# title: Create Tunnel url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/tunnels/create

# Create Tunnel

POST /v1/tunnels

The Tunnels API is in research preview. It requires the anthropic-beta: mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22 header and may change without a deprecation period. It supersedes the Admin API endpoints at /v1/organizations/tunnels, which remain available during a migration window.

Creates a tunnel. Creation allocates a fresh hostname and provisions the tunnel; it is not idempotent. The new tunnel rejects MCP traffic until at least one CA certificate is added.

# Headers

"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta

Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.
- string
- "message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 43 more
  - "message-batches-2024-09-24"
  - "prompt-caching-2024-07-31"
  - "computer-use-2024-10-22"
  - "computer-use-2025-01-24"
  - "pdfs-2024-09-25"
  - "token-counting-2024-11-01"
  - "token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"
  - "output-128k-2025-02-19"
  - "files-api-2025-04-14"
  - "mcp-client-2025-04-04"
  - "mcp-client-2025-11-20"
  - "dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"
  - "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"
  - "code-execution-2025-05-22"
  - "extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"
  - "context-1m-2025-08-07"
  - "context-management-2025-06-27"
  - "model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"
  - "skills-2025-10-02"
  - "fast-mode-2026-02-01"
  - "output-300k-2026-03-24"
  - "user-profiles-2026-03-24"
  - "user-profiles-2026-08-18"
  - "user-profiles-2026-09-04"
  - "advisor-tool-2026-03-01"
  - "managed-agents-2026-04-01"
  - "cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"
  - "dreaming-2026-04-21"
  - "thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"
  - "server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"
  - "server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"
  - "fallback-credit-2026-06-01"
  - "fallback-credit-2026-07-01"
  - "agent-memory-2026-07-22"
  - "mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"
  - "compact-2026-01-12"
  - "computer-use-2025-11-24"
  - "mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"
  - "structured-outputs-2025-11-13"
  - "task-budgets-2026-03-13"
  - "thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"
  - "ce-user-management-2026-07-13"
  - "mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"
  - "thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"
  - "mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"
  - "compact-2026-09-04"
"anthropic-workspace-id": optional string

# Body parameters

display_name: optional string or null

Optional human-readable name for the tunnel (1-255 characters).

minLength: 1, maxLength: 255

# Returns

BetaTunnel object

An MCP tunnel.
- type: "tunnel"
- id: string
  
  Unique identifier for the tunnel, prefixed with tnl_.
- archived_at: string or null
  
  A timestamp in RFC 3339 format
  
  format: date-time
- created_at: string
  
  A timestamp in RFC 3339 format
  
  format: date-time
- display_name: string or null
  
  Human-readable name for the tunnel (1-255 characters). Null if unset.
- domain: string
  
  Anthropic-assigned hostname for the tunnel. MCP server URLs whose host is a subdomain of this value are routed through the tunnel. Globally unique and never reused, even after the tunnel is archived.

# Example

bash

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/tunnels \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
    -d '{}'

# Response (200)

json

{
  "id": "id",
  "archived_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "display_name": "display_name",
  "domain": "domain",
  "type": "tunnel"
}

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