Archive Agent

POST/v1/agents/{agent_id}/archive

Archive an agent. Archived agents cannot be used to create new sessions, but existing sessions referencing the agent snapshot continue to run. Archiving is reversible only by support; treat it as a soft delete.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
agent_id	string	✅	The agent ID (agent_...)

Request Examples

Python

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key="sk-sb-YOUR_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.sandbase.ai"
)

agent = client.beta.agents.archive(
    agent_id="agent_01HqR2k7..."
)
print(agent.archived_at)

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/agents/agent_01HqR2k7.../archive \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-sb-YOUR_KEY"

Response

Returns the Agent object with archived_at set.

{
  "id": "agent_01HqR2k7...",
  "type": "agent",
  "version": 1,
  "name": "Research Assistant",
  "description": "A general-purpose research agent.",
  "model": { "id": "claude-sonnet-4", "speed": "standard" },
  "system": "You are a research assistant...",
  "tools": [],
  "mcp_servers": [],
  "metadata": {},
  "archived_at": "2026-05-29T12:00:00Z",
  "created_at": "2026-05-29T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-29T12:00:00Z"
}

Errors

Status	Type	Description
401	authentication_error	Invalid or missing API key
404	not_found	Agent not found