Clerk Agentic Access
Clerk exposes 80 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 54 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: 26 read, 46 write, 3 physical, and 5 safety-critical.
5 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 | /actor_tokens/{actor_token_id}/revoke | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /invitations/{invitation_id}/revoke | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /organizations/{organization_id}/invitations/{invitation_id}/revoke | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /sessions/{session_id}/revoke | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /sign_in_tokens/{sign_in_token_id}/revoke | safety-critical | required |
| POST | /organizations/{organization_id}/memberships | physical | conditional |
| PATCH | /organizations/{organization_id}/memberships/{user_id} | physical | conditional |
| DELETE | /organizations/{organization_id}/memberships/{user_id} | physical | conditional |
Source
Agentic Access
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/clerk-dev-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: 80
by_action_class:
connected: 26
acting: 54
by_consequence:
read: 26
write: 46
physical: 3
safety-critical: 5
human_in_the_loop_required: 5
operations:
- path: /users
method: get
operationId: getUserList
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /users
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: /users/count
method: get
operationId: getUsersCount
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /users/{user_id}
method: get
operationId: getUser
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /users/{user_id}
method: patch
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: /users/{user_id}
method: delete
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: /users/{user_id}/ban
method: post
operationId: banUser
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: /users/{user_id}/unban
method: post
operationId: unbanUser
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: /users/{user_id}/lock
method: post
operationId: lockUser
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: /users/{user_id}/unlock
method: post
operationId: unlockUser
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: /users/{user_id}/metadata
method: patch
operationId: updateUserMetadata
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: /users/{user_id}/verify_password
method: post
operationId: verifyPassword
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: /organizations
method: get
operationId: listOrganizations
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /organizations
method: post
operationId: createOrganization
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: /organizations/{organization_id}
method: get
operationId: getOrganization
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /organizations/{organization_id}
method: patch
operationId: updateOrganization
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: /organizations/{organization_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteOrganization
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: /organizations/{organization_id}/metadata
method: patch
operationId: mergeOrganizationMetadata
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: /organizations/{organization_id}/memberships
method: get
operationId: listOrganizationMemberships
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /organizations/{organization_id}/memberships
method: post
operationId: createOrganizationMembership
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: /organizations/{organization_id}/memberships/{user_id}
method: patch
operationId: updateOrganizationMembership
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: /organizations/{organization_id}/memberships/{user_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteOrganizationMembership
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: /organizations/{organization_id}/invitations
method: get
operationId: listOrganizationInvitations
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /organizations/{organization_id}/invitations
method: post
operationId: createOrganizationInvitation
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: /organizations/{organization_id}/invitations/bulk
method: post
operationId: createOrganizationInvitationBulk
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: /organizations/{organization_id}/invitations/{invitation_id}/revoke
method: post
operationId: revokeOrganizationInvitation
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: /sessions
method: get
operationId: getSessionList
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sessions
method: post
operationId: createSession
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: /sessions/{session_id}
method: get
operationId: getSession
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sessions/{session_id}/revoke
method: post
operationId: revokeSession
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: /sessions/{session_id}/tokens
method: post
operationId: createSessionToken
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: /sessions/{session_id}/tokens/{template_name}
method: post
operationId: createSessionTokenFromTemplate
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: /clients
method: get
operationId: getClientList
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /clients/verify
method: post
operationId: verifyClient
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: /clients/{client_id}
method: get
operationId: getClient
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sign_ups/{id}
method: get
operationId: getSignUp
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sign_ups/{id}
method: patch
operationId: updateSignUp
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: /sign_in_tokens
method: post
operationId: createSignInToken
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: /sign_in_tokens/{sign_in_token_id}/revoke
method: post
operationId: revokeSignInToken
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: /actor_tokens
method: post
operationId: createActorToken
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: /actor_tokens/{actor_token_id}/revoke
method: post
operationId: revokeActorToken
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: /jwt_templates
method: get
operationId: listJWTTemplates
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /jwt_templates
method: post
operationId: createJWTTemplate
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: /jwt_templates/{template_id}
method: get
operationId: getJWTTemplate
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /jwt_templates/{template_id}
method: patch
operationId: updateJWTTemplate
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: /jwt_templates/{template_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteJWTTemplate
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: /jwks
method: get
operationId: getJWKS
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /email_addresses
method: post
operationId: createEmailAddress
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: /email_addresses/{email_address_id}
method: get
operationId: getEmailAddress
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /email_addresses/{email_address_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteEmailAddress
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: /phone_numbers
method: post
operationId: createPhoneNumber
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: /templates/{template_type}
method: get
operationId: listTemplates
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /templates/{template_type}/{slug}
method: get
operationId: getTemplate
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /templates/{template_type}/{slug}
method: put
operationId: upsertTemplate
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: /allowlist_identifiers
method: get
operationId: listAllowlistIdentifiers
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /allowlist_identifiers
method: post
operationId: createAllowlistIdentifier
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: /allowlist_identifiers/{identifier_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteAllowlistIdentifier
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: /blocklist_identifiers
method: get
operationId: listBlocklistIdentifiers
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /blocklist_identifiers
method: post
operationId: createBlocklistIdentifier
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: /blocklist_identifiers/{identifier_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteBlocklistIdentifier
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: /invitations
method: get
operationId: listInvitations
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /invitations
method: post
operationId: createInvitation
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: /invitations/bulk
method: post
operationId: createBulkInvitations
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: /invitations/{invitation_id}/revoke
method: post
operationId: revokeInvitation
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: /saml_connections
method: get
operationId: listSAMLConnections
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /saml_connections
method: post
operationId: createSAMLConnection
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: /saml_connections/{saml_connection_id}
method: get
operationId: getSAMLConnection
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /saml_connections/{saml_connection_id}
method: patch
operationId: updateSAMLConnection
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: /saml_connections/{saml_connection_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteSAMLConnection
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: /enterprise_connections
method: get
operationId: listEnterpriseConnections
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /enterprise_connections
method: post
operationId: createEnterpriseConnection
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: /oauth_applications
method: get
operationId: listOAuthApplications
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /oauth_applications
method: post
operationId: createOAuthApplication
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: /oauth_applications/{oauth_application_id}
method: get
operationId: getOAuthApplication
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /oauth_applications/{oauth_application_id}
method: patch
operationId: updateOAuthApplication
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: /oauth_applications/{oauth_application_id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteOAuthApplication
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: /oauth_applications/{oauth_application_id}/rotate_secret
method: post
operationId: rotateOAuthApplicationSecret
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: /webhooks/svix
method: post
operationId: createSvixApp
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: /webhooks/svix
method: delete
operationId: deleteSvixApp
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: /webhooks/svix_url
method: post
operationId: createSvixDashboardURL
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
Work with this as data
Every access contract here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP. Agentic Access is not yet its own endpoint on the v1 API. Reach it through catalog search and the tag graph, or the MCP server.
MCP server
One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.
https://apis.io/mcp
Tools for agentic access
3 MCP tools reach this
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
Call it yourself
curl for this page
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/search?q=clerk-dev-agentic-access&limit=10"
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/tags/clerk-dev-agentic-access"
Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.