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Agents
Create an Agent
post/v2/gen-ai/agents

To create a new agent, send a POST request to /v2/gen-ai/agents. The response body contains a JSON object with the newly created agent object.

Body ParametersExpand Collapse
anthropic_key_uuid: optional string

Optional Anthropic API key ID to use with Anthropic models

description: optional string

A text description of the agent, not used in inference

instruction: optional string

Agent instruction. Instructions help your agent to perform its job effectively. See Write Effective Agent Instructions for best practices.

knowledge_base_uuid: optional array of string

Ids of the knowledge base(s) to attach to the agent

model_uuid: optional string

Identifier for the foundation model.

name: optional string

Agent name

open_ai_key_uuid: optional string

Optional OpenAI API key ID to use with OpenAI models

project_id: optional string

The id of the DigitalOcean project this agent will belong to

region: optional string

The DigitalOcean region to deploy your agent in

tags: optional array of string

Agent tag to organize related resources

ReturnsExpand Collapse
agent: optional APIAgent

An Agent

curl https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/gen-ai/agents \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN"
{
  "agent": {
    "anthropic_api_key": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "created_by": "12345",
      "deleted_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "name": "example name",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
    },
    "api_key_infos": [
      {
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "created_by": "12345",
        "deleted_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "name": "example name",
        "secret_key": "example string",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "api_keys": [
      {
        "api_key": "example string"
      }
    ],
    "chatbot": {
      "button_background_color": "example string",
      "logo": "example string",
      "name": "example name",
      "primary_color": "example string",
      "secondary_color": "example string",
      "starting_message": "example string"
    },
    "chatbot_identifiers": [
      {
        "agent_chatbot_identifier": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "child_agents": [],
    "conversation_logs_enabled": true,
    "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "deployment": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "name": "example name",
      "status": "STATUS_UNKNOWN",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "url": "example string",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "visibility": "VISIBILITY_UNKNOWN"
    },
    "description": "example string",
    "functions": [
      {
        "api_key": "example string",
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "created_by": "12345",
        "description": "example string",
        "faas_name": "example name",
        "faas_namespace": "example name",
        "input_schema": {},
        "name": "example name",
        "output_schema": {},
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "url": "example string",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "guardrails": [
      {
        "agent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "default_response": "example string",
        "description": "example string",
        "guardrail_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "is_attached": true,
        "is_default": true,
        "metadata": {},
        "name": "example name",
        "priority": 123,
        "type": "GUARDRAIL_TYPE_UNKNOWN",
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "if_case": "example string",
    "instruction": "example string",
    "k": 123,
    "knowledge_bases": [
      {
        "added_to_agent_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "database_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "embedding_model_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "is_public": true,
        "last_indexing_job": {
          "completed_datasources": 123,
          "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "data_source_uuids": [
            "example string"
          ],
          "finished_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "knowledge_base_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "phase": "BATCH_JOB_PHASE_UNKNOWN",
          "started_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "status": "INDEX_JOB_STATUS_UNKNOWN",
          "tokens": 123,
          "total_datasources": 123,
          "total_items_failed": "12345",
          "total_items_indexed": "12345",
          "total_items_skipped": "12345",
          "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        },
        "name": "example name",
        "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "region": "example string",
        "tags": [
          "example string"
        ],
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "user_id": "user_id",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "logging_config": {
      "galileo_project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "galileo_project_name": "example name",
      "insights_enabled": true,
      "insights_enabled_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "log_stream_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "log_stream_name": "example name"
    },
    "max_tokens": 123,
    "model": {
      "agreement": {
        "description": "example string",
        "name": "example name",
        "url": "example string",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      },
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "inference_name": "example name",
      "inference_version": "example string",
      "is_foundational": true,
      "metadata": {},
      "name": "example name",
      "parent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "provider": "MODEL_PROVIDER_DIGITALOCEAN",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "upload_complete": true,
      "url": "example string",
      "usecases": [
        "MODEL_USECASE_AGENT",
        "MODEL_USECASE_GUARDRAIL"
      ],
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "version": {
        "major": 123,
        "minor": 123,
        "patch": 123
      }
    },
    "name": "example name",
    "openai_api_key": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "created_by": "12345",
      "deleted_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "models": [
        {
          "agreement": {
            "description": "example string",
            "name": "example name",
            "url": "example string",
            "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
          },
          "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "inference_name": "example name",
          "inference_version": "example string",
          "is_foundational": true,
          "metadata": {},
          "name": "example name",
          "parent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "provider": "MODEL_PROVIDER_DIGITALOCEAN",
          "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "upload_complete": true,
          "url": "example string",
          "usecases": [
            "MODEL_USECASE_AGENT",
            "MODEL_USECASE_GUARDRAIL"
          ],
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "version": {
            "major": 123,
            "minor": 123,
            "patch": 123
          }
        }
      ],
