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# API workflows for rules

Manage Application Security rule definitions through the public API.

Manage Application Security rule definitions through the public API. Use it to audit inventory, create, validate, clone, update, and delete custom IaC and Secrets rules, manage labels, and synchronize definitions across tenants.

The API manages rule definitions and metadata. It does not execute scans, create issues, or enforce policies.

**Required license:** Cortex Cloud Posture Management or Cortex Cloud Runtime Security with Application Security add-on.

For complete API details, see [Rules](/cortex-cloud-api/aspm-cicd-and-application-security/rules.md). It includes required headers, permissions, query parameters, request and response schemas, and endpoint-specific guidance.

## Supported endpoints

| Endpoint                                      | Description                                                                        |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `GET /public_api/appsec/v1/rules`             | List AppSec rules with filtering, sorting, and pagination                          |
| `POST /public_api/appsec/v1/rules`            | Create a custom IaC or Secrets rule, including a rule cloned from an existing rule |
| `GET /public_api/appsec/v1/rules/{ruleId}`    | Get one AppSec rule by its identifier                                              |
| `PATCH /public_api/appsec/v1/rules/{ruleId}`  | Update a custom rule, or update labels on an out-of-the-box rule                   |
| `DELETE /public_api/appsec/v1/rules/{ruleId}` | Delete an AppSec rule                                                              |
| `GET /public_api/appsec/v1/rules/rule-labels` | List available AppSec rule labels                                                  |
| `POST /public_api/appsec/v1/rules/validate`   | Validate a custom rule definition before creating or updating it                   |


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