> ## Documentation Index
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# Create child account

> Create a new child customer account. For standalone customers, creates a parent/child hierarchy first. Requires ADMIN role.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /v2/buyer-api-v2.yaml post /accounts/create-child
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Scope3 Buyer API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: |-
    REST API for advertisers to manage advertisers, campaigns, and reporting.

    ## Authentication

    All endpoints require a Bearer token in the Authorization header:
    ```
    Authorization: Bearer your-api-key
    ```

    ## Base URL

    `https://api.interchange.io/api/v2/buyer`

    ## For AI Agents

    AI agents can use the MCP endpoint at `/mcp/v2/buyer` with three tools:
    - `initialize`: Start an MCP session
    - `api_call`: Make REST API calls
    - `ask_about_capability`: Learn about API features
servers:
  - url: https://api.interchange.io/api/v2/buyer
    description: Production server
security: []
tags:
  - name: Signup
    description: Request reviewed access to Interchange
  - name: Account
    description: Account management, service tokens, and preferences
  - name: Asks
    description: >-
      What you are waiting on Scope3 for — support, product, and supply asks in
      one list
  - name: Advertisers
    description: Manage advertisers
  - name: Product Discovery
    description: Discover and select products
  - name: Campaigns
    description: Manage advertising campaigns
  - name: Creatives
    description: Build, manage, and sync campaign creatives via AdCP Creative Protocol
  - name: Reporting
    description: Access performance metrics
  - name: Event Sources
    description: >-
      Manage event source configurations and log conversion/marketing events for
      attribution
  - name: Property Lists
    description: Validate property lists against AAO registry
  - name: Sales Agents
    description: View and connect sales agents
  - name: Measurement
    description: Measurement sources, records, context, and freshness
  - name: Syndication
    description: Syndicate resources to ADCP agents
  - name: Tasks
    description: Track async operation status
  - name: Buyer Billing
    description: >-
      Consolidated invoicing for buyers — invoices and pending invoice items
      issued by Scope3 across the buyer customer.
  - name: MCP
    description: Model Context Protocol endpoints for AI agents
paths:
  /accounts/create-child:
    servers:
      - url: https://api.interchange.io/api/v2
        description: Production server
    post:
      tags:
        - Account
      summary: Create child account
      description: >-
        Create a new child customer account. For standalone customers, creates a
        parent/child hierarchy first. Requires ADMIN role.
      operationId: createChildAccount
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateChildAccountBody'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Create child account
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateChildAccountResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    CreateChildAccountBody:
      description: Request body for creating a child customer account
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          description: Name for the new child account
          example: Nike
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 255
        customerRole:
          description: Whether the account is a buyer or seller
          example: BUYER
          type: string
          enum:
            - BUYER
            - SELLER
        parentName:
          description: >-
            Name for the parent account created during standalone conversion.
            Defaults to "{company} (Admin)" if omitted.
          example: Acme HQ
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 255
        customerDomain:
          description: >-
            Registered organization domain. For SELLER accounts, also seeds the
            auto-created storefront's publisher and operator domain.
          example: nike.com
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
          pattern: ^[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?(\.[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?)+$
        defaultCurrency:
          description: >-
            For SELLER accounts, seller-confirmed primary settlement currency
            (ISO-4217) for the auto-created storefront.
          example: USD
          type: string
          pattern: ^[A-Z]{3}$
        paymentCurrencies:
          description: >-
            For SELLER accounts, ISO-4217 currencies the auto-created storefront
            will be paid in. The primary defaultCurrency must be included when
            both are provided.
          example:
            - USD
            - EUR
          maxItems: 25
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[A-Z]{3}$
        accountMode:
          description: >-
            Internal account provisioning mode. DEMO is restricted to Scope3
            platform administrators and provisions a leased synthetic
            Storefront.
          example: STANDARD
          default: STANDARD
          type: string
          enum:
            - STANDARD
            - DEMO
        demoRecipeIds:
          description: >-
            Versioned synthetic source recipes to attach when accountMode is
            DEMO.
          example:
            - sample-publisher-display
            - sample-publisher-ctv
            - sample-retail-media
          minItems: 1
          maxItems: 3
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - sample-publisher-display
              - sample-publisher-ctv
              - sample-retail-media
      required:
        - name
        - customerRole
    CreateChildAccountResponse:
      description: Full user context scoped to the new child customer
      type: object
      properties:
        user:
          description: User profile data
          type: object
          properties: {}
          additionalProperties: {}
        customer:
          description: Customer context for the newly created child
          type: object
          properties: {}
          additionalProperties: {}
        customers:
          description: All accessible customer accounts
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties: {}
            additionalProperties: {}
        showTosBox:
          description: Whether to show the ToS acceptance dialog
          type: boolean
        canAcceptTos:
          description: >-
            Whether the current user may accept Terms of Service for the
            organization governing this child.
          type: boolean
        tosUpdate:
          description: Successor Terms of Service context inherited from the organization.
          type: object
          properties:
            action:
              type: string
              enum:
                - notice
                - acceptance_due
                - acceptance_required
            changeLevel:
              type: string
              enum:
                - PATCH
                - MINOR
                - MAJOR
            acceptedVersion:
              nullable: true
              type: string
            targetVersion:
              type: string
            deadline:
              nullable: true
              type: string
              format: date-time
              pattern: >-
                ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
            termsUrl:
              type: string
            changesUrl:
              nullable: true
              type: string
          required:
            - action
            - changeLevel
            - acceptedVersion
            - targetVersion
            - deadline
            - termsUrl
            - changesUrl
          additionalProperties: false
        organizationContractMissing:
          description: >-
            True when the newly created account cannot operate because the
            organization it inherits from has no active contract. UI should
            render a block page until an organization admin accepts ToS.
          type: boolean
        hasContract:
          description: Whether the customer has an active contract
          type: boolean
        latestTosVersion:
          description: Latest embedded sales agent version identifier
          type: string
        convertedFromStandalone:
          description: True if the request triggered a standalone-to-parent conversion
          type: boolean
      required:
        - user
        - customer
        - customers
        - showTosBox
        - canAcceptTos
        - hasContract
        - latestTosVersion
        - convertedFromStandalone
      additionalProperties: false
    ErrorResponse:
      description: Standard error response
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - null
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      required:
        - data
        - error
      additionalProperties: false
    ApiError:
      description: Structured error object
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          description: Machine-readable error code
          type: string
        message:
          description: Human-readable error message
          type: string
        field:
          description: Field path associated with the error
          type: string
        details:
          description: Additional error context
          type: object
          additionalProperties: {}
      required:
        - code
        - message
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key or access token

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