      "name": "example name",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
    },
    "parent_agents": [],
    "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "provide_citations": true,
    "region": "example string",
    "retrieval_method": "RETRIEVAL_METHOD_UNKNOWN",
    "route_created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "route_created_by": "12345",
    "route_name": "example name",
    "route_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "tags": [
      "example string"
    ],
    "temperature": 123,
    "template": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "description": "example string",
      "guardrails": [
        {
          "priority": 123,
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        }
      ],
      "instruction": "example string",
      "k": 123,
      "knowledge_bases": [
        {
          "added_to_agent_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "database_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "embedding_model_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "is_public": true,
          "last_indexing_job": {
            "completed_datasources": 123,
            "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "data_source_uuids": [
              "example string"
            ],
            "finished_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "knowledge_base_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
            "phase": "BATCH_JOB_PHASE_UNKNOWN",
            "started_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "status": "INDEX_JOB_STATUS_UNKNOWN",
            "tokens": 123,
            "total_datasources": 123,
            "total_items_failed": "12345",
            "total_items_indexed": "12345",
            "total_items_skipped": "12345",
            "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
          },
          "name": "example name",
          "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "region": "example string",
          "tags": [
            "example string"
          ],
          "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "user_id": "user_id",
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        }
      ],
      "long_description": "\"Enhance your customer service with an AI agent designed to provide consistent, helpful, and accurate support across multiple channels. This template creates an agent that can answer product questions, troubleshoot common issues, process simple requests, and maintain a friendly, on-brand voice throughout customer interactions. Reduce response times, handle routine inquiries efficiently, and ensure your customers feel heard and helped.\"",
      "max_tokens": 123,
      "model": {
        "agreement": {
          "description": "example string",
          "name": "example name",
          "url": "example string",
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        },
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "inference_name": "example name",
        "inference_version": "example string",
        "is_foundational": true,
        "metadata": {},
        "name": "example name",
        "parent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "provider": "MODEL_PROVIDER_DIGITALOCEAN",
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "upload_complete": true,
        "url": "example string",
        "usecases": [
          "MODEL_USECASE_AGENT",
          "MODEL_USECASE_GUARDRAIL"
        ],
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "version": {
          "major": 123,
          "minor": 123,
          "patch": 123
        }
      },
      "name": "example name",
      "short_description": "\"This template has been designed with question-answer and conversational use cases in mind. It comes with validated agent instructions, fine-tuned model settings, and preconfigured guardrails defined for customer support-related use cases.\"",
      "summary": "example string",
      "tags": [
        "example string"
      ],
      "temperature": 123,
      "template_type": "AGENT_TEMPLATE_TYPE_STANDARD",
      "top_p": 123,
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
    },
    "top_p": 123,
    "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "url": "example string",
    "user_id": "12345",
    "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "version_hash": "example string"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "agent": {
    "anthropic_api_key": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "created_by": "12345",
      "deleted_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "name": "example name",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
    },
    "api_key_infos": [
      {
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "created_by": "12345",
        "deleted_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "name": "example name",
        "secret_key": "example string",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "api_keys": [
      {
        "api_key": "example string"
      }
    ],
    "chatbot": {
      "button_background_color": "example string",
      "logo": "example string",
      "name": "example name",
      "primary_color": "example string",
      "secondary_color": "example string",
      "starting_message": "example string"
    },
    "chatbot_identifiers": [
      {
        "agent_chatbot_identifier": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "child_agents": [],
    "conversation_logs_enabled": true,
    "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "deployment": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "name": "example name",
      "status": "STATUS_UNKNOWN",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "url": "example string",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "visibility": "VISIBILITY_UNKNOWN"
    },
    "description": "example string",
    "functions": [
      {
        "api_key": "example string",
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "created_by": "12345",
        "description": "example string",
        "faas_name": "example name",
        "faas_namespace": "example name",
        "input_schema": {},
        "name": "example name",
        "output_schema": {},
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "url": "example string",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "guardrails": [
      {
        "agent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "default_response": "example string",
        "description": "example string",
        "guardrail_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "is_attached": true,
        "is_default": true,
        "metadata": {},
        "name": "example name",
        "priority": 123,
        "type": "GUARDRAIL_TYPE_UNKNOWN",
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "if_case": "example string",
    "instruction": "example string",
    "k": 123,
    "knowledge_bases": [
      {
        "added_to_agent_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "database_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "embedding_model_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "is_public": true,
        "last_indexing_job": {
          "completed_datasources": 123,
          "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "data_source_uuids": [
            "example string"
          ],
          "finished_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "knowledge_base_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "phase": "BATCH_JOB_PHASE_UNKNOWN",
