Reference

Delete an agent

Deletes an agent for good: its page, conversations, people, knowledge, links and short links, and frees its username.

REST	`POST /api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/delete`
MCP tool	`delete_agent`
Classification	Sensitive write
Scope	`agents:destroy`
Minimum role on the agent	owner
Confirmation	Required: `confirm: true`, after the person agrees
Retry safety	Safe to retry with the same input
Success status	200

What it does

Deletes an agent for good: its page, conversations, people, knowledge, links and short links, and frees its username. This cannot be undone, and a workspace always keeps at least one agent. To take it off the web for a while instead, use unpublish_agent. Needs agents:destroy, a token for all agents, ownership of the workspace, and confirm: true after the person you work for agrees.

Side effects

Deletes the agent and everything it holds (page, conversations, people, knowledge, links, short links, Places and custom domains) for good, and frees its username. Cannot be undone.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	In	Description
`agent_id`	string	yes	path	The agent id (agt_...), from list_agents.
`confirm`	true	no	body	Set to true after reviewing the effect with the person you work for. Required for destructive operations.

Example

REST

curl -X POST "https://covo.lanaai.io/api/v1/agents/agt_564e5e6bece6/delete" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COVO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"confirm":true}'

MCP (POST /mcp)

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "delete_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agt_564e5e6bece6",
      "confirm": true
    }
  }
}

Response

Returns an object with agent_id, username and deleted. This is a real response, shortened to two items per list.

200 response

{
  "agent_id": "agt_564e5e6bece6",
  "username": "avery-studio",
  "deleted": true
}

Over MCP the same object comes back as the tool result, in structuredContent and as JSON text.

Errors

Status	Code	Meaning
401	`unauthorized`	No token, or it is unknown, revoked or expired. OAuth apps refresh or reconnect.
403	`account_suspended`	The account that owns the token is paused.
403	`insufficient_scope`	The token lacks `agents:destroy`.
404	`agent_not_found`	Unknown agent, or not reachable with this token.
400	`bad_request`	An input is invalid; `field` names it.
409	`confirmation_required`	Review the effect with the person you work for, then send `confirm: true`.
429	`rate_limited`	Wait `Retry-After` seconds.