## Create Agent **post** `/v1/agents` Create Agent ### Header Parameters - `"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta` Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use. - `string` - `"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 23 more` - `"message-batches-2024-09-24"` - `"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"` - `"computer-use-2024-10-22"` - `"computer-use-2025-01-24"` - `"pdfs-2024-09-25"` - `"token-counting-2024-11-01"` - `"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"` - `"output-128k-2025-02-19"` - `"files-api-2025-04-14"` - `"mcp-client-2025-04-04"` - `"mcp-client-2025-11-20"` - `"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"` - `"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"` - `"code-execution-2025-05-22"` - `"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"` - `"context-1m-2025-08-07"` - `"context-management-2025-06-27"` - `"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"` - `"skills-2025-10-02"` - `"fast-mode-2026-02-01"` - `"output-300k-2026-03-24"` - `"user-profiles-2026-03-24"` - `"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"` - `"managed-agents-2026-04-01"` - `"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"` - `"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"` ### Body Parameters - `model: BetaManagedAgentsModel or BetaManagedAgentsModelConfigParams` Model identifier. Accepts the [model string](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/overview#latest-models-comparison), e.g. `claude-opus-4-6`, or a `model_config` object for additional configuration control - `BetaManagedAgentsModel = "claude-opus-4-8" or "claude-opus-4-7" or "claude-opus-4-6" or 7 more or string` The model that will power your agent. See [models](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/models-overview) for additional details and options. - `"claude-opus-4-8" or "claude-opus-4-7" or "claude-opus-4-6" or 7 more` The model that will power your agent. See [models](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/models-overview) for additional details and options. - `"claude-opus-4-8"` Frontier intelligence for long-running agents and coding - `"claude-opus-4-7"` Frontier intelligence for long-running agents and coding - `"claude-opus-4-6"` Most intelligent model for building agents and coding - `"claude-sonnet-4-6"` Best combination of speed and intelligence - `"claude-haiku-4-5"` Fastest model with near-frontier intelligence - `"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001"` Fastest model with near-frontier intelligence - `"claude-opus-4-5"` Premium model combining maximum intelligence with practical performance - `"claude-opus-4-5-20251101"` Premium model combining maximum intelligence with practical performance - `"claude-sonnet-4-5"` High-performance model for agents and coding - `"claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"` High-performance model for agents and coding - `string` - `BetaManagedAgentsModelConfigParams object { id, speed }` An object that defines additional configuration control over model use - `id: BetaManagedAgentsModel` The model that will power your agent. See [models](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/models-overview) for additional details and options. - `speed: optional "standard" or "fast"` Inference speed mode. `fast` provides significantly faster output token generation at premium pricing. Not all models support `fast`; invalid combinations are rejected at create time. - `"standard"` - `"fast"` - `name: string` Human-readable name for the agent. 1-256 characters. - `description: optional string` Description of what the agent does. Up to 2048 characters. - `mcp_servers: optional array of BetaManagedAgentsURLMCPServerParams` MCP servers this agent connects to. Maximum 20. Names must be unique within the array. - `name: string` Unique name for this server, referenced by mcp_toolset configurations. 1-255 characters. - `type: "url"` - `"url"` - `url: string` Endpoint URL for the MCP server. - `metadata: optional map[string]` Arbitrary key-value metadata. Maximum 16 pairs, keys up to 64 chars, values up to 512 chars. - `multiagent: optional BetaManagedAgentsMultiagentParams` A coordinator topology: the session's primary thread orchestrates work by spawning session threads, each running an agent drawn from the `agents` roster. - `agents: array of BetaManagedAgentsMultiagentRosterEntryParams` Agents the coordinator may spawn as session threads. 1–20 entries. Each entry is an agent ID string, a versioned `{"type":"agent","id","version"}` reference, or `{"type":"self"}` to allow recursive self-invocation. Entries must reference distinct agents (after resolving `self` and string forms); at most one `self`. Referenced agents must exist, must not be archived, and must not themselves have `multiagent` set (depth limit 1). - `string` - `BetaManagedAgentsAgentParams object { id, type, version }` Specification for an Agent. Provide a specific `version` or use the short-form `agent="agent_id"` for the most recent version - `id: string` The `agent` ID. - `type: "agent"` - `"agent"` - `version: optional number` The specific `agent` version to use. Omit to use the latest version. Must be at least 1 if specified. - `BetaManagedAgentsMultiagentSelfParams object { type }` Sentinel roster entry meaning "the agent that owns this configuration". Resolved server-side to a concrete agent reference. - `type: "self"` - `"self"` - `type: "coordinator"` - `"coordinator"` - `skills: optional array of BetaManagedAgentsSkillParams` Skills available to the agent. Maximum 20. - `BetaManagedAgentsAnthropicSkillParams object { skill_id, type, version }` An Anthropic-managed skill. - `skill_id: string` Identifier of the Anthropic skill (e.g., "xlsx"). - `type: "anthropic"` - `"anthropic"` - `version: optional string` Version to pin. Defaults to latest if omitted. - `BetaManagedAgentsCustomSkillParams object { skill_id, type, version }` A user-created custom skill. - `skill_id: string` Tagged ID of the custom skill (e.g., "skill_01XJ5..."). - `type: "custom"` - `"custom"` - `version: optional string` Version to pin. Defaults to latest if omitted. - `system: optional string` System prompt for the agent. Up to 100,000 characters. - `tools: optional array of BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolset20260401Params or BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolsetParams or BetaManagedAgentsCustomToolParams` Tool configurations available to the agent. Maximum of 128 tools across all toolsets allowed. - `BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolset20260401Params object { type, configs, default_config }` Configuration for built-in agent tools. Use this to enable or disable groups of tools available to the agent. - `type: "agent_toolset_20260401"` - `"agent_toolset_20260401"` - `configs: optional array of BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolConfigParams` Per-tool configuration overrides. - `name: "bash" or "edit" or "read" or 5 more` Built-in agent tool identifier. - `"bash"` - `"edit"` - `"read"` - `"write"` - `"glob"` - `"grep"` - `"web_fetch"` - `"web_search"` - `enabled: optional boolean` Whether this tool is enabled and available to Claude. Overrides the default_config setting. - `permission_policy: optional BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `type: "always_allow"` - `"always_allow"` - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `type: "always_ask"` - `"always_ask"` - `default_config: optional BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolsetDefaultConfigParams` Default configuration for all tools in a toolset. - `enabled: optional boolean` Whether tools are enabled and available to Claude by default. Defaults to true if not specified. - `permission_policy: optional BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolsetParams object { mcp_server_name, type, configs, default_config }` Configuration for tools from an MCP server defined in `mcp_servers`. - `mcp_server_name: string` Name of the MCP server. Must match a server name from the mcp_servers array. 1-255 characters. - `type: "mcp_toolset"` - `"mcp_toolset"` - `configs: optional array of BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolConfigParams` Per-tool configuration overrides. - `name: string` Name of the MCP tool to configure. 1-128 characters. - `enabled: optional boolean` Whether this tool is enabled. Overrides the `default_config` setting. - `permission_policy: optional BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `default_config: optional BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolsetDefaultConfigParams` Default configuration for all tools from an MCP server. - `enabled: optional boolean` Whether tools are enabled by default. Defaults to true if not specified. - `permission_policy: optional BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsCustomToolParams object { description, input_schema, name, type }` A custom tool that is executed by the API client rather than the agent. When the agent calls this tool, an `agent.custom_tool_use` event is emitted and the session goes idle, waiting for the client to provide the result via a `user.custom_tool_result` event. - `description: string` Description of what the tool does, shown to the agent to help it decide when to use the tool. 1-1024 characters. - `input_schema: BetaManagedAgentsCustomToolInputSchema` JSON Schema for custom tool input parameters. - `properties: optional map[unknown]` JSON Schema properties defining the tool's input parameters. - `required: optional array of string` List of required property names. - `type: optional "object"` Must be 'object' for tool input schemas. - `"object"` - `name: string` Unique name for the tool. 1-128 characters; letters, digits, underscores, and hyphens. - `type: "custom"` - `"custom"` ### Returns - `BetaManagedAgentsAgent object { id, archived_at, created_at, 12 more }` A Managed Agents `agent`. - `id: string` - `archived_at: string` A timestamp in RFC 3339 format - `created_at: string` A timestamp in RFC 3339 format - `description: string` - `mcp_servers: array of BetaManagedAgentsMCPServerURLDefinition` - `name: string` - `type: "url"` - `"url"` - `url: string` - `metadata: map[string]` - `model: BetaManagedAgentsModelConfig` Model identifier and configuration. - `id: BetaManagedAgentsModel` The model that will power your agent. See [models](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/models-overview) for additional details and options. - `"claude-opus-4-8" or "claude-opus-4-7" or "claude-opus-4-6" or 7 more` The model that will power your agent. See [models](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/models-overview) for additional details and options. - `"claude-opus-4-8"` Frontier intelligence for long-running agents and coding - `"claude-opus-4-7"` Frontier intelligence for long-running agents and coding - `"claude-opus-4-6"` Most intelligent model for building agents and coding - `"claude-sonnet-4-6"` Best combination of speed and intelligence - `"claude-haiku-4-5"` Fastest model with near-frontier intelligence - `"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001"` Fastest model with near-frontier intelligence - `"claude-opus-4-5"` Premium model combining maximum intelligence with practical performance - `"claude-opus-4-5-20251101"` Premium model combining maximum intelligence with practical performance - `"claude-sonnet-4-5"` High-performance model for agents and coding - `"claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"` High-performance