---
title: "Create Service Account"
method: POST
path: "/service-accounts"
tags: ["Service Accounts"]
---

# Create Service Account

`POST /service-accounts`

Create a new service account.

## Request body

- ServiceAccountCreateRequest — Request body for creating a service account.
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `name` string, required
  - `scopes` string[], nullable

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- ServiceAccountResponse — ServiceAccount representation in API responses.
  - `approved_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `approved_by` string, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `denial_reason` string, nullable
  - `denied_by` string, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `owner_id` string, required
  - `registered_by` string, required
  - `status` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity
- `500` — Internal Server Error
- `503` — Service Unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-07-01** `d65fcba0d25a` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-04-13** `76e8f6063728` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/jentic/apis/jentic-control-plane-api/changes/service-accounts/post.md)

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