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

# Create agent definition

> Create a new agent definition. The agent starts in paused status
and must be explicitly activated.

**Permission:** `agents:write` (Pro plan and above)




## OpenAPI

````yaml post /api/agents
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Dacard.ai API
  description: >
    Decision intelligence platform for AI-native product teams.

    Score, connect, and compound your product maturity across two original
    frameworks.
  version: 0.1.0
  contact:
    name: Darren Card
    email: darren@darrencard.com
    url: https://darrencard.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
  - url: https://app.dacard.ai
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:3001
    description: Local development
security: []
tags:
  - name: Scoring
    description: AI maturity scoring engine
  - name: Lifecycle
    description: Development Lifecycle assessment
  - name: Products
    description: Product management and analytics
  - name: Dashboard
    description: Dashboard and suite analytics
  - name: Account
    description: Account and team management
  - name: Billing
    description: Stripe billing integration
  - name: User
    description: User profile, onboarding, and preferences
  - name: System
    description: Health checks and diagnostics
  - name: Internal
    description: Internal and admin endpoints (PQL tracking, demo data management)
  - name: Agents
    description: Agent Studio - autonomous AI agents, triggers, and artifacts
  - name: Intelligence
    description: Alerts, coaching context, and score timeline
  - name: Anomalies
    description: Signal anomaly detection, acknowledgment, and sensitivity overrides
  - name: Outcomes
    description: Longitudinal outcome observations for validation study (E2.2)
  - name: Settings
    description: User and account notification preferences
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Outbound webhook management
  - name: API Keys
    description: API key management (Team and Enterprise plans)
paths:
  /api/agents:
    post:
      tags:
        - Agents
      summary: Create agent definition
      description: |
        Create a new agent definition. The agent starts in paused status
        and must be explicitly activated.

        **Permission:** `agents:write` (Pro plan and above)
      operationId: createAgent
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - agentType
                - name
              properties:
                agentType:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - strategic_intelligence
                    - anomaly_detection
                    - competitive_monitor
                    - coaching_digest
                    - voc_analysis
                    - strategy_brief
                    - code_quality
                    - spec_quality
                  description: The type of agent to create
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: Display name for this agent
                description:
                  type: string
                  description: Optional description of the agent's purpose
                status:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - active
                    - paused
                  default: paused
                config:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentConfig'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Agent created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
        '400':
          description: Missing required fields
        '401':
          description: Authentication required
      security:
        - clerkAuth: []
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    AgentConfig:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Agent-specific configuration (schedule, thresholds, notification
        settings)
      additionalProperties: true
      properties:
        schedule:
          type: string
          description: Cron expression for scheduled runs (e.g. "0 9 * * 1" for Monday 9am)
        notifySlack:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to send Slack notifications on artifact creation
        productIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          description: Limit the agent to specific products (empty means all products)
  securitySchemes:
    clerkAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: __session
      description: |
        Clerk session cookie. Authentication is handled by Clerk.
        Sign in at https://app.dacard.ai/sign-in to obtain a session.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: |
        Clerk JWT session token. Obtain via Clerk's frontend SDK
        using `getToken()` or via the Clerk Backend API.

````