          "started_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "status": "INDEX_JOB_STATUS_UNKNOWN",
          "tokens": 123,
          "total_datasources": 123,
          "total_items_failed": "12345",
          "total_items_indexed": "12345",
          "total_items_skipped": "12345",
          "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        },
        "name": "example name",
        "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "region": "example string",
        "tags": [
          "example string"
        ],
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "user_id": "user_id",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      }
    ],
    "logging_config": {
      "galileo_project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "galileo_project_name": "example name",
      "insights_enabled": true,
      "insights_enabled_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "log_stream_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "log_stream_name": "example name"
    },
    "max_tokens": 123,
    "model": {
      "agreement": {
        "description": "example string",
        "name": "example name",
        "url": "example string",
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      },
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "inference_name": "example name",
      "inference_version": "example string",
      "is_foundational": true,
      "metadata": {},
      "name": "example name",
      "parent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "provider": "MODEL_PROVIDER_DIGITALOCEAN",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "upload_complete": true,
      "url": "example string",
      "usecases": [
        "MODEL_USECASE_AGENT",
        "MODEL_USECASE_GUARDRAIL"
      ],
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "version": {
        "major": 123,
        "minor": 123,
        "patch": 123
      }
    },
    "name": "example name",
    "openai_api_key": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "created_by": "12345",
      "deleted_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "models": [
        {
          "agreement": {
            "description": "example string",
            "name": "example name",
            "url": "example string",
            "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
          },
          "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "inference_name": "example name",
          "inference_version": "example string",
          "is_foundational": true,
          "metadata": {},
          "name": "example name",
          "parent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "provider": "MODEL_PROVIDER_DIGITALOCEAN",
          "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "upload_complete": true,
          "url": "example string",
          "usecases": [
            "MODEL_USECASE_AGENT",
            "MODEL_USECASE_GUARDRAIL"
          ],
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "version": {
            "major": 123,
            "minor": 123,
            "patch": 123
          }
        }
      ],
      "name": "example name",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
    },
    "parent_agents": [],
    "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "provide_citations": true,
    "region": "example string",
    "retrieval_method": "RETRIEVAL_METHOD_UNKNOWN",
    "route_created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "route_created_by": "12345",
    "route_name": "example name",
    "route_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "tags": [
      "example string"
    ],
    "temperature": 123,
    "template": {
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "description": "example string",
      "guardrails": [
        {
          "priority": 123,
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        }
      ],
      "instruction": "example string",
      "k": 123,
      "knowledge_bases": [
        {
          "added_to_agent_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "database_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "embedding_model_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "is_public": true,
          "last_indexing_job": {
            "completed_datasources": 123,
            "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "data_source_uuids": [
              "example string"
            ],
            "finished_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "knowledge_base_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
            "phase": "BATCH_JOB_PHASE_UNKNOWN",
            "started_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "status": "INDEX_JOB_STATUS_UNKNOWN",
            "tokens": 123,
            "total_datasources": 123,
            "total_items_failed": "12345",
            "total_items_indexed": "12345",
            "total_items_skipped": "12345",
            "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
          },
          "name": "example name",
          "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "region": "example string",
          "tags": [
            "example string"
          ],
          "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "user_id": "user_id",
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        }
      ],
      "long_description": "\"Enhance your customer service with an AI agent designed to provide consistent, helpful, and accurate support across multiple channels. This template creates an agent that can answer product questions, troubleshoot common issues, process simple requests, and maintain a friendly, on-brand voice throughout customer interactions. Reduce response times, handle routine inquiries efficiently, and ensure your customers feel heard and helped.\"",
      "max_tokens": 123,
      "model": {
        "agreement": {
          "description": "example string",
          "name": "example name",
          "url": "example string",
          "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
        },
        "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "inference_name": "example name",
        "inference_version": "example string",
        "is_foundational": true,
        "metadata": {},
        "name": "example name",
        "parent_uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "provider": "MODEL_PROVIDER_DIGITALOCEAN",
        "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "upload_complete": true,
        "url": "example string",
        "usecases": [
          "MODEL_USECASE_AGENT",
          "MODEL_USECASE_GUARDRAIL"
        ],
        "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "version": {
          "major": 123,
          "minor": 123,
          "patch": 123
        }
      },
      "name": "example name",
      "short_description": "\"This template has been designed with question-answer and conversational use cases in mind. It comes with validated agent instructions, fine-tuned model settings, and preconfigured guardrails defined for customer support-related use cases.\"",
      "summary": "example string",
      "tags": [
        "example string"
      ],
      "temperature": 123,
      "template_type": "AGENT_TEMPLATE_TYPE_STANDARD",
      "top_p": 123,
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
    },
    "top_p": 123,
    "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "url": "example string",
    "user_id": "12345",
    "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "version_hash": "example string"
  }
}