Update Clerk organization membership

Change the role of a member in an organization in a connected Clerk application.

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PATCH/v1/clerk/organizations/{organization_id}/memberships/{user_id}

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

8 tokens

Change the role of a member in an organization 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.update_organization_membership

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_...) containing the member.

user_idstringRequired

Clerk user id (user_...) of the member to update.

rolestringRequired

New role for the member (e.g. org:member, org:admin).

Response5 fields

membershipobject

4 fields

Updated organization membership.

idstring

Clerk organization membership id (orgmem_...).

user_idstring

Clerk user id (user_...) of the member.

rolestring

Role of the member in the organization (e.g. org:admin, org:member).

created_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the membership was created.

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}/memberships/{user_id}"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
payload = {
    "organization_id": "org_2xyz789",
    "user_id": "user_2abc123",
    "role": "org:member"
}

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

Example responses1 example

200Updated organization membership with new role.

updated_membership.json

{
  "membership": {
    "id": "orgmem_2abc123",
    "user_id": "user_2abc123",
    "role": "org:admin",
    "created_at": 1710000000000
  }
}