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# Attach a policy

> Applies a policy to every request, or to the requests for the models named. It applies from the next request on.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/source/external/agent-gateway/agent-gateway.json post /agent_gateways/{instance_id}/policy_attachments
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Telnyx API
  x-latency-category: interactive
  x-endpoint-cost: light
  description: >-
    Agent Gateway authenticates, authorizes, and audits the requests agents send
    to models, tools, and other agents. Each gateway runs as a dedicated
    instance on the account's
    [*Network*](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/network/overview). This API
    creates, lists, and deletes instances, and manages the keys, teams, spend
    logs, MCP servers, APIs, tool permissions, and guardrails on them. Each
    instance serves an OpenAI-compatible API at its `gateway_url`.
servers:
  - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2
    description: Telnyx API v2
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Agent Gateways
    description: Create, list, retrieve, and delete Agent Gateway instances.
  - name: Agent Gateway Keys
    description: Keys on an instance.
  - name: Agent Gateway Teams
    description: 'Teams on an instance: shared model lists, budgets, and rate limits.'
  - name: Agent Gateway Spend Logs
    description: The requests an instance served, with their cost.
  - name: Agent Gateway MCP Servers
    description: MCP servers on an instance, served to agents at one MCP endpoint.
  - name: Agent Gateway APIs
    description: REST APIs on an instance, served to agents as tools.
  - name: Agent Gateway Tool Permissions
    description: The MCP servers and tools a key or team may use.
  - name: Agent Gateway Guardrails
    description: Checks an instance runs on model and tool requests.
  - name: Agent Gateway Policies
    description: Named sets of guardrails an instance applies to requests.
  - name: Agent Gateway Policy Attachments
    description: Where an instance applies each policy.
paths:
  /agent_gateways/{instance_id}/policy_attachments:
    post:
      tags:
        - Agent Gateway Policy Attachments
      summary: Attach a policy
      description: >-
        Applies a policy to every request, or to the requests for the models
        named. It applies from the next request on.
      operationId: CreateAgentGatewayPolicyAttachment
      parameters:
        - name: instance_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The Agent Gateway's `id`.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          example: 32ce035d-3165-4031-b1a7-a7c0c259590a
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentGatewayPolicyAttachmentCreate'
            examples:
              models:
                summary: Some models, with a priority
                value:
                  policy: strict
                  models:
                    - GLM-5.3*
                  priority: 10
              default:
                summary: The default
                value:
                  policy: baseline
                  default: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The attachment
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentGatewayPolicyAttachmentResponse'
              example:
                data:
                  id: 3394712f-2ad5-428a-8a3d-7a08d4b2906d
                  policy: strict
                  models:
                    - GLM-5.3*
                  priority: 10
                  default: false
                  created_at: '2026-11-02T12:58:55.388000Z'
                  updated_at: '2026-11-02T12:58:55.388000Z'
        '400':
          description: A policy the instance does not have
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelnyxErrors'
              example:
                errors:
                  - code: '10013'
                    title: Missing association
                    detail: One of the associated fields does not exist.
                    meta:
                      url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10013
                    source:
                      pointer: /policy
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelnyxErrors'
              example:
                errors:
                  - code: '10009'
                    title: Authentication failed
                    detail: >-
                      The required authentication headers were either invalid or
                      not included in the request.
                    meta:
                      url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10009
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelnyxErrors'
              example:
                errors:
                  - code: '10005'
                    title: Resource not found
                    detail: The requested resource or URL could not be found.
                    meta:
                      url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10005
components:
  schemas:
    AgentGatewayPolicyAttachmentCreate:
      type: object
      required:
        - policy
      properties:
        policy:
          type: string
          description: The policy to apply, by name.
        models:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          default: []
          description: >-
            The models whose requests the policy applies to, by name. A name can
            use `*` as a wildcard. Empty applies the policy to every request.
        priority:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: An attachment with a priority applies before the others.
        default:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: >-
            `true` applies the policy only to the requests no other attachment
            matches.
    AgentGatewayPolicyAttachmentResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentGatewayPolicyAttachment'
    TelnyxErrors:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelnyxError'
    AgentGatewayPolicyAttachment:
      type: object
      description: Where an instance applies a policy.
      required:
        - id
        - policy
        - models
        - priority
        - default
        - created_at
        - updated_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: The attachment's ID.
        policy:
          type: string
          description: The policy to apply, by name.
        models:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          default: []
          description: >-
            The models whose requests the policy applies to, by name. A name can
            use `*` as a wildcard. Empty applies the policy to every request.
        priority:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: An attachment with a priority applies before the others.
        default:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: >-
            `true` applies the policy only to the requests no other attachment
            matches.
        created_at:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              format: date-time
            - type: 'null'
          description: When the attachment was created.
        updated_at:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              format: date-time
            - type: 'null'
          description: When the attachment last changed.
    TelnyxError:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        detail:
          type: string
        source:
          type: object
          properties:
            pointer:
              type: string
            parameter:
              type: string
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Telnyx API key

````