---
title: Archive Agent
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/php/beta/agents/archive
---

# Archive Agent

`$client->beta->agents->archive(string agentID, ?list<AnthropicBeta> betas, ?string workspaceID): BetaManagedAgentsAgent`

**POST** `/v1/agents/{agent_id}/archive`

Archive Agent

## Parameters

- `agentID: string` (path parameter)

  Unique identifier of the agent to archive.

- `betas?: optional list<AnthropicBeta>` (header parameter)

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

- `workspaceID?: optional string` (header 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`

  - `"agent" type`

  - `string id`

  - `?\Datetime archivedAt`

    When the agent was archived. Null if not archived.

  - `\Datetime createdAt`

    A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

  - `?string description`

  - `BetaManagedAgentsExecutionIdentity executionIdentity`

    Execution principal for runs of this agent. Always present; `{"type": "service_account"}` when runs carry no customer-named principal.

  - `list<BetaManagedAgentsMCPServerURLDefinition> mcpServers`

  - `array<string,string> metadata`

  - `BetaManagedAgentsModelConfig model`

    Model identifier and configuration.

  - `?BetaManagedAgentsMultiagent multiagent`

    Multiagent orchestration configuration. Null when the agent is single-threaded.

  - `string name`

  - `list<Skill> skills`

  - `?string system`

  - `list<Tool> tools`

  - `\Datetime updatedAt`

    A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

  - `int version`

    The agent's current version. Starts at 1 and increments when the agent is modified.

## Example

```php
<?php

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

use Anthropic\Client;
use Anthropic\Beta\AnthropicBeta;

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

$betaManagedAgentsAgent = $client->beta->agents->archive(
  'agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP',
  betas: [AnthropicBeta::MESSAGE_BATCHES_2024_09_24],
  workspaceID: 'wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy',
);

var_dump($betaManagedAgentsAgent);
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "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
}
```