Create Clerk user

Create a user in a connected Clerk application.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

POST/v1/clerk/users

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/users

10 tokens

Create a user in a connected Clerk application.

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_user

Parameters5 fields

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

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

email_addressstringRequired

Primary email address for the new Clerk user.

first_namestringOptional

Optional first name.

last_namestringOptional

Optional last name.

passwordstringOptional

Optional password. Omit to create a user without a password.

Response9 fields

userobject

8 fields

Created Clerk user object from the Backend API.

idstring

Clerk user id (user_...).

first_namestring

User first name, if set.

last_namestring

User last name, if set.

primary_email_addressstring

Primary email address for the user, if available.

created_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the user was created.

email_addressesarrayitems

2 fields

Email addresses associated with the user.

idstring

Email address identifier.

email_addressstring

Email address value.

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/users"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "email_address": "ada@example.com"
}

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

Example responses1 example

200Newly created Clerk user.

created_user.json

{
  "user": {
    "id": "user_2abc123",
    "first_name": "Ada",
    "last_name": "Lovelace",
    "email_addresses": [
      {
        "id": "idn_2abc123",
        "email_address": "ada@example.com"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": 1710000000000
  }
}