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

# Create a policy rule

> Creates a new policy rule. Rules control how agents interact with external services:

- **block** — reject matching requests outright.
- **rate_limit** — allow up to N requests per time window. Requires `rateLimit` and `rateLimitWindow`.
- **manual_approval** — hold matching requests for human approval before forwarding.
- **allow** — explicitly allow matching requests (used to carve exceptions in deny mode or shadow a broader rule).




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /rules
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: OneCLI API
  version: '1.0'
  description: >
    The OneCLI API lets you manage agents, secrets, policy rules, app
    connections, and user settings programmatically.


    **Base URL:** `https://api.onecli.sh/v1` (Cloud) or
    `http://localhost:10254/v1` (self-hosted)


    ## Authentication


    All endpoints require authentication via one of:


    - **API Key** — `Authorization: Bearer <key>` header. Generate keys in the
    dashboard or via `GET /v1/user/api-key`.

    - **Session** — Cookie-based session from the web dashboard.


    For organization-scoped API keys, include the `X-Project-Id` header to
    specify which project to operate on.
servers:
  - url: https://api.onecli.sh/v1
    description: OneCLI Cloud
  - url: http://localhost:10254/v1
    description: Self-hosted (Docker)
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Agents
    description: Manage agents and their access tokens, secrets, and configuration.
  - name: Secrets
    description: Manage credentials that the gateway injects into outbound requests.
  - name: Rules
    description: >-
      Manage policy rules that control how agents interact with external
      services.
  - name: User
    description: Manage your user profile and API keys.
  - name: Projects
    description: >-
      Manage projects within your organization. Requires admin role for
      create/update and owner role for delete. Cloud only.
  - name: Team
    description: Provision team members programmatically. Requires admin role. Cloud only.
  - name: Apps
    description: >-
      Manage app connections (OAuth and direct credentials), BYOC configuration,
      permission catalogs, and blocklists.
  - name: Connections
    description: App connections as a top-level resource.
  - name: Utility
    description: Health check and project resource summaries.
  - name: Agent Setup
    description: >-
      Endpoints agents and orchestrators use to bootstrap gateway access
      (container config, credential stubs, gateway skill).
  - name: Migration
    description: Migrate data from a self-hosted instance to OneCLI Cloud.
  - name: Organization Settings
    description: >-
      Organization-wide policy settings. Available on OneCLI Cloud and
      self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization Secrets
    description: >-
      Manage secrets at the organization level. Organization secrets apply
      across all projects. Available on OneCLI Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization Rules
    description: >-
      Manage policy rules at the organization level. Organization rules apply
      across all projects. Available on OneCLI Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization Connections
    description: >-
      Manage app connections at the organization level. Available on OneCLI
      Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization App Config
    description: >-
      Connect apps (OAuth and direct credentials) and manage BYOC app
      configuration at the organization level. Available on OneCLI Cloud and
      self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Partner Organizations
    description: >-
      Create and manage customer organizations as a partner. Requires a Partner
      API key. Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Projects
    description: Manage projects within an unclaimed partner organization. Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Secrets
    description: >-
      Manage partner-level secrets inherited by every organization you manage.
      Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Budgets
    description: >-
      Cap how much an organization can spend on a partner LLM key. Owner or
      admin only. Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Members
    description: >-
      Manage who can sign in to your partner portal. Owner or admin only. Cloud
      only.
  - name: Organization Partner
    description: Inspect and detach an organization's partner relationship. Cloud only.
paths:
  /rules:
    post:
      tags:
        - Rules
      summary: Create a policy rule
      description: >
        Creates a new policy rule. Rules control how agents interact with
        external services:


        - **block** — reject matching requests outright.

        - **rate_limit** — allow up to N requests per time window. Requires
        `rateLimit` and `rateLimitWindow`.

        - **manual_approval** — hold matching requests for human approval before
        forwarding.

        - **allow** — explicitly allow matching requests (used to carve
        exceptions in deny mode or shadow a broader rule).
      operationId: createRule
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - name
                - hostPattern
                - action
                - enabled
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 255
                  example: Block destructive GitHub API calls
                hostPattern:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 1000
                  example: api.github.com
                pathPattern:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 1000
                  example: /repos/*/delete
                method:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - GET
                    - POST
                    - PUT
                    - PATCH
                    - DELETE
                action:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - block
                    - rate_limit
                    - manual_approval
                    - allow
                enabled:
                  type: boolean
                agentId:
                  type: string
                  description: Scope rule to a specific agent (omit for all agents)
                rateLimit:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 1000000
                  description: Required when action is `rate_limit`
                rateLimitWindow:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - minute
                    - hour
                    - day
                  description: Required when action is `rate_limit`
                conditions:
                  type: array
                  maxItems: 10
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleCondition'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Rule created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyRule'
        '400':
          description: Validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    RuleCondition:
      type: object
      description: >-
        A condition that must match for the rule to apply. Conditions inspect
        the request body to enable fine-grained filtering beyond
        host/path/method.
      required:
        - target
        - operator
        - value
      properties:
        target:
          type: string
          enum:
            - body
          description: What part of the request to inspect.
        operator:
          type: string
          enum:
            - contains
          description: How to match the value against the target.
        value:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 1000
          description: The string to match against.
        key:
          type: string
          maxLength: 500
          description: Optional JSON key path within the body to scope the match.
    PolicyRule:
      type: object
      description: >-
        A policy rule. Custom (user-authored) rules carry their endpoint fields
        (`hostPattern`/`pathPattern`/`method`); app-permission rules
        (`metadata.source: app_permission`) omit them and are identified by
        `metadata.provider` + `metadata.toolId`.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        hostPattern:
          type: string
          description: Custom rules only; absent on app-permission rules.
        pathPattern:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Custom rules only; absent on app-permission rules.
        method:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - GET
            - POST
            - PUT
            - PATCH
            - DELETE
            - null
          description: Custom rules only; absent on app-permission rules.
        action:
          type: string
          enum:
            - block
            - rate_limit
            - manual_approval
            - allow
        enabled:
          type: boolean
        agentId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        rateLimit:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        rateLimitWindow:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - minute
            - hour
            - day
            - null
        scope:
          type: string
          enum:
            - project
            - organization
          description: >-
            Project lists include inherited organization rules; use this to tell
            them apart.
        metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Set on rules generated by app permissions (`source: app_permission`,
            plus `provider` and `toolId`). Null for custom rules.
        conditions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleCondition'
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Error:
      description: |
        Error responses take one of two shapes depending on the failing layer:
        route-level validation returns the flat shape (`{ "error": "..." }`),
        while authentication failures (401/403) and service errors (not-found,
        conflict, and service-level validation) return the envelope
        (`{ "error": { "message": "...", "type": "..." } }`).
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorFlat'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    ErrorFlat:
      type: object
      description: Flat error shape used by route-level validation.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Envelope error shape used for authentication failures and service
        errors.
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            type:
              type: string
              description: Error category (e.g. `authentication_error`).
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key obtained from the dashboard or `GET /user/api-key`

````