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Create Deployment

$ ant beta:deployments create
POST/v1/deployments

Create Deployment

Parameters
--agent: string or BetaManagedAgentsAgentParams

Agent to deploy. Accepts the agent ID string, which pins the latest version, or an agent object with both id and version specified. The agent must exist and not be archived.

--environment-id: string

ID of the environment defining the container configuration for sessions created from this deployment.

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maxLength128
--initial-event: array of BetaManagedAgentsDeploymentInitialEventParams

Events to send to each session immediately after creation. At least 1, maximum 50.

--name: string

Human-readable name for the deployment.

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maxLength256
--budget: optional object{ max_list_cost, type }

Enforced spend ceiling stamped onto each session created from this deployment, copied at session-creation time. Omit to leave sessions uncapped. The deployment agent's model must have a public list price, or the request is rejected; a multiagent roster is re-validated in full when each fire copies the cap, which fails closed the same way.

--description: optional string

Description of what the deployment does.

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--metadata: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value metadata. Maximum 16 pairs, keys up to 64 chars, values up to 512 chars.

--resource: optional array of BetaManagedAgentsGitHubRepositoryResourceParams or BetaManagedAgentsFileResourceParams or BetaManagedAgentsMemoryStoreResourceParam

Resources (e.g. repositories, files) to mount into each session's container. Maximum 500.

--schedule: optional object{ expression, timezone, type }

Optional recurring cron schedule. When present, the deployment fires automatically. Both expression and timezone are required when schedule is set.

--vault-id: optional array of string

Vault IDs for stored credentials the agent can use during sessions created from this deployment. Maximum 50.

--beta: optional array of AnthropicBeta⁠Header parameter

Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

--workspace-id: optional string⁠Header parameter

Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy).

Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

Returns
beta_managed_agents_deployment: object{ type: "deployment", id, agent, 14 more }

A deployment is a configured instance of an agent — it binds the agent to everything needed to run it autonomously: an environment, credentials, initial events, and an optional schedule.

type: "deployment"
id: string

Unique identifier for this deployment.

agent: object{ type: "agent", id, version }

Reference to the agent this deployment runs, resolved to a concrete version.

type: "agent"
id: string
version: number
formatint32
archived_at: string

Time the deployment was archived. Null if not archived.

formatdate-time
created_at: string

Time the deployment was created.

formatdate-time
description: string

Description of what the deployment does.

environment_id: string

ID of the environment where sessions run.

initial_events: array of BetaManagedAgentsDeploymentInitialEvent

Events sent to each session immediately after creation.

One of the following:
beta_managed_agents_deployment_user_message_event: object{ type: "user.message", content }

A user message sent to the session.

type: "user.message"
content: array of BetaManagedAgentsTextBlock or BetaManagedAgentsImageBlock or BetaManagedAgentsDocumentBlock or BetaManagedAgentsRedactedBlock

Array of content blocks for the user message.

One of the following:
beta_managed_agents_text_block: object{ type: "text", text }

Regular text content.

type: "text"
text: string

The text content.

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beta_managed_agents_image_block: object{ type: "image", source }

Image content specified directly as base64 data or as a reference via a URL.

beta_managed_agents_document_block: object{ type: "document", source, context, title }

Document content, either specified directly as base64 data, as text, or as a reference via a URL.

beta_managed_agents_redacted_block: object{ type: "redacted" }

Placeholder for content withheld by Anthropic model policy.

type: "redacted"
beta_managed_agents_deployment_user_define_outcome_event: object{ type: "user.define_outcome", description, rubric, max_iterations }

An outcome the agent should work toward. The agent begins work on receipt.

type: "user.define_outcome"
description: string

What the agent should produce. This is the task specification.

rubric: BetaManagedAgentsFileRubric or BetaManagedAgentsTextRubric

How to grade the outcome. Text or file reference.

One of the following:
beta_managed_agents_file_rubric: object{ type: "file", file_id }

Rubric referenced by a file uploaded via the Files API.

type: "file"
file_id: string

ID of the rubric file.

beta_managed_agents_text_rubric: object{ type: "text", content }

Rubric content provided inline as text.

type: "text"
content: string

Rubric content. Plain text or markdown — the grader treats it as freeform text.

max_iterations: optional number

Eval→revision cycles before giving up. Default 3, max 20.

