curl --request POST \
--url https://api.deck.co/v2/agents \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.deck.co/v2/agents"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', description: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.deck.co/v2/agents', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.deck.co/v2/agents",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.deck.co/v2/agents"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.deck.co/v2/agents")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.deck.co/v2/agents")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "agt_AbC123xYz456",
"object": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"tasks": [
{
"id": "task_AbC123xYz456",
"object": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"status": "<string>"
}
],
"created_at": "2026-08-24T12:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-08-24T12:00:00Z",
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": {},
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"traceId": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}Create an agent
Creates a new agent. An agent is an automation scoped to a use case that organizes related tasks.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.deck.co/v2/agents \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.deck.co/v2/agents"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', description: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.deck.co/v2/agents', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.deck.co/v2/agents",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.deck.co/v2/agents"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.deck.co/v2/agents")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.deck.co/v2/agents")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "agt_AbC123xYz456",
"object": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"tasks": [
{
"id": "task_AbC123xYz456",
"object": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"status": "<string>"
}
],
"created_at": "2026-08-24T12:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-08-24T12:00:00Z",
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": {},
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"traceId": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"errors": [
{
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"field": "<string>"
}
],
"request_id": "<string>"
}Authorizations
Secret key (sk_live_...)
Headers
Optional key that makes the request idempotent. Retrying with the same key returns the original response instead of repeating the operation; keys expire after 24 hours. Any string up to 256 characters. See Idempotency.
256"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
Body
Response
Created
An agent object. Agents organize related tasks under a single use case.
Unique identifier for the agent, prefixed with agt_.
^agt_"agt_AbC123xYz456"
Always agent.
Display name for the agent.
Description of the agent's purpose.
Tasks associated with this agent.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
ISO 8601 timestamp of when the resource was created.
"2026-08-24T12:00:00Z"
ISO 8601 timestamp of when the resource was last updated.
"2026-08-24T12:00:00Z"
Unique identifier for the API request. Include this when contacting support.
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