curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/agents/agent-id?beta=true&version=10' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

# GET /v1/agents/{agent_id}?beta=true (Claude API)
Base URL: https://api.anthropic.com
Auth: x-api-key; Anthropic API key; required.
Status: Beta.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Get Agent

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the `x-api-key` header and requests also require an `anthropic-version` header.
* The official OpenAPI URL is discovered from the SDK repository manifest and must remain under Anthropic's trusted Stainless storage prefix.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/agents/agent-id?beta=true&version=10' \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| agent_id | path | string | Yes | Path parameter agent_id |
| version | query | integer | No | Agent version. Omit for the most recent version. Must be at least 1 if specif... |

## Response example
{"type":"agent","id":"agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP"}

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GET

GET /v1/agents/{agent_id}?beta=true — Claude API

Beta

Anthropic API key (required); https://api.anthropic.com

Claude API

Get Agent

Base URL: https://api.anthropic.com
Auth: x-api-key: <ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the x-api-key header and requests also require an anthropic-version header.

The official OpenAPI URL is discovered from the SDK repository manifest and must remain under Anthropic's trusted Stainless storage prefix.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.anthropic.com/v1/agents/agent-id?beta=true&version=10' \  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \  -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
agent_id	path	string	Yes	Path parameter agent_id
version	query	integer	No	Agent version. Omit for the most recent version. Must be at least 1 if specified.

Response 200 OK

{
  "type": "agent",
  "id": "agent_011CZkYpogX7uDKUyvBTophP",
  "version": 1,
  "name": "My First Agent",
  "description": "A general-purpose starter agent.",
  "model": {
    "id": "claude-opus-5",
    "speed": "standard"
  },
  "system": "You are a general-purpose agent that can research, write code, run commands, and use connected tools to complete the user's task end to end.",
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "agent_toolset_20260401",
      "default_config": {
        "enabled": true,
        "permission_policy": {
          "type": "always_ask"
        }
      },
      "configs": []
    }
  ],
  "mcp_servers": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "name": "example-mcp",
      "url": "https://example-server.modelcontextprotocol.io/sse"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "type": "anthropic",
      "skill_id": "xlsx",
      "version": "1"
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "skill_id": "skill_011CZkZFNu9hAbo3jZPRgTlx",
      "version": "2"
    }
  ],
  "multiagent": null,
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "archived_at": null
}

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