# Clerk Role Sets API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-role-sets-api/  
**Provider:** Clerk — https://apis.io/providers/clerk-com/  
**Base URL:** https://api.clerk.com/v1  
**Documentation:** https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api

Clerk Role Sets API is one of 77 APIs that [Clerk](https://apis.io/providers/clerk-com/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Role Sets. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

Role sets define collections of roles that can be assigned to organization members. Each organization uses one role set to determine the available roles for its members. Role sets support default roles for new members and creator roles for organization founders.

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/clerk-com-role-sets-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
- **GettingStarted** — https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview
- **Authentication** — https://clerk.com/docs/backend-requests/making/jwt-templates
- **SpectralRuleset** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/rules/clerk-rules.yml
- **Documentation** — https://clerk.com/docs
- **Documentation** — https://clerk.com/docs/webhooks/overview

## Other Clerk APIs (12)

- [Clerk Account Portal API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-account-portal-api/)
- [Clerk Active Sessions API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-active-sessions-api/)
- [Clerk Actor Tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-actor-tokens-api/)
- [Clerk Agent Tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-agent-tasks-api/)
- [Clerk Allow-list / Block-list API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-allow-list-block-list-api/)
- [Clerk API Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-api-keys-api/)
- [Clerk Application Transfers API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-application-transfers-api/)
- [Clerk Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-applications-api/)
- [Clerk Backup Codes API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-backup-codes-api/)
- [Clerk Beta Features API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-beta-features-api/)
- [Clerk Billing API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-billing-api/)
- [Clerk Checkouts API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-checkouts-api/)

## Tags

Role Sets

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