> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.memcontext.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create API key



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /api/api-keys
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: MemContext API
  version: 1.1.0
  description: |
    REST API for persistent, evolving AI memory. Save, search, and manage
    memories with automatic deduplication, version chains, and hybrid retrieval.
servers:
  - url: https://api.memcontext.in
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Memories
    description: Save, search, list, update, and delete memories.
  - name: History
    description: Inspect how memories evolve over time.
  - name: Feedback
    description: Rate retrieval quality to improve future results.
  - name: Profiles
    description: Pre-aggregated user context from memory.
  - name: Workspaces
    description: >-
      Company/team account boundaries for billing, members, API keys, and
      vaults.
  - name: API Keys
    description: Workspace-bound API keys for server-side integrations.
  - name: Subscription
    description: Workspace-owned billing and member-memory limits.
  - name: Context Vault
    description: Document ingestion and workspace RAG retrieval.
paths:
  /api/api-keys:
    post:
      tags:
        - API Keys
      summary: Create API key
      operationId: createApiKey
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateApiKeyRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: API key created. The raw key is only returned once.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateApiKeyResponse'
      security:
        - CookieAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    CreateApiKeyRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - name
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 100
        workspaceId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: >-
            Workspace to bind the key to. Defaults to the user's default
            workspace.
    CreateApiKeyResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - keyPrefix
        - workspaceId
        - key
        - createdAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        keyPrefix:
          type: string
        workspaceId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        key:
          type: string
          description: Raw API key. It is only returned once.
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: >
        API key created from the MemContext dashboard. Keys are prefixed with
        `mc_`, bound to one workspace, and API-key requests cannot override that
        workspace.
    CookieAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: better-auth.session_token
      description: Dashboard session cookie used for workspace/company endpoints.

````