Create Clerk organization invitation

Invite an email address to join a Clerk organization with a specific role.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

POST/v1/clerk/organizations/{organization_id}/invitations

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/organizations/{organization_id}/invitations

10 tokens

Invite an email address to join a Clerk organization with a specific role.

Authorization

Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

MCP

The same capability is available as an MCP tool on Vee3 hosted MCP.

Tool name

clerk.create_organization_invitation

Parameters4 fields

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

Clerk instance id (ins_...) from clerk.get_connected_accounts. Omit to use the default connected account.

organization_idstringRequired

Clerk organization id (org_...) to operate on.

email_addressstringRequired

Email address to invite.

rolestringRequired

Role to assign to the invitee (e.g. org:admin, org:member).

Response6 fields

invitationobject

5 fields

Created organization invitation summary.

idstring

Clerk organization invitation id (inv_...).

email_addressstring

Email address the invitation was sent to.

rolestring

Role assigned to the invitee (e.g. org:admin, org:member).

statusstring

Invitation status: pending, accepted, or revoked.

organization_idstring

Clerk organization id (org_...) that owns this invitation.

HTTP errors: clerk_connection_required, clerk_connection_not_found, clerk_connection_invalid, validation_error, unauthorized, payment_required

Example request

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/organizations/{organization_id}/invitations"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "organization_id": "org_2xyz789",
    "email_address": "ada@example.com",
    "role": "org:member"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

Example responses1 example

200Newly created organization invitation.

created_invitation.json

{
  "invitation": {
    "id": "inv_2abc123",
    "email_address": "ada@example.com",
    "role": "org:member",
    "status": "pending",
    "organization_id": "org_2xyz456"
  }
}