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GET
/
v1
/
agents
/
{agent_id}
Get Agent
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.xpander.ai/v1/agents/{agent_id} \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "unique_name": "<string>",
  "origin_template": "<string>",
  "delegation_end_strategy": "return-to-start",
  "environment_id": "<string>",
  "sub_agents_continuous_thread": true,
  "deployment_type": "serverless",
  "created_by_prompt": "<string>",
  "prompts": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "name": "<string>",
  "framework": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "tools": [
    "<any>"
  ],
  "icon": "<string>",
  "avatar": "<string>",
  "source_nodes": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "type": "workbench",
      "targets": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "metadata": {}
    }
  ],
  "attached_tools": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "operation_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "access_scope": "personal",
  "instructions": {
    "role": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "goal": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "general": "<string>"
  },
  "oas": {},
  "graph": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "item_id": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>",
      "type": "source_node",
      "sub_type": "sdk",
      "targets": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "settings": {
        "instructions": "<string>",
        "description": "<string>",
        "schemas": {
          "input": {},
          "output": {}
        },
        "advanced_filtering_options": {
          "returnables": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "searchables": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "globally_enabled": true
        },
        "hitl_options": {
          "title": "<string>",
          "description": "<string>",
          "recipients": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "hitl_type": "slack",
          "slack_app": "<string>",
          "should_approve_with_current_user": true
        },
        "a2a_options": {
          "url": "<string>"
        },
        "coding_agent_settings": {
          "type": "<string>"
        },
        "mcp_settings": {
          "type": "local",
          "name": "<string>",
          "command": "<string>",
          "url": "<string>",
          "transport": "stdio",
          "auth_type": "api_key",
          "api_key": "<string>",
          "headers": {},
          "env_vars": {},
          "allowed_tools": [
            "<string>"
          ]
        },
        "use_cache": true
      },
      "llm_settings": [
        {
          "type": "before",
          "provider": "<string>",
          "model": "<string>",
          "temperature": 123
        }
      ],
      "is_first": true
    }
  ],
  "llm_settings": [
    {
      "type": "before",
      "provider": "<string>",
      "model": "<string>",
      "temperature": 123
    }
  ],
  "status": "DRAFT",
  "knowledge_bases": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "strategy": "vanilla",
      "rw": true,
      "documents": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": 123,
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "created_by": "<string>",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "type": "manager",
  "delegation_type": "router",
  "delegation_memory_strategy": "full",
  "is_ai_employee": true,
  "using_nemo": true,
  "deletable": true,
  "model_provider": "openai",
  "model_name": "<string>",
  "llm_api_base": "<string>",
  "output_format": "text",
  "output_schema": {},
  "llm_credentials_key": "<string>",
  "llm_credentials_key_type": "xpander",
  "llm_credentials": {
    "name": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "value": "<string>"
  },
  "expected_output": "<string>",
  "agno_settings": {
    "session_storage": true,
    "user_memories": true,
    "session_summaries": true,
    "num_history_runs": 123,
    "max_tool_calls_from_history": 123,
    "tool_call_limit": 123,
    "coordinate_mode": true,
    "pii_detection_enabled": true,
    "pii_detection_mask": true,
    "prompt_injection_detection_enabled": true,
    "openai_moderation_enabled": true,
    "openai_moderation_categories": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "on_prem_event_streaming": true,
  "prompts_caching_enabled": true,
  "is_generalist": true,
  "webhook_url": "<string>"
}
Get complete details about an agent including configuration, deployment status, and metadata.

Path Parameters

agent_id
string
required
Unique identifier of the agent to retrieve (UUID format)

Response

id
string
Unique identifier for the agent (UUID)
name
string
Display name of the agent
icon
string
Emoji icon representing the agent
status
string
Current deployment status: ACTIVE or INACTIVE
organization_id
string
UUID of the organization that owns this agent
deployment_type
string
Deployment infrastructure type: serverless, container, or null
instructions
object
System instructions configuration
model_provider
string
AI model provider (e.g., openai)
model_name
string
Specific model version (e.g., gpt-4o, gpt-4.1, gpt-4o-mini)
framework
string
Agent framework used (e.g., agno)
created_at
string
ISO 8601 timestamp of when the agent was created
using_nemo
boolean
Whether the agent uses Nvidia NeMo
is_coordinate_mode
boolean
Whether the agent operates in coordinate mode

Example Request

curl -X GET -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  https://api.xpander.ai/v1/agents/0045cf07-8af6-4c69-8d13-0a13c631a5d0

