Braintrust Agents API

The Agents API from Braintrust — 2 operation(s) for agents.

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Operations 6

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POST /v1/agent Create agent #
PUT /v1/agent Create or replace agent #
GET /v1/agent List agents observed #
GET /v1/agent/{agent_id} Get agent #
PATCH /v1/agent/{agent_id} Partially update agent #
DELETE /v1/agent/{agent_id} Delete agent #

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OpenAPI Specification

braintrust-agents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Braintrust Agents API
  description: 'API specification for the backend data server. The API is hosted globally at

    https://api.braintrust.dev or in your own environment.


    You can access the OpenAPI spec for this API at https://github.com/braintrustdata/braintrust-openapi.'
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
servers:
- url: https://api.braintrust.dev
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- {}
tags:
- name: Agents
paths:
  /v1/agent:
    post:
      tags:
      - Agents
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      - {}
      operationId: postAgent
      description: Create a new agent. If there is an existing agent with the same name as the one specified in the request, will return the existing agent unmodified
      summary: Create agent
      requestBody:
        description: Any desired information about the new agent object
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateAgent'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the new agent object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
        '400':
          description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '401':
          description: No valid API key provided
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '403':
          description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '429':
          description: Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong on Braintrust's end. (These are rare.)
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
    put:
      tags:
      - Agents
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      - {}
      operationId: putAgent
      description: Create or replace agent. If there is an existing agent with the same name as the one specified in the request, will replace the existing agent with the provided fields
      summary: Create or replace agent
      requestBody:
        description: Any desired information about the new agent object
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateAgent'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the new agent object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
        '400':
          description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '401':
          description: No valid API key provided
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '403':
          description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '429':
          description: Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong on Braintrust's end. (These are rare.)
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
    get:
      operationId: getAgent
      tags:
      - Agents
      description: List out all agents. The agents are sorted by creation date, with the most recently-created agents coming first
      summary: List agents
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppLimitParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StartingAfter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EndingBefore'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Ids'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AgentName'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a list of agent objects
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  objects:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
                    description: A list of agent objects
                required:
                - objects
                additionalProperties: false
        '400':
          description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '401':
          description: No valid API key provided
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '403':
          description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '429':
          description: Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong on Braintrust's end. (These are rare.)
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
  /v1/agent/{agent_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getAgentId
      tags:
      - Agents
      description: Get a agent object by its id
      summary: Get agent
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AgentIdParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the agent object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
        '400':
          description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '401':
          description: No valid API key provided
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '403':
          description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '429':
          description: Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong on Braintrust's end. (These are rare.)
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
    patch:
      operationId: patchAgentId
      tags:
      - Agents
      description: Partially update a agent object. Specify the fields to update in the payload. Any object-type fields will be deep-merged with existing content. Currently we do not support removing fields or setting them to null.
      summary: Partially update agent
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AgentIdParam'
      requestBody:
        description: Fields to update
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchAgent'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the agent object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
        '400':
          description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '401':
          description: No valid API key provided
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '403':
          description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '429':
          description: Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong on Braintrust's end. (These are rare.)
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
    delete:
      operationId: deleteAgentId
      tags:
      - Agents
      description: Delete a agent object by its id
      summary: Delete agent
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AgentIdParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the deleted agent object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Agent'
        '400':
          description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '401':
          description: No valid API key provided
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '403':
          description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '429':
          description: Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong on Braintrust's end. (These are rare.)
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                nullable: true
components:
  schemas:
    OrgName:
      type: string
      description: Filter search results to within a particular organization
    PatchAgent:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Name of the agent. Within a project, agent names are unique
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Textual description of the agent
        metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties:
            nullable: true
          description: User-controlled metadata about the agent
      description: An agent is a project-scoped durable object that identifies an AI agent or service emitting spans
    StartingAfter:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      description: 'Pagination cursor id.


        For example, if the final item in the last page you fetched had an id of `foo`, pass `starting_after=foo` to fetch the next page. Note: you may only pass one of `starting_after` and `ending_before`'
    AgentIdParam:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      description: Agent id
    CreateAgent:
      type: object
      properties:
        project_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the project that the agent belongs under
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the agent. Within a project, agent names are unique
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Textual description of the agent
        metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties:
            nullable: true
          description: User-controlled metadata about the agent
      required:
      - project_id
      - name
      description: An agent is a project-scoped durable object that identifies an AI agent or service emitting spans
    Agent:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the agent
        project_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the project that the agent belongs under
        user_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        created:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          format: date-time
          description: Date of agent creation
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the agent. Within a project, agent names are unique
        slug:
          type: string
          description: Stable, URL-safe identifier for the agent, unique within its project.
        kind:
          type: string
          description: 'Agent classification: ''custom'' for customer-defined agents, ''loop'' for built-in Loop agents.'
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Textual description of the agent
        metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          additionalProperties:
            nullable: true
          description: User-controlled metadata about the agent
      required:
      - id
      - project_id
      - user_id
      - name
      - slug
      - kind
      description: An agent is a project-scoped durable object that identifies an AI agent or service emitting spans
    Ids:
      anyOf:
      - type: string
        format: uuid
      - type: array
        items:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      description: Filter search results to a particular set of object IDs. To specify a list of IDs, include the query param multiple times
    AgentName:
      type: string
      description: Name of the agent to search for
    EndingBefore:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      description: 'Pagination cursor id.


        For example, if the initial item in the last page you fetched had an id of `foo`, pass `ending_before=foo` to fetch the previous page. Note: you may only pass one of `starting_after` and `ending_before`'
    AppLimitParam:
      type: integer
      nullable: true
      minimum: 0
      description: Limit the number of objects to return
  parameters:
    Ids:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ids'
      required: false
      description: Filter search results to a particular set of object IDs. To specify a list of IDs, include the query param multiple times
      name: ids
      in: query
    AgentName:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentName'
      required: false
      description: Name of the agent to search for
      name: agent_name
      in: query
      allowReserved: true
    StartingAfter:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartingAfter'
      required: false
      description: 'Pagination cursor id.


        For example, if the final item in the last page you fetched had an id of `foo`, pass `starting_after=foo` to fetch the next page. Note: you may only pass one of `starting_after` and `ending_before`'
      name: starting_after
      in: query
    EndingBefore:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndingBefore'
      required: false
      description: 'Pagination cursor id.


        For example, if the initial item in the last page you fetched had an id of `foo`, pass `ending_before=foo` to fetch the previous page. Note: you may only pass one of `starting_after` and `ending_before`'
      name: ending_before
      in: query
    OrgName:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrgName'
      required: false
      description: Filter search results to within a particular organization
      name: org_name
      in: query
      allowReserved: true
    AppLimitParam:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppLimitParam'
      required: false
      description: Limit the number of objects to return
      name: limit
      in: query
    AgentIdParam:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentIdParam'
      required: true
      description: Agent id
      name: agent_id
      in: path
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key or JWT
      description: 'Most Braintrust endpoints are authenticated by providing your API key as a header `Authorization: Bearer [api_key]` to your HTTP request. You can create an API key in the Braintrust [organization settings page](https://www.braintrustdata.com/app/settings?subroute=api-keys).'