---
title: "Create a custom role"
method: POST
path: "/v1/roles"
tags: ["Roles"]
---

# Create a custom role

`POST /v1/roles`

Create a custom role in Comp AI. Create custom roles and resolve permission sets for organization-level access control.

## Request body

- CreateRoleDto
  - `name` string, required — Name of the custom role
  - `permissions` object, required — Permissions for the role. Keys are resource names, values are arrays of allowed actions.
  - `obligations` object — Obligations for the role. Boolean flags for requirements like compliance.

## Response `201`

Role created successfully

- object
  - `id` string
  - `name` string
  - `permissions` object
  - `isBuiltIn` boolean
  - `createdAt` string, date-time
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid role data or role already exists
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden - cannot grant permissions you do not have

## Changes

> 56 revisions in range; 4 could not be searched.

- **2026-06-04** `d7d0199d846f` — 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `oauth2` was removed from the API
- **2026-05-29** `5382c53ab431` — 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `oauth2` was added to the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/trycompai/apis/comp-ai-api/changes/v1/roles/post.md)

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