
operationId: ListInstances
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListManagedPoliciesInPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: ListManagedPoliciesInPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListPermissionSetProvisioningStatus
method: post
operationId: ListPermissionSetProvisioningStatus
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListPermissionSets
method: post
operationId: ListPermissionSets
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListPermissionSetsProvisionedToAccount
method: post
operationId: ListPermissionSetsProvisionedToAccount
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ListTagsForResource
method: post
operationId: ListTagsForResource
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.ProvisionPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: ProvisionPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: physical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 300
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.PutInlinePolicyToPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: PutInlinePolicyToPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.PutPermissionsBoundaryToPermissionSet
method: post
operationId: PutPermissionsBoundaryToPermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.TagResource
method: post
operationId: TagResource
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.UntagResource
method: post
operationId: UntagResource
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.UpdateInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
method: post
operationId: UpdateInstanceAccessControlAttributeConfiguration
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: safety-critical
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 120
exchange: true
purpose-required: true
proof-of-possession: true
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: required
audit: required
- path: /#X-Amz-Target=SWBExternalService.UpdatePermissionSet
method: post
operationId: UpdatePermissionSet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
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