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Get agent by ID or name

GET
/v1/agents/{agent_id}

Accepts either an agent ID (e.g. agent_01933b5a...) or a name (e.g. customer-support). Names are resolved within the caller’s org.

agent_id
required
string

Agent ID (prefixed) or name

Agent found

Wrapper that adds self_url and view_url to a serialized resource.

Uses self_url (not url) for the API link to avoid collision with resources that already have a url field (e.g. McpServer).

object
archived_at

Timestamp when the agent was archived.

string | null format: date-time
capabilities

Capabilities enabled for this agent with per-agent configuration. Capabilities add tools and system prompt modifications.

Array<object>

Per-agent capability configuration

Associates a capability with an agent, including optional per-agent configuration. The config field allows the same capability to behave differently per-agent.

object
config

Per-agent configuration for this capability (capability-specific)

ref
required

Reference to the capability ID

string
created_at
required

Timestamp when the agent was created.

string format: date-time
default_model_id

Default LLM model ID for this agent. Can be overridden at the session level.

string | null
Example
model_01933b5a00007000800000000000001
deleted_at

Timestamp when the agent was deleted.

string | null format: date-time
description

Human-readable description of what the agent does.

string | null
display_name

Human-readable display name shown in UI (e.g. “Customer Support Agent”). Falls back to name when absent.

string | null
id
required

External identifier (agent_<32-hex>). Shown as “id” in API. Client-supplied or auto-generated.

string
Example
agent_01933b5a000070008000000000000001
initial_files

Starter files copied into each new session for this agent.

Array<object>

Starter file copied into a new session from an agent or harness.

object
content
required

File content: plain text or base64-encoded binary.

string
encoding

Content encoding: text or base64.

string
is_readonly

Prevent session-side edits or deletes when true.

boolean
path
required

Absolute path within the session workspace. /workspace prefix is accepted.

string
max_iterations

Maximum number of LLM iterations per turn for this agent.

integer | null
mcpServers

Remote MCP servers scoped to this agent and inherited by its sessions.

object
key
additional properties

Session-, agent-, or harness-scoped remote MCP server configuration.

This intentionally mirrors the mcpServers object shape used by common MCP client config files while staying within Everruns’ current remote-HTTP-only support.

object
auth_mode

Authentication mode used when executing tools from this scoped server.

string
Allowed values: none api_key o_auth
headers

Additional HTTP headers sent on MCP requests.

object
key
additional properties
string
oauth_provider_id

Provider id used to resolve a user-scoped bearer token.

string | null
tool_discovery

Whether to discover tool definitions live from this server.

boolean
type

MCP transport type. Only remote HTTP is supported today.

string
Allowed values: http
url
required

URL of the remote MCP server endpoint.

string
name
required

Name, unique per org (e.g. “customer-support”).

string
network_access
One of:
null
status
required

Current lifecycle status of the agent.

string
Allowed values: active archived deleted
system_prompt
required

System prompt that defines the agent’s behavior. Sent as the first message in every conversation.

string
tags

Tags for organizing and filtering agents.

Array<string>
tools

Client-side tools registered for this agent. These tools are executed by the client, not the server.

Array
One of:

Built-in tool - executed by the worker via ToolRegistry

object
category

Category for tool_search namespace grouping (from parent capability)

string | null
deferrable

Whether this tool’s schema can be deferred via tool_search

string
Allowed values: never automatic always
description
required

Tool description for LLM

string
display_name

Human-readable display name for UI rendering (e.g., “Get Current Time” for get_current_time)

string | null
hints

Semantic hints describing the tool’s behavioral properties

object
destructive

Tool may irreversibly destroy or delete data. Subset of non-readonly — a tool can be non-readonly (writes) without being destructive (e.g., create/update operations).

boolean | null
idempotent

Calling the tool repeatedly with the same arguments produces the same effect. Safe to retry on transient failures.

boolean | null
long_running

Tool may take significant time to complete (> ~5s typical). Useful for clients to show progress indicators and set timeouts.

boolean | null
narration_noun

Entity noun for operation-based narration (e.g. “agent”, “harness”). When set, the narration system reads the operation argument and produces verb-based narration like “Created agent: Neon Cartographer” instead of the generic “Ran Manage Agents”.

string | null
open_world

Tool interacts with external entities beyond the local system (network calls, third-party APIs, cloud services).

boolean | null
persist_output

Tool output should be persisted to session VFS before truncation. When set, the tool_output_persistence capability (EVE-222, EVE-245) writes stdout to /.outputs/{tool_call_id}.stdout and stderr to /.outputs/{tool_call_id}.stderr, injecting full_output, total_lines, and output_files into the result.

boolean | null
readonly

Tool does not modify any state (read-only queries, lookups). When true: safe to call speculatively, result can be cached.

boolean | null
requires_secrets

Tool requires API keys, credentials, or other secrets to function. Useful for UI to show connection prompts and for LLMs to anticipate authentication failures.

boolean | null
supports_background

Tool supports detached background execution via spawn_background. When true, the tool may be executed asynchronously outside the current foreground tool call and report status back later.

boolean | null
name
required

Tool name (used by LLM and for registry lookup)

string
parameters
required

JSON schema for tool parameters

policy

Tool policy (auto or requires_approval)

string
Allowed values: auto requires_approval client_side
type
required
string
Allowed values: builtin
updated_at
required

Timestamp when the agent was last updated.

string format: date-time
usage
One of:
null
self_url
required

Full API endpoint URL for this resource.

string
view_url
required

Full UI URL for viewing this resource.

string

Invalid agent ID

Agent not found

Internal server error