Example Response

{
  "id": "0045cf07-8af6-4c69-8d13-0a13c631a5d0",
  "unique_name": "lavender-wolverine",
  "name": "DevOps AI Agent",
  "icon": "🚀",
  "avatar": "male-avatar",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "organization_id": "91fbe9bc-35b3-41e8-b59d-922fb5a0f031",
  "deployment_type": "container",
  "framework": "agno",
  "model_provider": "openai",
  "model_name": "gpt-4.1",
  "type": "manager",
  "delegation_type": "router",
  "created_at": "2025-08-22T01:45:30.341088Z",
  "instructions": {
    "role": [
      "users can't access your files so upload the files and use markdwon when comment with public link. ",
      "Don't stop until complete all tools are valid.",
      "generate_diagram can fail , retry with different code "
    ],
    "goal": [],
    "general": "AI DevOps"
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "id": "XpanderEmailServiceSendEmailWithHtmlOrTextContent",
      "name": "Send Email with HTML Content",
      "method": "post",
      "path": "/operation/XpanderEmailServiceSendEmailWithHtmlOrTextContent/messaging/send_email"
    }
  ],
  "knowledge_bases": [],
  "deletable": true,
  "using_nemo": false,
  "webhook_url": "https://webhook.xpander.ai/?agent_id=0045cf07-8af6-4c69-8d13-0a13c631a5d0&asynchronous=false"
}

Authorizations

x-api-key
string
header
required

API Key for authentication

Path Parameters

agent_id
string
required

Response

Successful Response

name
string
required
organization_id
string
required
webhook_url
string
required
id
string | null
unique_name
string | null
origin_template
string | null
delegation_end_strategy
enum<string> | null
default:return-to-start

Enumeration of the agent delegation end strategies.

Attributes: ReturnToStart: when last agent is finished and about to announce "finish" it will summarize and return to the first agent. FinishWithLast: finish at the last agent.

Available options:
return-to-start,
finish-with-last
environment_id
string | null
sub_agents_continuous_thread
boolean | null
default:true
deployment_type
enum<string> | null
default:serverless
Available options:
serverless,
container
created_by_prompt
string | null
prompts
string[] | null
framework
string | null
default:agno
description
string | null
default:""
tools
any[] | null
icon
string | null
default:🚀
avatar
string | null
default:male-avatar
source_nodes
AIAgentSourceNode · object[] | null
attached_tools
Connector · object[] | null
access_scope
enum<string> | null
default:organizational
Available options:
personal,
organizational
instructions
object | null
oas
object | null
graph
AIAgentGraphItem · object[] | null
llm_settings
AIAgentGraphItemLLMSettings · object[] | null
status
enum<string> | null
default:ACTIVE

Enumeration of possible agent statuses.

Attributes: DRAFT: Agent is in a draft state. ACTIVE: Agent is active and operational. INACTIVE: Agent is inactive and not operational.

Available options:
DRAFT,
ACTIVE,
INACTIVE
knowledge_bases
AgentKnowledgeBase · object[] | null
version
integer | null
default:1
created_by
string | null
created_at
string<date-time> | null
type
enum<string> | null

Enumeration of the agent types.

Attributes: Manager: marks the agent as a Managing agent. Regular: marks the agent as a regular agent.

Available options:
manager,
regular
delegation_type
enum<string> | null
default:router

Enumeration of the agent delegation types.

Attributes: Router: Marks the agent as a router agent - xpanderAI's LLM will decide which sub-agent to trigger. Sequence: Marks the agent as a sequence agent - sub-agents will delegate to other sub-agents.

Available options:
router,
sequence
delegation_memory_strategy
enum<string> | null
default:summarization

Enumeration of the agent delegation memory strategies.

Attributes: Full: The memory object will be passed completely between agents. Summarization: Between each sub-agent delegation, a summarization will occur, and a new thread will be created for each agent. OriginalInput: the sub agent will get the initial task with a fresh memory thread

Available options:
full,
summarization,
original-input
is_ai_employee
boolean | null
default:false
using_nemo
boolean | null
default:false
deletable
boolean | null
default:true
model_provider
enum<string> | null
default:openai
Available options:
openai,
nim,
amazon_bedrock,
huggingFace,
friendlyAI,
anthropic,
gemini,
fireworks
model_name
string | null
default:gpt-4.1
llm_api_base
string | null
output_format
enum<string> | null
default:markdown
Available options:
text,
markdown,
json
output_schema
object | null
llm_credentials_key
string | null
llm_credentials_key_type
enum<string> | null
default:xpander
Available options:
xpander,
custom
llm_credentials
object | null
expected_output
string | null
default:""
agno_settings
object | null
on_prem_event_streaming
boolean | null
default:true
prompts_caching_enabled
boolean | null
default:false
is_generalist
boolean | null
default:false