model for agents and coding - `string` - `speed: optional "standard" or "fast"` Inference speed mode. `fast` provides significantly faster output token generation at premium pricing. Not all models support `fast`; invalid combinations are rejected at create time. - `"standard"` - `"fast"` - `multiagent: BetaManagedAgentsMultiagent` Resolved coordinator topology with a concrete agent roster. - `agents: array of BetaManagedAgentsAgentReference` Agents the coordinator may spawn as session threads, each resolved to a specific version. - `id: string` - `type: "agent"` - `"agent"` - `version: number` - `type: "coordinator"` - `"coordinator"` - `name: string` - `skills: array of BetaManagedAgentsAnthropicSkill or BetaManagedAgentsCustomSkill` - `BetaManagedAgentsAnthropicSkill object { skill_id, type, version }` A resolved Anthropic-managed skill. - `skill_id: string` - `type: "anthropic"` - `"anthropic"` - `version: string` - `BetaManagedAgentsCustomSkill object { skill_id, type, version }` A resolved user-created custom skill. - `skill_id: string` - `type: "custom"` - `"custom"` - `version: string` - `system: string` - `tools: array of BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolset20260401 or BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolset or BetaManagedAgentsCustomTool` - `BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolset20260401 object { configs, default_config, type }` - `configs: array of BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolConfig` - `enabled: boolean` - `name: "bash" or "edit" or "read" or 5 more` Built-in agent tool identifier. - `"bash"` - `"edit"` - `"read"` - `"write"` - `"glob"` - `"grep"` - `"web_fetch"` - `"web_search"` - `permission_policy: BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `type: "always_allow"` - `"always_allow"` - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `type: "always_ask"` - `"always_ask"` - `default_config: BetaManagedAgentsAgentToolsetDefaultConfig` Resolved default configuration for agent tools. - `enabled: boolean` - `permission_policy: BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `type: "agent_toolset_20260401"` - `"agent_toolset_20260401"` - `BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolset object { configs, default_config, mcp_server_name, type }` - `configs: array of BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolConfig` - `enabled: boolean` - `name: string` - `permission_policy: BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `default_config: BetaManagedAgentsMCPToolsetDefaultConfig` Resolved default configuration for all tools from an MCP server. - `enabled: boolean` - `permission_policy: BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy or BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy` Permission policy for tool execution. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAllowPolicy object { type }` Tool calls are automatically approved without user confirmation. - `BetaManagedAgentsAlwaysAskPolicy object { type }` Tool calls require user confirmation before execution. - `mcp_server_name: string` - `type: "mcp_toolset"` - `"mcp_toolset"` - `BetaManagedAgentsCustomTool object { description, input_schema, name, type }` A custom tool as returned in API responses. - `description: string` - `input_schema: BetaManagedAgentsCustomToolInputSchema` JSON Schema for custom tool input parameters. - `properties: optional map[unknown]` JSON Schema properties defining the tool's input parameters. - `required: optional array of string` List of required property names. - `type: optional "object"` Must be 'object' for tool input schemas. - `"object"` - `name: string` - `type: "custom"` - `"custom"` - `type: "agent"` - `"agent"` - `updated_at: string` A timestamp in RFC 3339 format - `version: number` The agent's current version. Starts at 1 and increments when the agent is modified. ### Example ```http curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/agents \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \ -H 'anthropic-beta: managed-agents-2026-04-01' \ -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \ -d "{ \"model\": \"claude-sonnet-4-6\", \"name\": \"My First Agent\", \"description\": \"A general-purpose starter agent.\", \"metadata\": { \"foo\": \"bar\" }, \"system\": \"You are a general-purpose agent that can research, write code, run commands, and use connected tools to complete the user's task end to end.\", \"tools\": [ { \"type\": \"agent_toolset_20260401\" } ] }" ``` #### Response ```json { "id": "agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP", "archived_at": null, "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z", "description": "A general-purpose starter agent.", "mcp_servers": [ { "name": "example-mcp", "type": "url", "url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse" } ], "metadata": { "foo": "bar" }, "model": { "id": "claude-sonnet-4-6", "speed": "standard" }, "multiagent": { "agents": [ { "id": "agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ", "type": "agent", "version": 1 } ], "type": "coordinator" }, "name": "My First Agent", "skills": [ { "skill_id": "xlsx", "type": "anthropic", "version": "1" }, { "skill_id": "skill_011CZkZFNu9hAbo3jZPRgTlx", "type": "custom", "version": "2" } ], "system": "You are a general-purpose agent that can research, write code, run commands, and use connected tools to complete the user's task end to end.", "tools": [ { "configs": [ { "enabled": true, "name": "bash", "permission_policy": { "type": "always_allow" } } ], "default_config": { "enabled": true, "permission_policy": { "type": "always_ask" } }, "type": "agent_toolset_20260401" } ], "type": "agent", "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z", "version": 1 } ```