---
title: "Create experiment"
method: POST
path: "/experiments"
---

# Create experiment

`POST /experiments`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.caveman.so/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.caveman.so/api/v1/experiments`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/api/v1/oauth/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/api/v1/oauth/token` scopes: `experiment:run`
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `cave_access`
  - API key in cookie `__Secure-cave_identity.session_token`

POST /api/v1/experiments on the Caveman Cloud control plane. Requires the experiment:run scope. Exposed to autonomous agents as the create action of the caveman_experiments_write tool (write access). Create, start and cancel experiments. Approving an S3 experiment and rolling one back stay human-only.

## Request body

- object
  - `baseline_config` unknown
  - `candidate_config` unknown
  - `eval_suite_id` string
  - `guardrails` unknown
  - `name` string
  - `opportunity_id` string
  - `practice_id` string
  - `type` 'replay' | 'shadow' | 'canary' | 'density-canary' | 'before_after'

## Response `201`

Experiment created

## Other responses

- `2XX`: Successful response. Exact status depends on synchronous or durable delivery outcome.
- `4XX`: Structured failure. `error.code` is stable; `error.request_id` is echoed in the x-cave-request-id header.
- `5XX`: Structured failure. `error.code` is stable; `error.request_id` is echoed in the x-cave-request-id header.

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