Authentik Agents API

Agent accounts — service accounts that act on behalf of a parent user when calling the authentik API, with expiring tokens and audited delegation.

Operations 6

GET /agents/agents/ #
POST /agents/agents/ #
GET /agents/agents/{id}/ #
PUT /agents/agents/{id}/ #
PATCH /agents/agents/{id}/ #
DELETE /agents/agents/{id}/ #

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OpenAPI Specification

authentik-agents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: authentik Agents API
  version: 2026.11.0-rc1
  description: Making authentication simple.
  contact:
    email: hello@goauthentik.io
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/blob/main/LICENSE
  x-source-url: https://api.goauthentik.io/schema.yml
  x-last-validated: '2026-09-04'
servers:
- url: /api/v3
tags:
- name: agents
paths:
  /agents/agents/:
    get:
      operationId: agents_agents_list
      description: 'Admin-provisioned delegate identities. An admin creates a Agent for a given

        parent user, then grants it access the same way as any other User -- ordinary

        PolicyBindings pointed at whatever it needs.'
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationOrdering'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPage'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPageSize'
      - in: query
        name: parent
        schema:
          type: integer
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/QuerySearch'
      tags:
      - agents
      security:
      - authentik: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedAgentList'
          description: ''
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
    post:
      operationId: agents_agents_create
      description: 'Admin-provisioned delegate identities. An admin creates a Agent for a given

        parent user, then grants it access the same way as any other User -- ordinary

        PolicyBindings pointed at whatever it needs.'
      tags:
      - agents
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentCreateRequest'
      security:
      - authentik: []
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentCreated'
          description: ''
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
  /agents/agents/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: agents_agents_retrieve
      description: 'Admin-provisioned delegate identities. An admin creates a Agent for a given

        parent user, then grants it access the same way as any other User -- ordinary

        PolicyBindings pointed at whatever it needs.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: A unique integer value identifying this Agent.
        required: true
      tags:
      - agents
      security:
      - authentik: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
          description: ''
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
    put:
      operationId: agents_agents_update
      description: 'Admin-provisioned delegate identities. An admin creates a Agent for a given

        parent user, then grants it access the same way as any other User -- ordinary

        PolicyBindings pointed at whatever it needs.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: A unique integer value identifying this Agent.
        required: true
      tags:
      - agents
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentRequest'
        required: true
      security:
      - authentik: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
          description: ''
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
    patch:
      operationId: agents_agents_partial_update
      description: 'Admin-provisioned delegate identities. An admin creates a Agent for a given

        parent user, then grants it access the same way as any other User -- ordinary

        PolicyBindings pointed at whatever it needs.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: A unique integer value identifying this Agent.
        required: true
      tags:
      - agents
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchedAgentRequest'
      security:
      - authentik: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
          description: ''
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
    delete:
      operationId: agents_agents_destroy
      description: 'Admin-provisioned delegate identities. An admin creates a Agent for a given

        parent user, then grants it access the same way as any other User -- ordinary

        PolicyBindings pointed at whatever it needs.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: A unique integer value identifying this Agent.
        required: true
      tags:
      - agents
      security:
      - authentik: []
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No response body
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
components:
  parameters:
    QueryPaginationPageSize:
      in: query
      name: page_size
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Number of results to return per page.
    QueryPaginationOrdering:
      in: query
      name: ordering
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Which field to use when ordering the results.
    QuerySearch:
      in: query
      name: search
      schema:
        type: string
      description: A search term.
    QueryPaginationPage:
      in: query
      name: page
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: A page number within the paginated result set.
  responses:
    GenericErrorResponse:
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericError'
      description: ''
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
      description: ''
  schemas:
    AgentCreateRequest:
      type: object
      description: Base serializer class which doesn't implement create/update methods
      properties:
        parent:
          type: integer
        label:
          type: string
        expiring:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        expires:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        policy_behavior:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyBehaviorEnum'
          default: mirror
    PaginatedAgentList:
      type: object
      properties:
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
        autocomplete:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Autocomplete'
      required:
      - autocomplete
      - pagination
      - results
    PolicyBehaviorEnum:
      enum:
      - mirror
      - copy
      - none
      type: string
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      description: Validation Error
      properties:
        non_field_errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        code:
          type: string
      additionalProperties: {}
    AgentCreated:
      type: object
      description: Response returned once when an agent is created, carrying the one-time API token.
      properties:
        agent:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
          readOnly: true
        token:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
      required:
      - agent
      - token
    AgentRequest:
      type: object
      description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license

        exists before allowing to save the object'
      properties:
        username:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.
          pattern: ^[\w.@+-]+$
          maxLength: 150
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: User's display name.
        is_active:
          type: boolean
          title: Active
          description: Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.
        last_login:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          title: Email address
          maxLength: 254
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: {}
        expiring:
          type: boolean
        expires:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
      required:
      - name
      - username
    PatchedAgentRequest:
      type: object
      description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license

        exists before allowing to save the object'
      properties:
        username:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.
          pattern: ^[\w.@+-]+$
          maxLength: 150
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: User's display name.
        is_active:
          type: boolean
          title: Active
          description: Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.
        last_login:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          title: Email address
          maxLength: 254
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: {}
        expiring:
          type: boolean
        expires:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
    GenericError:
      type: object
      description: Generic API Error
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
      required:
      - detail
    PartialUser:
      type: object
      description: Partial User Serializer, does not include child relations.
      properties:
        pk:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
          title: ID
        username:
          type: string
          description: Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.
          pattern: ^[\w.@+-]+$
          maxLength: 150
        name:
          type: string
          description: User's display name.
        is_active:
          type: boolean
          title: Active
          description: Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.
        last_login:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          title: Email address
          maxLength: 254
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: {}
        uid:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
      required:
      - name
      - pk
      - uid
      - username
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        next:
          type: number
        previous:
          type: number
        count:
          type: number
        current:
          type: number
        total_pages:
          type: number
        start_index:
          type: number
        end_index:
          type: number
      required:
      - count
      - current
      - end_index
      - next
      - previous
      - start_index
      - total_pages
    Agent:
      type: object
      description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license

        exists before allowing to save the object'
      properties:
        pk:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
          title: ID
        username:
          type: string
          description: Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.
          pattern: ^[\w.@+-]+$
          maxLength: 150
        name:
          type: string
          description: User's display name.
        is_active:
          type: boolean
          title: Active
          description: Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.
        last_login:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          title: Email address
          maxLength: 254
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: {}
        uid:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        expiring:
          type: boolean
        expires:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        parent:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialUser'
          readOnly: true
        policy_behavior:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyBehaviorEnum'
          readOnly: true
        token_identifier:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Identifier of the agent's API token, so its key can be retrieved/copied later.
          readOnly: true
      required:
      - name
      - parent
      - pk
      - policy_behavior
      - token_identifier
      - uid
      - username
      - uuid
    Autocomplete:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: {}
  securitySchemes:
    authentik:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
    authentik_device_auth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer+agent
    authentik_device_enroll:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
    authentik_device_federation:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer