Claude Platform Docs

Update Environment

$ ant beta:environments update
POST/v1/environments/{environment_id}

Update an existing environment's configuration.

Parameters
--environment-id: string

Path param

--config: optional BetaCloudConfigParams or BetaSelfHostedConfigParams

Body param: Updated environment configuration

--description: optional string

Body param: Updated description of the environment. Omit to preserve; null clears to null; an empty string is stored as an empty string.

maxLength1024
--metadata: optional map[string]

Body param: User-provided metadata key-value pairs. Set a value to null or empty string to delete the key.

--name: optional string

Body param: Updated name for the environment

maxLength256
minLength1
--scope: optional "organization" or "account"

Body param: The visibility scope for this environment. 'organization' makes the environment visible to all accounts. 'account' restricts visibility to the owning account only.

--beta: optional array of AnthropicBeta

Header param: Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

--workspace-id: optional string

Header param: Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy).

Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

Returns
beta_environment: object{ type: "environment", id, archived_at, 7 more }

Unified Environment resource for both cloud and self-hosted environments.

type: "environment"

The type of object (always 'environment')

id: string

Environment identifier (e.g., 'env_...')

archived_at: string

RFC 3339 timestamp when environment was archived, or null if not archived

config: BetaCloudConfig or BetaSelfHostedConfig

Environment configuration (either Anthropic Cloud or self-hosted)

One of the following:
beta_cloud_config: object{ type: "cloud", networking, packages }

cloud environment configuration.

beta_self_hosted_config: object{ type: "self_hosted" }

Configuration for self-hosted environments.

type: "self_hosted"

Environment type

created_at: string

RFC 3339 timestamp when environment was created

description: string

User-provided description for the environment; null when unset

metadata: map[string]

User-provided metadata key-value pairs

name: string

Human-readable name for the environment

updated_at: string

RFC 3339 timestamp when environment was last updated

scope: optional "organization" or "account"

The visibility scope for this environment. 'organization' means visible to all accounts. 'account' means visible only to the owning account.

One of the following:
"organization"
"account"
Update Environment
ant beta:environments update \
  --api-key my-anthropic-api-key \
  --environment-id env_011CZkZ9X2dpNyB7HsEFoRfW
Returns Examples
Response 200
{
  "id": "env_011CZkZ9X2dpNyB7HsEFoRfW",
  "archived_at": null,
  "config": {
    "networking": {
      "allow_mcp_servers": false,
      "allow_package_managers": true,
      "allowed_hosts": [
        "api.example.com"
      ],
      "type": "limited"
    },
    "packages": {
      "apt": [
        "string"
      ],
      "cargo": [
        "string"
      ],
      "gem": [
        "string"
      ],
      "go": [
        "string"
      ],
      "npm": [
        "string"
      ],
      "pip": [
        "pandas",
        "numpy"
      ],
      "type": "packages"
    },
    "type": "cloud"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "description": "Python environment with data-analysis packages.",
  "metadata": {},
  "name": "python-data-analysis",
  "type": "environment",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "scope": "organization"
}