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Update Agent

$client->beta->agents->update(string agentID, ?string description, ?BetaManagedAgentsExecutionIdentityParams executionIdentity, ?list<BetaManagedAgentsURLMCPServerParams> mcpServers, ?array<string,string> metadata, ?Model model, ?BetaManagedAgentsMultiagentParams multiagent, ?string name, ?list<BetaManagedAgentsSkillParams> skills, ?string system, ?list<Tool> tools, ?int version, ?list<AnthropicBeta> betas, ?string workspaceID): BetaManagedAgentsAgent
POST/v1/agents/{agent_id}
Requires anthropic-beta: managed-agents-2026-04-01. How to send beta headers

Update Agent

Parameters
agentID: string⁠Path parameter

Unique identifier of the agent to update.

description?: optional string

Description. Omit to preserve; send empty string or null to clear.

executionIdentity?: optional BetaManagedAgentsExecutionIdentityParams

Execution principal for runs of this agent. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send null or {"type": "service_account"} to restore the default.

mcpServers?: optional list<BetaManagedAgentsURLMCPServerParams>

MCP servers. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send empty array or null to clear. Names must be unique. Maximum 20. Every server must be referenced by an mcp_toolset in the agent's resulting tools; unreferenced servers are rejected. See the MCP connector guide.

metadata?: optional array<string,string>

Metadata patch. Set a key to a string to upsert it, or to null to delete it. Omit the field to preserve. The stored bag is limited to 16 keys (up to 64 chars each) with values up to 512 chars.

model?: optional Model

Model identifier. Accepts the model string, e.g. claude-opus-5-5, or a model_config object for additional configuration control. Omit to preserve. Cannot be cleared.

multiagent?: optional BetaManagedAgentsMultiagentParams

Multiagent orchestration configuration. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send null to clear.

name?: optional string

Human-readable name. Must be non-empty. Omit to preserve. Cannot be cleared.

skills?: optional list<BetaManagedAgentsSkillParams>

Skills. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send empty array or null to clear.

system?: optional string

System prompt. Omit to preserve; send empty string or null to clear.

tools?: optional list<Tool>

Tool configurations available to the agent. Full replacement. Omit to preserve; send empty array or null to clear. Maximum of 256 tools across all toolsets allowed.

version?: optional int

The agent's current version, used to prevent concurrent overwrites. Obtain this value from a create or retrieve response. Must be at least 1 if specified. When supplied, the request fails if it does not match the server's current version; omit to apply the update unconditionally.

betas?: optional list<AnthropicBeta>⁠Header parameter

This endpoint is in beta: requests must send managed-agents-2026-04-01 in this header.

workspaceID?: 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
class BetaManagedAgentsAgent { $type = 'agent'; $id; $archivedAt; /* 13 more */ }
Update Agent
<?php

require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Anthropic\Client;
use Anthropic\Beta\AnthropicBeta;
use Anthropic\Beta\Agents\BetaManagedAgentsModel;

$client = new Client(apiKey: 'my-anthropic-api-key');

$betaManagedAgentsAgent = $client->beta->agents->update(
  'agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP',
  description: 'updated',
  executionIdentity: [
    'roleARN' => 'arn:aws:iam::228601553692:role/T', 'type' => 'aws_role'
  ],
  mcpServers: [
    [
      'name' => 'example-mcp',
      'type' => 'url',
      'url' => 'https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse',
    ],
  ],
  metadata: ['foo' => 'string'],
  model: [
    'id' => BetaManagedAgentsModel::CLAUDE_OPUS_5_5,
    'effort' => 'low',
    'inferenceGeo' => 'inference_geo',
    'speed' => 'standard',
  ],
  multiagent: [
    'agents' => ['agent_011CZkYqphY8vELVzwCUpqiQ', ['type' => 'self']],
    'type' => 'coordinator',
  ],
  name: 'name',
  skills: [['skillID' => 'xlsx', 'type' => 'anthropic', 'version' => '1']],
  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',
      'configs' => [
        [
          'name' => 'bash',
          'enabled' => true,
          'permissionPolicy' => ['type' => 'always_allow'],
          'type' => 'bash',
        ],
      ],
      'defaultConfig' => [
        'enabled' => true, 'permissionPolicy' => ['type' => 'always_allow']
      ],
    ],
  ],
  version: 1,
  betas: [AnthropicBeta::MESSAGE_BATCHES_2024_09_24],
  workspaceID: 'wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy',
);

var_dump($betaManagedAgentsAgent);
Returns Examples
Response 200
{
  "id": "agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP",
  "archived_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "description": "A general-purpose starter agent.",
  "execution_identity": {
    "type": "service_account"
  },
  "mcp_servers": [
    {
      "name": "example-mcp",
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "model": {
    "id": "claude-opus-5-5",
    "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
}