# Create agent job

POST

/

v2

/

agent

/

/

job

Create agent job

```
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.mintlify.com/v2/agent/{projectId}/job \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "prompt": "<string>"
}
'
```

:::code-group
```title="201"
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "status": "active",
  "source": {
    "repository": "<string>",
    "ref": "<string>"
  },
  "model": "<string>",
  "prLink": "https://github.com/org/repo/pull/123",
  "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "archivedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
```

```title="400"
{
  "error": "<string>"
}
```

```title="429"
{
  "error": "<string>"
}
```
:::

This endpoint creates a background agent job. The job runs asynchronously. Use the [get agent job](/guides/agent-2-get-agent-job) endpoint to poll for status updates. If the agent edits files successfully, Mintlify creates a pull request and populates the `prLink` field in the job response.

## Rate limits

- 100 uses per Mintlify project per hour

## Usage

```shellscript
curl -X POST https://api.mintlify.com/v2/agent/{projectId}/job \

  -H "Authorization: Bearer mint_xxxxx" \

  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

  -d '{"prompt": "Add a quickstart guide for the Python SDK"}'
```

#### Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

The Authorization header expects a Bearer token. Use an admin API key. This is a server-side secret key. Generate one on the [API keys page](https://app.mintlify.com/settings/organization/api-keys) in your dashboard.

#### Path Parameters

projectId

string

required

Your project ID. Can be copied from the [API keys](https://app.mintlify.com/settings/organization/api-keys) page in your dashboard.

#### Body

application/json

prompt

string

required

The instruction for the agent to execute.

Minimum string length: `1`

#### Response

Agent job created successfully

id

string

Unique identifier for the agent job.

status

enum\<string>

Current status of the job. `active` — the agent is currently processing the prompt. `completed` — the agent finished successfully and a PR may have been created (check `prLink`). `archived` — the job has been archived. `failed` — the agent encountered an unrecoverable error. Poll until status is `completed`, `archived`, or `failed`.

Available options:

`active`,

`completed`,

`archived`,

`failed`

source

object

Source repository information.

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
:::

model

string

The AI model used for this job.

prLink

string\<uri> | null

GitHub pull request URL created by the agent. `null` while the job is still `active` or if no files were changed. Populated once the agent successfully creates a PR.

Example:

`"https://github.com/org/repo/pull/123"`

createdAt

string\<date-time>

Timestamp when the job was created.

archivedAt

string\<date-time> | null

Timestamp when the job was archived.

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## Related pages

- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [Agent](./agent-2-index.md)
- [Agent](./agent-index.md)
- [Agent-ready content](./agent-ready-content-index.md)
- [AI](./ai-index.md)
- [Analytics](./analytics-index.md)
- [API docs](./api-docs-index.md)
- [API reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [Assistant](./assistant-2-index.md)
- [Assistant](./assistant-index.md)

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