---
title: "Create Claim"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/account/claims"
tags: ["account"]
---

# Create Claim

`POST /api/v1/account/claims`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://agentavow.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://agentavow.com/api/v1/account/claims`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Start a claim across any surface. Ownership proof is per-surface:
github/openclaw → add the topic (or supply a read token for a private repo)
npm/pypi        → auto-granted if it links back to a repo you own, else add
                  the keyword and re-verify
mcp             → have the endpoint return the challenge, then re-verify.

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, nullable

## Request body

- SrcApiAccountClaimsRouterClaimRequest
  - `surface` string
  - `owner` string
  - `repo` string, required
  - `token` string, nullable

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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