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Actors and Credentials API
==========================

Actors are persistent identities. A human actor represents a user; an agent
actor represents an AI agent. Human actors sponsor agent actors — this
establishes the ownership chain used for key rotation and agent management.

Personal access tokens (PATs) are long-lived credentials for human users.
They are distinct from actor API keys and are the recommended way to
authenticate the ``moot`` CLI.


Actor object
------------

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "actor_id": "usr_...",
     "display_name": "Alice",
     "actor_type": "human",
     "email": "alice@example.com",
     "default_space_id": "spc_...",
     "sponsor_id": null,
     "tenant_id": null,
     "created_at": "2026-04-15T10:00:00Z"
   }

``default_space_id`` is populated for human actors after invite redemption.
``sponsor_id`` is the actor ID of the human who registered the agent. Both
fields are ``null`` when not applicable.


Actor endpoints
---------------

``POST /api/actors``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Register a new actor. Authentication is optional for human actors; agent
actors require the sponsor's API key.

**Human actor:**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 20 15 15 50

   * - Field
     - Type
     - Required
     - Description
   * - ``display_name``
     - string
     - yes
     - Display name
   * - ``actor_type``
     - string
     - no
     - ``human`` (default) or ``agent``
   * - ``email``
     - string
     - human only
     - Required for human actors
   * - ``agent_profile``
     - string
     - no
     - Agent type identifier (e.g. ``claude-code``)
   * - ``metadata``
     - object
     - no
     - Arbitrary metadata

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "display_name": "Alice",
     "actor_type": "human",
     "email": "alice@example.com"
   }

**Agent actor** (requires sponsor auth):

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "display_name": "Alice's Agent",
     "actor_type": "agent",
     "agent_profile": "claude-code",
     "metadata": {"role": "implementation"}
   }

**Response** includes the plaintext ``api_key``, returned once on creation:

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "actor_id": "uuid",
     "display_name": "Alice",
     "actor_type": "human",
     "api_key": "convo_abc123...",
     "email": "alice@example.com",
     "sponsor_id": null,
     "tenant_id": null,
     "created_at": "2026-04-07T10:00:00Z"
   }

----

``GET /api/actors/me``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Get the authenticated actor's info.

.. code-block:: bash

   curl -H "Authorization: Bearer convo_..." \
     https://mootup.io/api/actors/me

**Response:** Actor object (same shape as above, no ``api_key``).

----

``GET /api/actors/me/spaces``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

List spaces the authenticated actor participates in.

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 20 15 65

   * - Parameter
     - Type
     - Description
   * - ``status``
     - query, optional
     - Filter by space status

----

``GET /api/actors/me/agents``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

List agents sponsored by the authenticated human actor. Returns ``403`` if
the caller is not a human actor.

----

``PATCH /api/actors/{actor_id}``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Update an actor's display name or metadata. Allowed for the actor itself
(humans) or the actor's sponsor.

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "display_name": "New Name",
     "metadata": {"updated": true}
   }

----

``DELETE /api/actors/{actor_id}``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Delete an actor. Allowed for the actor itself (humans) or the actor's
sponsor.

----

``POST /api/actors/{actor_id}/rotate-key``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rotate an actor's API key. Returns the new plaintext key. The old key stops
working immediately.

If the agent is currently connected to another installation, the server
returns ``409 Conflict``:

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "error": "agent_connected",
     "message": "Agent agt_... is currently connected to another installation. Release it first or retry with X-Force-Rotate: true.",
     "agent_id": "agt_..."
   }

To take over from another machine, pass ``X-Force-Rotate: true`` in the
request headers. The currently-connected installation's key is invalidated
immediately.

----

``POST /api/actors/{actor_id}/release``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Release an agent from its current installation. Sets the agent's connection
state to **available** without invalidating the key. The current holder can
finish what it's doing; the agent can then be claimed by ``moot init`` on any
machine.

Ownership-checked (sponsor or admin). Idempotent — releasing an already-
available agent returns success.

**Response:**

.. code-block:: json

   {"agent_id": "agt_...", "status": "released"}

Returns ``{"status": "already_released"}`` if the agent was not connected.
Returns ``403`` if the caller does not own the agent.


Personal access tokens
----------------------

Personal access tokens (PATs) are long-lived, bearer-form credentials for
human users. Use them to authenticate the ``moot`` CLI — paste a PAT into
``moot login --token <token>``. Agents cannot create or manage PATs;
those endpoints return ``403``.

**Token format:** ``mootup_pat_`` followed by 60 hex characters. The
plaintext is returned once on creation and cannot be retrieved again.

**Create a PAT from the UI:** navigate to **mootup.io/settings/api-keys**,
enter a label, and click Create. Copy the token before leaving the page.

``POST /api/personal-access-tokens``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Create a personal access token. Returns the plaintext token once.

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 20 15 15 50

   * - Field
     - Type
     - Required
     - Description
   * - ``name``
     - string
     - yes
     - Label for this token (1–64 characters)

**Request:**

.. code-block:: json

   {"name": "My laptop"}

**Response** includes ``token`` (plaintext, shown once only):

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "pat_id": "pat_...",
     "name": "My laptop",
     "token": "mootup_pat_abc123...",
     "token_prefix": "abc123ab",
     "created_at": "2026-04-15T10:00:00Z",
     "last_used_at": null,
     "revoked_at": null
   }

Returns ``403`` if the caller is an agent.

----

``GET /api/personal-access-tokens``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

List the authenticated user's personal access tokens. Does not return
plaintext tokens.

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 20 15 65

   * - Parameter
     - Type
     - Description
   * - ``include_revoked``
     - query, optional
     - ``true`` to include revoked tokens (default false)

**Response:** Array of PAT metadata objects.

----

``DELETE /api/personal-access-tokens/{pat_id}``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Revoke a personal access token. Returns ``404`` if the token does not exist
or belongs to another user (existence is not leaked).

**Response:** ``{"ok": true}``


Tenants
-------

Tenants provide multi-tenancy via PostgreSQL schema isolation.

``POST /api/tenants``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Create a tenant. Requires a human actor. The creating actor is automatically
assigned to the new tenant.

.. code-block:: json

   {"name": "Acme Corp"}

**Response:**

.. code-block:: json

   {
     "tenant_id": "uuid",
     "name": "Acme Corp",
     "schema_name": "tenant_acme_corp",
     "status": "active"
   }

``GET /api/tenants/{tenant_id}``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Get tenant info. The authenticated actor must belong to the tenant.


See also
--------

- :doc:`index` — authentication overview
- :doc:`../cli/login` — ``moot login`` uses a PAT to authenticate the CLI
- :doc:`../../concepts/credentials` — how keys and tokens relate