Delegate bounded resource actions to an agent

POST/v1/authorization/delegations

Creates a time-bounded, non-escalating delegation after preflighting every requested resource action.

How to call this endpoint

Every ACP API request uses bearer authentication. The examples here show the actual request path, auth header, and body shape that the platform expects.

Path, query, and header parameters

These parameters control which ACP object the endpoint acts on and how the request is processed.

Path parameters
None.
Query parameters
None.
Header parameters
NameLocationTypeRequiredDescription
X-Computer-Agents-OrganizationheaderstringNoActive organization context. If omitted, the authenticated user's personal organization is used.

Body schema

Content type: application/json · Required

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
delegatePrincipalIdstringYes
agentVersionIdstringNo
allowedActionsstring[]Yes
resourceConstraintsobjectYes
resourceConstraints.typesstring[]Yes
resourceConstraints.idsstring[]Yes
contextConstraintsobjectNo
expiresAtstringYes
metadataobjectNoFree-form metadata object.

What the API returns

Each response code below includes the documented payload shape for the ACP API.

201Delegation createdapplication/json
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
dataobjectYes
data.idstringYesUnique identifier.
data.organizationIdstringYes
data.delegatorPrincipalKindhuman | agent | service | systemYes
data.delegatorPrincipalIdstringYes
data.delegatePrincipalKindhuman | agent | service | systemYes
data.delegatePrincipalIdstringYes
data.actorUserIdstringNo
data.agentIdstringNoAgent ID.
data.agentVersionIdstringNo
data.parentDelegationIdstringNo
data.depthintegerYes
data.allowedActionsstring[]Yes
data.resourceConstraintsobjectYes
data.resourceConstraints.typesstring[]No
data.resourceConstraints.idsstring[]No
data.contextConstraintsobjectNo
data.statusactive | revoked | expiredYesCurrent lifecycle status.
data.issuedAtstringYes
data.expiresAtstringYes
data.revokedAtstringNo
data.metadataobjectNoFree-form metadata object.
403Requested delegation exceeds caller access
None.
Delegate bounded resource actions to an agent
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Response 201
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