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beta_managed_agents_deployment_system_message_event: object{ type: "system.message", content }

Privileged context for the accompanying turn and all subsequent turns, appended to the session's system context as a role: "system" turn rather than replacing the top-level system prompt.

type: "system.message"
content: array of BetaManagedAgentsSystemContentBlock { type: "text", text }

System content blocks to append. Text-only.

type: "text"
text: string

The text content.

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metadata: map[string]

Arbitrary key-value metadata. Maximum 16 pairs.

name: string

Human-readable name.

paused_reason: BetaManagedAgentsManualDeploymentPausedReason or BetaManagedAgentsErrorDeploymentPausedReason

Why the deployment is paused. Non-null exactly when status is paused; null otherwise.

One of the following:
beta_managed_agents_manual_deployment_paused_reason: object{ type: "manual" }

The caller invoked the pause endpoint on the deployment.

type: "manual"
beta_managed_agents_error_deployment_paused_reason: object{ type: "error", error }

A scheduled fire recorded a failed run whose error auto-pauses the deployment.

type: "error"
error: BetaManagedAgentsEnvironmentArchivedDeploymentPausedReasonError or BetaManagedAgentsAgentArchivedDeploymentPausedReasonError or BetaManagedAgentsEnvironmentNotFoundDeploymentPausedReasonError or 11 more

The failed run's error.

One of the following:
beta_managed_agents_environment_archived_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "environment_archived_error" }

The deployment's environment was archived.

type: "environment_archived_error"
beta_managed_agents_agent_archived_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "agent_archived_error" }

The deployment's agent was archived.

type: "agent_archived_error"
beta_managed_agents_environment_not_found_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "environment_not_found_error" }

The deployment's environment no longer exists.

type: "environment_not_found_error"
beta_managed_agents_vault_not_found_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "vault_not_found_error" }

A vault referenced by the deployment no longer exists.

type: "vault_not_found_error"
beta_managed_agents_file_not_found_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "file_not_found_error" }

A file resource referenced by the deployment no longer exists.

type: "file_not_found_error"
beta_managed_agents_session_resource_not_found_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "session_resource_not_found_error" }

A referenced resource no longer exists and its kind was not reported.

type: "session_resource_not_found_error"
beta_managed_agents_workspace_archived_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "workspace_archived_error" }

The deployment's workspace was archived.

type: "workspace_archived_error"
beta_managed_agents_organization_disabled_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "organization_disabled_error" }

The deployment's organization is disabled.

type: "organization_disabled_error"
beta_managed_agents_memory_store_archived_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "memory_store_archived_error" }

A memory store referenced by the deployment is archived.

type: "memory_store_archived_error"
beta_managed_agents_skill_not_found_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "skill_not_found_error" }

A skill referenced by the deployment's agent no longer exists.

type: "skill_not_found_error"
beta_managed_agents_vault_archived_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "vault_archived_error" }

A vault referenced by the deployment is archived.

type: "vault_archived_error"
beta_managed_agents_unknown_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "unknown_error" }

An unrecognized error auto-paused the deployment. A fallback variant; matches a run whose error.type is unknown_error.

type: "unknown_error"
beta_managed_agents_self_hosted_resources_unsupported_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "self_hosted_resources_unsupported_error" }

The deployment configures resources, but its environment is self-hosted and cannot mount them.

type: "self_hosted_resources_unsupported_error"
beta_managed_agents_mcp_egress_blocked_deployment_paused_reason_error: object{ type: "mcp_egress_blocked_error" }

An MCP server host used by the deployment's agent is blocked by the environment's network policy.

type: "mcp_egress_blocked_error"
resources: array of BetaManagedAgentsSessionResourceConfig

Resources attached to sessions created from this deployment. Echoes the input minus write-only credentials.

One of the following:
beta_managed_agents_github_repository_resource_config: object{ type: "github_repository", url, checkout, mount_path }

A GitHub repository mounted into each session's container. The authorization token is write-only and never returned.

type: "github_repository"
url: string

Github URL of the repository

checkout: optional BetaManagedAgentsBranchCheckout or BetaManagedAgentsCommitCheckout

Branch or commit to check out. Defaults to the repository's default branch.

One of the following:
beta_managed_agents_branch_checkout: object{ type: "branch", name }
type: "branch"
name: string

Branch name to check out.

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beta_managed_agents_commit_checkout: object{ type: "commit", sha }
type: "commit"
sha: string

Full commit SHA to check out.

