capabilities.work

Create an actor token to impersonate a user

One step with Clerk. We can help you get access.

Get something done

Create an actor token to impersonate a user

with Clerk
Works with AI assistants

Use Clerk: its Clerk Backend Actor Tokens API lets you create an actor token to impersonate a user in a single step (POST /actor_tokens). Clerk also has an MCP server, so an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT can do it for you. capabilities.work can help you get signed up and connected.

  • How do I let a support agent impersonate a user?
  • Can I limit how long an impersonation token or session lasts?
Say it to your AI assistant
  • Create an actor token for user {user_id} with actor {actor}.
  • Let actor {actor} impersonate {user_id} for {expires_in_seconds} seconds.
For your developer

POST /actor_tokens in Clerk Backend Actor Tokens API. Full spec on APIs.io.