> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://onecli.sh/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create an agent

> Creates a new agent in the current project. The identifier must be lowercase alphanumeric with hyphens, starting with a letter or number (max 50 chars).

The response does not include the agent's access token — read it from `GET /agents` or regenerate it with `POST /agents/{agentId}/regenerate-token`.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /agents
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: OneCLI API
  version: '1.0'
  description: >
    The OneCLI API lets you manage agents, secrets, policy rules, app
    connections, and user settings programmatically.


    **Base URL:** `https://api.onecli.sh/v1` (Cloud) or
    `http://localhost:10254/v1` (self-hosted)


    ## Authentication


    All endpoints require authentication via one of:


    - **API Key** — `Authorization: Bearer <key>` header. Generate keys in the
    dashboard or via `GET /v1/user/api-key`.

    - **Session** — Cookie-based session from the web dashboard.


    For organization-scoped API keys, include the `X-Project-Id` header to
    specify which project to operate on.
servers:
  - url: https://api.onecli.sh/v1
    description: OneCLI Cloud
  - url: http://localhost:10254/v1
    description: Self-hosted (Docker)
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Agents
    description: Manage agents and their access tokens, secrets, and configuration.
  - name: Secrets
    description: Manage credentials that the gateway injects into outbound requests.
  - name: Rules
    description: >-
      Manage policy rules that control how agents interact with external
      services.
  - name: User
    description: Manage your user profile and API keys.
  - name: Projects
    description: >-
      Manage projects within your organization. Requires admin role for
      create/update and owner role for delete. Cloud only.
  - name: Team
    description: Provision team members programmatically. Requires admin role. Cloud only.
  - name: Apps
    description: >-
      Manage app connections (OAuth and direct credentials), BYOC configuration,
      permission catalogs, and blocklists.
  - name: Connections
    description: App connections as a top-level resource.
  - name: Utility
    description: Health check and project resource summaries.
  - name: Agent Setup
    description: >-
      Endpoints agents and orchestrators use to bootstrap gateway access
      (container config, credential stubs, gateway skill).
  - name: Migration
    description: Migrate data from a self-hosted instance to OneCLI Cloud.
  - name: Organization Settings
    description: >-
      Organization-wide policy settings. Available on OneCLI Cloud and
      self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization Secrets
    description: >-
      Manage secrets at the organization level. Organization secrets apply
      across all projects. Available on OneCLI Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization Rules
    description: >-
      Manage policy rules at the organization level. Organization rules apply
      across all projects. Available on OneCLI Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization Connections
    description: >-
      Manage app connections at the organization level. Available on OneCLI
      Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Organization App Config
    description: >-
      Connect apps (OAuth and direct credentials) and manage BYOC app
      configuration at the organization level. Available on OneCLI Cloud and
      self-hosted Enterprise.
  - name: Partner Organizations
    description: >-
      Create and manage customer organizations as a partner. Requires a Partner
      API key. Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Projects
    description: Manage projects within an unclaimed partner organization. Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Secrets
    description: >-
      Manage partner-level secrets inherited by every organization you manage.
      Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Budgets
    description: >-
      Cap how much an organization can spend on a partner LLM key. Owner or
      admin only. Cloud only.
  - name: Partner Members
    description: >-
      Manage who can sign in to your partner portal. Owner or admin only. Cloud
      only.
  - name: Organization Partner
    description: Inspect and detach an organization's partner relationship. Cloud only.
paths:
  /agents:
    post:
      tags:
        - Agents
      summary: Create an agent
      description: >
        Creates a new agent in the current project. The identifier must be
        lowercase alphanumeric with hyphens, starting with a letter or number
        (max 50 chars).


        The response does not include the agent's access token — read it from
        `GET /agents` or regenerate it with `POST
        /agents/{agentId}/regenerate-token`.
      operationId: createAgent
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - name
                - identifier
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 255
                  description: Display name for the agent
                  example: Claude Assistant
                identifier:
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,49}$
                  description: Unique identifier (lowercase, alphanumeric, hyphens)
                  example: claude-assistant
                parentIdentifier:
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,49}$
                  description: >-
                    Identifier of a parent agent. The new agent inherits the
                    parent's secret mode, secret assignments, and app-connection
                    assignments.
                  example: orchestrator
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Agent created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                  name:
                    type: string
                  identifier:
                    type: string
                  createdAt:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
        '400':
          description: Validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: Agent with this identifier already exists
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      description: |
        Error responses take one of two shapes depending on the failing layer:
        route-level validation returns the flat shape (`{ "error": "..." }`),
        while authentication failures (401/403) and service errors (not-found,
        conflict, and service-level validation) return the envelope
        (`{ "error": { "message": "...", "type": "..." } }`).
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorFlat'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    ErrorFlat:
      type: object
      description: Flat error shape used by route-level validation.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Envelope error shape used for authentication failures and service
        errors.
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            type:
              type: string
              description: Error category (e.g. `authentication_error`).
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key obtained from the dashboard or `GET /user/api-key`

````