Create Agent - Tembo Docs

curl -s -X POST \ "https://api.tembo.io/agent" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "name": "Daily triage", "jsonContent": { "type": "doc", "content": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Review new issues and summarize priority, owner, and next steps." } ] } ] }, "agent": "claudeCode:claude-opus-4-5", "mcpServers": ["linear", "github"], "schedules": [{ "cron": "0 9 * * 1-5" }] }' | jq .

{ "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a", "name": "Daily triage", "organizationId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a", "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z", "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z", "key": "daily-triage", "jsonContent": {}, "agent": "claudeCode:claude-opus-4-5", "mcpServers": [ "<string>" ], "enabledAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z" }

Body

application/json

Agent creation payload

name

string

required

Agent name

Example:

"Daily triage"

jsonContent

object

required

Agent instructions as a structured document

Example:

{
  "type": "doc",
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "text": "Review new issues and summarize priority, owner, and next steps."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

mcpServers

string[]

MCP servers available to the agent

Example:

["linear", "github"]

agent

string

Agent harness or model to use

Example:

"claudeCode:claude-opus-4-5"

triggers

object[]

Event triggers to attach to the agent

Show child attributes

schedules

object[]

Schedules to attach to the agent

Show child attributes

Response

Agent created successfully

string<uuid>

required

Unique identifier for the agent

name

string

required

Agent name

Example:

"Daily triage"

organizationId

string<uuid>

required

createdAt

string<date-time>

required

updatedAt

string<date-time>

required

key

string | null

Macro key generated for the agent

Example:

"daily-triage"

jsonContent

object | null

Agent instructions as a structured document

agent

string | null

Agent harness or model to use

Example:

"claudeCode:claude-opus-4-5"

mcpServers

string[]

MCP servers available to the agent

enabledAt

string<date-time> | null