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maxLength64
mount_path: optional string

Mount path in the container. Defaults to /workspace/<repo-name>.

beta_managed_agents_file_resource_config: object{ type: "file", file_id, mount_path }

A file mounted into each session's container.

type: "file"
file_id: string

ID of a previously uploaded file.

mount_path: optional string

Mount path in the container. Defaults to /mnt/session/uploads/<file_id>.

beta_managed_agents_memory_store_resource_config: object{ type: "memory_store", memory_store_id, access, instructions }

A memory store attached to each session created from this deployment.

type: "memory_store"
memory_store_id: string

The memory store ID (memstore_...). Must belong to the caller's organization and workspace.

access: optional "read_write" or "read_only"

Access mode for the mounted store. Defaults to read_write. read_only mounts the store as a read-only filesystem.

One of the following:
"read_write"
"read_only"
instructions: optional string

Per-attachment guidance for the agent on how to use this store. Rendered into the memory section of the system prompt. Max 4096 chars.

schedule: object{ type: "cron", expression, timezone, 2 more }

Recurring cron schedule. Presence enables scheduled execution; null means manual-only. Includes computed timestamps (next fire times, last run) on the cron variant.

type: "cron"
expression: string

5-field POSIX cron expression: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week (e.g., "0 9 * * 1-5" for weekdays at 9am). Day-of-week is 0-7 where 0 and 7 both mean Sunday. Extended cron syntax - seconds or year fields, and the special characters L, W, #, and ? - is not supported, nor are predefined shortcuts (@daily).

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timezone: string

IANA timezone identifier (e.g., "America/Los_Angeles", "UTC").

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last_run_at: optional string

Time the most recent scheduled run actually started. Null until one completes; preserved after the deployment is archived. Manual runs do not update this.

formatdate-time
upcoming_runs_at: optional array of string

Up to 5 timestamps of upcoming cron occurrences. Non-empty for active and paused deployments (reflects what the schedule would do if unpaused); empty once the deployment is archived (archived_at set). Each fire is offset by a small per-schedule jitter, so a run will actually start at or shortly after its listed time.

status: "active" or "paused"

Computed status of the deployment: active or paused. Archived deployments report active with archived_at set.

One of the following:
"active"

The deployment is active and can run sessions. Archived deployments also report this status; check archived_at to distinguish them.

"paused"

The deployment is paused. Autonomous triggers are suppressed; manual runs are still permitted.

updated_at: string

Time the deployment was last updated.

formatdate-time
vault_ids: array of string

Vault IDs supplying stored credentials for sessions created from this deployment.

budget: optional object{ type: "limit", max_list_cost }

Spend ceiling stamped onto each session created from this deployment. Absent when no budget is set.

type: "limit"
max_list_cost: object{ amount, currency }

Maximum list cost the session may accrue. List price is used regardless of any negotiated discount, so the cap fires at or before the actual charge.

amount: string

Amount in minor units of the currency, as an integer decimal string with no leading zeros: "2500" is $25.00 and "50" is fifty cents. A string rather than a number so no float rounding is ever applied.

currency: "USD"

Uppercase ISO-4217 currency code. USD is the only currency currently supported; the accepted set is closed and grows only when a new currency is priced.

Create Deployment
ant beta:deployments create \
  --api-key my-anthropic-api-key \
  --agent string \
  --environment-id x \
  --initial-event '{content: [{text: '\''Where is my order #1234?'\'', type: text}], type: user.message}' \
  --name x
Returns Examples
Response 200
{
  "id": "depl_011CZkZcDH3vPqd7xnEfwTai",
  "agent": {
    "id": "agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP",
    "type": "agent",
    "version": 1
  },
  "archived_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "description": "Compiles yesterday's orders into a report every weekday morning.",
  "environment_id": "env_011CZkZ9X2dpNyB7HsEFoRfW",
  "initial_events": [
    {
      "content": [
        {
          "text": "Compile yesterday's orders into report.md.",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ],
      "type": "user.message"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "name": "Daily order report",
  "paused_reason": {
    "type": "manual"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "github_repository",
      "url": "url",
      "checkout": {
        "name": "main",
        "type": "branch"
      },
      "mount_path": "mount_path"
    }
  ],
  "schedule": {
    "expression": "0 9 * * 1-5",
    "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
    "type": "cron",
    "last_run_at": "2026-03-16T16:00:09Z",
    "upcoming_runs_at": [
      "2026-03-17T16:00:00Z",
      "2026-03-18T16:00:00Z"
    ]
  },
  "status": "active",
  "type": "deployment",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "vault_ids": [
    "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv"
  ],
  "budget": {
    "max_list_cost": {
      "amount": "2500",
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "type": "limit"
  }
}