AWS Lambda Agentic Access
AWS Lambda exposes 38 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 23 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: 15 read, 21 write, and 2 physical.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/provisioned-concurrency | physical | conditional |
| DELETE | /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/provisioned-concurrency | physical | conditional |
Source
Agentic Access
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/aws-lambda-api-openapi.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: 38
by_action_class:
connected: 15
acting: 23
by_consequence:
read: 15
write: 21
physical: 2
human_in_the_loop_required: 0
operations:
- path: /2015-03-31/functions
method: get
operationId: listFunctions
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions
method: post
operationId: createFunction
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}
method: get
operationId: getFunction
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}
method: delete
operationId: deleteFunction
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/configuration
method: get
operationId: getFunctionConfiguration
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/configuration
method: put
operationId: updateFunctionConfiguration
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/code
method: put
operationId: updateFunctionCode
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/invocations
method: post
operationId: invoke
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/versions
method: post
operationId: publishVersion
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/versions
method: get
operationId: listVersionsByFunction
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/aliases
method: get
operationId: listAliases
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/aliases
method: post
operationId: createAlias
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/aliases/{AliasName}
method: get
operationId: getAlias
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/aliases/{AliasName}
method: put
operationId: updateAlias
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/aliases/{AliasName}
method: delete
operationId: deleteAlias
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: /2015-03-31/event-source-mappings
method: get
operationId: listEventSourceMappings
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/event-source-mappings
method: post
operationId: createEventSourceMapping
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: /2015-03-31/event-source-mappings/{UUID}
method: get
operationId: getEventSourceMapping
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/event-source-mappings/{UUID}
method: put
operationId: updateEventSourceMapping
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: /2015-03-31/event-source-mappings/{UUID}
method: delete
operationId: deleteEventSourceMapping
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: /2015-03-31/layers
method: get
operationId: listLayers
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/layers/{LayerName}/versions
method: get
operationId: listLayerVersions
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/layers/{LayerName}/versions
method: post
operationId: publishLayerVersion
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: /2015-03-31/layers/{LayerName}/versions/{VersionNumber}
method: get
operationId: getLayerVersion
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/layers/{LayerName}/versions/{VersionNumber}
method: delete
operationId: deleteLayerVersion
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: /2021-10-31/functions/{FunctionName}/url
method: get
operationId: getFunctionUrlConfig
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2021-10-31/functions/{FunctionName}/url
method: post
operationId: createFunctionUrlConfig
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: /2021-10-31/functions/{FunctionName}/url
method: put
operationId: updateFunctionUrlConfig
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: /2021-10-31/functions/{FunctionName}/url
method: delete
operationId: deleteFunctionUrlConfig
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/concurrency
method: get
operationId: getReservedConcurrency
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/concurrency
method: put
operationId: putFunctionConcurrency
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/concurrency
method: delete
operationId: deleteFunctionConcurrency
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/provisioned-concurrency
method: get
operationId: getProvisionedConcurrencyConfig
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/provisioned-concurrency
method: put
operationId: putProvisionedConcurrencyConfig
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: /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/provisioned-concurrency
method: delete
operationId: deleteProvisionedConcurrencyConfig
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: /2015-03-31/tags/{ARN}
method: get
operationId: listTags
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /2015-03-31/tags/{ARN}
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: /2015-03-31/tags/{ARN}
method: delete
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