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# Get an agent's active revision

GET https://api.scoutos.com/agents/{agent_id}/active

Retrieve an agent and its active revision by agent_id.
Verifies that the agent belongs to the actor's organization.

Reference: https://ref.scoutos.com/api-sdk/endpoints/agents/get

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `agent_id` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `agent` (Agent, required)
- `revision` (AgentRevision-Output, required)

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### Agent

- `created_by` (ActorIdentity, required)
- `updated_by` (ActorIdentity, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `parent` (string, required)
- `visibility` (ActorIdentity, required)
- `id` (string, optional)
- `doc_type` ("agent", optional)
- `created_at` (datetime, optional)
- `updated_at` (datetime, optional)
- `is_seed` (boolean, optional, nullable)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `profile_icon_fill` (string, optional, nullable)
- `profile_asset_url` (string, optional, nullable)
- `active_revision` (string, optional, nullable)
- `from_persona` (string, optional, nullable)

### AgentRevision-Output

- `created_by` (ActorIdentity, required)
- `updated_by` (ActorIdentity, required)
- `parent` (string, required)
- `organization_id` (string, required)
- `model` (AgentRevisionOutputModel, required)
- `system` (string, required)
- `id` (string, optional)
- `doc_type` ("agent_revision", optional)
- `created_at` (datetime, optional)
- `updated_at` (datetime, optional)
- `is_seed` (boolean, optional, nullable)
- `model_provider` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `open_ai`, `anthropic`, `google`
- `temperature` (double, optional, nullable)
- `response_style` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `precise`, `balanced`, `creative`, `experimental`, `json`
- `max_tokens` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `max_turns` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `tool_config` (map from string to AgentRevisionOutputToolConfig, optional, nullable)
- `conversation_starters` (list of string, optional, nullable)
- `dynamic_fallbacks` (list of AgenticModel, optional, nullable)

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ActorIdentity

- `type` (ActorIdentityType, required)
- `id` (ActorIdentityId, required)

### AgentRevisionOutputModel

- "_dynamic"
- string

### AgentRevisionOutputToolConfig

- boolean
- AgentRevisionOutputToolConfig1: list of ToolConfigResource

### AgenticModel

- `model` (string, required)
- `model_provider` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `open_ai`, `anthropic`, `google`

### ValidationErrorLocItems

- string
- integer

### ActorIdentityType

- "organization"
- "user"
- "agent"
- "system"

### ActorIdentityId

- string
- "system"

### ToolConfigResource

- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `tables`, `workflow`, `crawl`, `file`, `integration`, `directory`
- `resource_id` (string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "agent": {
    "created_by": {
      "type": "organization",
      "id": "org-12345"
    },
    "updated_by": {
      "type": "organization",
      "id": "org-12345"
    },
    "name": "Customer Support Bot",
    "parent": "root-agent",
    "visibility": {
      "type": "organization",
      "id": "org-12345"
    },
    "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-ab12-cd34ef567890",
    "doc_type": "agent",
    "created_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-04-10T11:45:00Z",
    "is_seed": true,
    "description": "An AI agent designed to handle customer inquiries and support tickets.",
    "profile_icon_fill": "#4A90E2",
    "profile_asset_url": "https://cdn.example.com/assets/agent-icons/support-bot.png",
    "active_revision": "rev-98765",
    "from_persona": "support_specialist"
  },
  "revision": {
    "created_by": {
      "type": "organization",
      "id": "org-12345"
    },
    "updated_by": {
      "type": "organization",
      "id": "org-12345"
    },
    "parent": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-ab12-cd34ef567890",
    "organization_id": "org-12345",
    "model": "gpt-4",
    "system": "You are a helpful customer support assistant.",
    "id": "rev-98765",
    "doc_type": "agent_revision",
    "created_at": "2024-04-01T08:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-04-10T11:45:00Z",
    "is_seed": true,
    "model_provider": "open_ai",
    "temperature": 0.7,
    "response_style": "precise",
    "max_tokens": 150,
    "max_turns": 10,
    "tool_config": {},
    "conversation_starters": [
      "Hello! How can I assist you today?"
    ],
    "dynamic_fallbacks": [
      {
        "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
        "model_provider": "open_ai"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.scoutos.com/agents/agent_id/active"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```typescript
import { ScoutClient } from "scoutos";

const client = new ScoutClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });
await client.agents.get("agent_id");

```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.scoutos.com/agents/agent_id/active"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.scoutos.com/agents/agent_id/active")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.scoutos.com/agents/agent_id/active")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.scoutos.com/agents/agent_id/active', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.scoutos.com/agents/agent_id/active");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.scoutos.com/agents/agent_id/active")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```