Reference

Unpublish

Takes the agent offline: visitors see a not found page until it is published again.

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

What it does

Takes the agent offline: visitors see a not found page until it is published again. Needs agents:publish and confirm: true.

Side effects

Takes the agent offline: its page and short links answer not found until it is published again.

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_4edc89bb2964/unpublish" \
  -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": "unpublish_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agt_4edc89bb2964",
      "confirm": true
    }
  }
}

Response

Returns an object with agent_id, status, published_at, revision, latest_version, url, permanent_url, passport_url and places. This is a real response, shortened to two items per list.

200 response

{
  "agent_id": "agt_4edc89bb2964",
  "status": "draft",
  "published_at": "2026-10-07T20:14:41.981Z",
  "revision": 9,
  "latest_version": 4,
  "url": "https://covo.lanaai.io/avery",
  "permanent_url": "https://covo.lanaai.io/a/agt_4edc89bb2964",
  "passport_url": null,
  "places": [
    {
      "id": "56a01a61-e1a5-4bdf-b1d7-533d280b81e9",
      "key": "pl_a82927d351",
      "kind": "profile",
      "name": "Main link",
      "enabled": true,
      "link": "https://covo.lanaai.io/avery",
      "short_link": "https://covo.lanaai.io/go/URj6uSU",
      "embed": null
    }
  ]
}

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:publish`.
403	`role_insufficient`	The person is not an admin or owner of this agent.
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.