> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.coderabbit.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a custom role by copying an existing role

> Requires existing Enterprise and role-management write access. Agentic keys cannot use administrative writes.

> [tab] CLI Tool
>
> ```bash
> coderabbit api request /configuration/roles --input request.json
> ```
>
> To install and sign in to the CLI, see [Call from the CLI](https://docs.coderabbit.ai/api/cli.md).

> [tab] MCP Server
>
> An agent connected to the [CodeRabbit MCP server](https://docs.coderabbit.ai/api/mcp.md) runs this operation as the `create_role` tool. The connection selects the organization, so the arguments have no `org_id` or `org_name`.
>
> ```json
> {
>   "method": "tools/call",
>   "params": {
>     "name": "create_role",
>     "arguments": {
>       "name": "<name>"
>     }
>   }
> }
> ```


## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /v1/configuration/roles
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: CodeRabbit API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Read and manage CodeRabbit reviews, coding tasks, Verify, Triage, security
    findings, Knowledge Base, configuration, and users for your organization.
servers:
  - url: https://api.coderabbit.ai
    description: US region
  - url: https://api.eu.coderabbit.ai
    description: EU region
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Organizations and repositories
  - name: Pull requests and reviews
  - name: Coding Agent
  - name: Coding environments
  - name: Verify
  - name: Triage
  - name: Security
  - name: Knowledge Base
  - name: Automations
  - name: Reports
  - name: Configuration
  - name: Connections
  - name: Users and roles
  - name: Usage and metrics
paths:
  /v1/configuration/roles:
    post:
      tags:
        - Users and roles
      summary: Create a custom role by copying an existing role
      description: >-
        Requires existing Enterprise and role-management write access. Agentic
        keys cannot use administrative writes.
      operationId: create_role
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                org_id:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  description: >-
                    Organization for a workspace key: the Git-provider
                    organization ID (scope.provider_organization_id) or the
                    CodeRabbit organization ID (scope.id, or id from list
                    organizations). Supply either org_id or org_name, never
                    both. Omit for organization keys and MCP connections.
                org_name:
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-]{0,38}$
                  description: >-
                    GitHub organization login, such as coderabbitai, not its
                    display name. Matched case-insensitively within the
                    authenticated workspace. Supply either org_name or org_id,
                    never both; omit for organization keys and MCP connections.
                name:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 255
                description:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 500
                is_default:
                  type: boolean
                duplicate_from:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
              required:
                - name
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  role:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      role:
                        type: string
                      role_name:
                        type: string
                      role_type:
                        enum:
                          - system
                          - custom
                        type: string
                      description:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: string
                            nullable: true
                            enum:
                              - null
                      is_default:
                        type: boolean
                      created_at:
                        type: string
                      updated_at:
                        type: string
                      permissions:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            resource_id:
                              type: string
                            access_type:
                              type: string
                          required:
                            - resource_id
                            - access_type
                    required:
                      - role
                      - role_name
                      - role_type
                      - description
                      - is_default
                      - created_at
                      - updated_at
                required:
                  - role
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - invalid_request
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - unauthenticated
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - forbidden
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - not_found
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '409':
          description: Conflict
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - head_changed
                          - conflict
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '412':
          description: Precondition failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - precondition_failed
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '413':
          description: Content too large
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - payload_too_large
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '429':
          description: Too many requests
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - rate_limit_exceeded
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        enum:
                          - internal_error
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - unavailable
                      message:
                        type: string
                      retry_after:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                        exclusiveMinimum: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-coderabbitai-api-key
      description: >-
        See [Authentication](/api/authentication) for the key types and where to
        create a key.

````

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