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:
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