---
title: "Start user-claimed agent registration"
method: POST
path: "/api/agent/identity"
tags: ["OAuth"]
---

# Start user-claimed agent registration

`POST /api/agent/identity`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/agent/identity`
- Auth: none required

Accepts service_auth and a login_hint email; returns a claim ceremony without credentials. Anonymous and provider-attested registrations are disabled.

## Request body

- object
  - `type` 'service_auth', required
  - `login_hint` string, email, required

## Response `200`

Response for status 200

- object
  - `registration_id` string, required
  - `registration_type` 'service_auth', required
  - `claim_url` string, uri, required
  - `claim_token` string, required
  - `claim_token_expires` string, date-time, required
  - `post_claim_scopes` string[], required
  - `claim` object, required
    - `user_code` string, required
    - `expires_in` integer, required
    - `verification_uri` string, uri, required
    - `interval` integer, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Response for status 400
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)