Create Agent
POST/v1/agents
Create Agent
Headers
Body
Returns
Create Agent
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-opus-5",
"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 200
{
"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-opus-5",
"effort": {
"type": "low"
},
"inference_geo": "inference_geo",
"speed": "standard"
},
"multiagent": {
"advisor": {
"type": "disabled"
},
"subagents": {
"inline_agents": {
"type": "enabled"
},
"predefined_agents": [
{
"id": "agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ",
"type": "agent",
"version": 1
}
],
"type": "enabled"
},
"type": "multiagent_20261001",
"workflows": {
"inline_agents": {
"type": "enabled"
},
"predefined_agents": [
{
"id": "agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ",
"type": "agent",
"version": 1
}
],
"type": "enabled"
}
},
"name": "My First Agent",
"skills": [
{
"skill_id": "xlsx",
"type": "anthropic",
"version": "1"
},
{
"skill_id": "skill_011CZkZFNu9hAbo3jZPRgTmx",
"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"
},
"type": "bash"
}
],
"default_config": {
"enabled": true,
"permission_policy": {
"type": "always_ask"
}
},
"type": "agent_toolset_20260401"
}
],
"type": "agent",
"updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
"version": 1
}Returns Examples
Response 200
{
"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-opus-5",
"effort": {
"type": "low"
},
"inference_geo": "inference_geo",
"speed": "standard"
},
"multiagent": {
"advisor": {
"type": "disabled"
},
"subagents": {
"inline_agents": {
"type": "enabled"
},
"predefined_agents": [
{
"id": "agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ",
"type": "agent",
"version": 1
}
],
"type": "enabled"
},
"type": "multiagent_20261001",
"workflows": {
"inline_agents": {
"type": "enabled"
},
"predefined_agents": [
{
"id": "agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ",
"type": "agent",
"version": 1
}
],
"type": "enabled"
}
},
"name": "My First Agent",
"skills": [
{
"skill_id": "xlsx",
"type": "anthropic",
"version": "1"
},
{
"skill_id": "skill_011CZkZFNu9hAbo3jZPRgTmx",
"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"
},
"type": "bash"
}
],
"default_config": {
"enabled": true,
"permission_policy": {
"type": "always_ask"
}
},
"type": "agent_toolset_20260401"
}
],
"type": "agent",
"updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
"version": 1
}