# 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:

```bash
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):

```json
{
  "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:

```json
{
  "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. |