Get an agent by ID

Server: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/agent_builder/agents/{id}

Get a specific agent by ID. Use this endpoint to retrieve the complete agent definition including all configuration details and tool assignments. To learn more about agents, refer to the agents documentation.

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: agentBuilder:read.

Path Parameters

id string required: The unique identifier of the agent to retrieve.

Response

200

Indicates a successful response

application/json

Examples

Example response that an agent created by the user that will query elasticsearch indices starting with 'content-' prefix to answer the questions.

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET kbn://api/agent_builder/agents/{id}

curl Shell

curl \
  -X GET "${KIBANA_URL}/api/agent_builder/agents/{id}" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Response

{
  "access_control": {
    "access_mode": "private",
    "entries": [
      {
        "name": "alice",
        "role": "manager",
        "type": "user"
      }
    ]
  },
  "avatar_color": "#BFDBFF",
  "avatar_symbol": "SI",
  "configuration": {
    "instructions": "You are a custom agent that wants to help searching data using all indices starting with prefix \u0022content-\u0022.",
    "tools": [
      {
        "tool_ids": [
          "platform.core.search",
          "platform.core.list_indices",
          "platform.core.get_index_mapping",
          "platform.core.get_document_by_id"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "description": "Hi! I can help you search the data within the indices starting with \u0022content-\u0022 prefix.",
  "id": "created-agent-id",
  "labels": [
    "custom-indices",
    "department-search"
  ],
  "name": "Search Index Helper",
  "permissions": {
    "update_access_control": true,
    "update_agent": true
  },
  "type": "chat"
}