create_agent
Create scheduled agent
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Create a scheduled agent — a recurring or one-time automation that runs on a timer in a real Chrome browser. Two modes. WORKFLOW MODE: pass workflowId plus a schedule — the platform copies everything else (prompt, starting URL, output contract, model, proxy, policy, files) from the workflow and bakes your variables into the prompt; results and memory stay centralised on the workflow. STANDALONE MODE: omit workflowId and provide name, prompt (a Goal / Ground rules / Stages / Output browsing runbook — see the prompt field description), and a schedule; the connection's environment is used automatically. Ask the user only what it should do and when it should run, in plain language — pick sensible defaults for everything else and state them; never ask about environments or technical settings. Results are delivered to your connected chat and appear in session history.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| workflowId | string | no | WORKFLOW MODE: 24-hex id of the workflow to deploy (from list_workflows). The prompt, starting URL, output contract, model, proxy, policy, and files are all copied from it. |
| schedule | object | yes | When the agent fires. Required. |
| expiresAt | string | no | ISO 8601 date-time after which the agent auto-pauses (recurring schedules). |
| name | string | no | Agent name. Required standalone; defaults to the workflow title in workflow mode. |
| variables | object | no | WORKFLOW MODE, and only when the workflow's prompt actually contains {{variables}}: values for them, BAKED IN at deploy and reused every run (stored variableValues defaults fill gaps). Every template variable must be covered — an unattended agent cannot ask later. Workflows with concrete prompts need nothing here. |
| prompt | string | no | STANDALONE MODE (required there): The task the browser agent runs, written as a BROWSING RUNBOOK. Structure it as: `Goal:` — one sentence naming the outcome. `Ground rules (every stage, every turn):` — bullet invariants when the task needs them, e.g. work one item at a time — never batch; only record a figure you can read on screen this turn — if it is not shown record it as "not stated", never estimate; keep a running tally and restate it every turn ("captured C items · written R rows"). Then `Stage N — <Site name> (<https://url>)` — one section per website or phase, listing the concrete steps to take in the browser (open/navigate, click, read, capture, compare, flag) in the order a person would do them, each stage ending with `Done when: <verifiable completion condition>`. Finish with `Output —` stating exactly what to produce or deliver once the final tally is met, including what to say when there is no data (never fabricate a row). When a stage delivers per-recipient (message/email each customer), state the MATCHING RULE in that stage — the identifier shared by the source record and the destination recipient (e.g. the customer name exactly as written in the source, matched against the contact name) — and the no-match branch: skip it and report it, never deliver to a similarly-named near-match. Write the user's CONCRETE values (group names, URLs, numbers) directly into the text; use {{variables}} ONLY when the user explicitly wants a reusable template whose inputs change per run. A short single-site task can be just a Goal plus its steps. PURE TASK ONLY — never write memory bookkeeping into the prompt (no "check memory", "record in memory", "store in memory" steps): tracking is authored in memoryContract and WebRun applies it to every run automatically. |
| startingUrl | string | no | STANDALONE MODE: page Chrome opens at the start of each run. |
| proxy | object | no | STANDALONE MODE (workflow mode inherits the workflow proxy instead): Proxy for runs. {source:"WebRun", country?} or {source:"custom", type:"http"|"socks", host, port, username?, password?}. Custom passwords are encrypted at rest and never returned. Social/messaging workflows (WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, TikTok): set country to the country the user is in right now — recommend it and confirm the country with them first; a mismatch is the usual cause of refused logins and sessions that log out repeatedly, and a scheduled workflow re-hits it every run, so keep the country stable once set. |
| outputType | string | no | STANDALONE MODE: output contract (same rules as create_workflow). |
| outputSchema | object | array | no | STANDALONE MODE: JSON Schema object (structured) or column-name array (structured_csv). |
| memory | string | no | STANDALONE MODE: the agent's private notebook, shown to it every run and updated automatically after each run. Seed ONLY durable facts the next run must know (target descriptions, preferences, known state) — one short line each. Task steps belong in prompt, not here. Usually best left empty. |
| environmentId | string | no | STANDALONE MODE, rarely needed — OMIT it: the connection-bound environment (or your only one) is applied automatically; never ask the user to choose. Workflow mode always uses the workflow's deployed environment. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"description": "Two modes: pass workflowId to deploy a workflow (everything else about the run is copied from it), or omit workflowId and provide name + prompt for a standalone agent. schedule is required in both.",
"properties": {
"workflowId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "WORKFLOW MODE: 24-hex id of the workflow to deploy (from list_workflows). The prompt, starting URL, output contract, model, proxy, policy, and files are all copied from it."
},
"schedule": {
"type": "object",
"description": "When the agent fires. Required.",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"at",
"every",
"cron"
],
"description": "'at' = once at a specific time; 'every' = fixed interval; 'cron' = cron expression."
},
"at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO 8601 date-time (type \"at\")."
},
"interval": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Repeat interval in ms, min 60000 (type \"every\")."
},
"cron": {
"type": "string",
"description": "5-field cron expression (type \"cron\")."
},
"timezone": {
"type": "string",
"description": "IANA timezone for the schedule (drives fire times AND the browser session). Default UTC."
}
},
"required": [
"type"
]
},
"expiresAt": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO 8601 date-time after which the agent auto-pauses (recurring schedules)."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 100,
"description": "Agent name. Required standalone; defaults to the workflow title in workflow mode."
},
"variables": {
"type": "object",
"description": "WORKFLOW MODE, and only when the workflow's prompt actually contains {{variables}}: values for them, BAKED IN at deploy and reused every run (stored variableValues defaults fill gaps). Every template variable must be covered — an unattended agent cannot ask later. Workflows with concrete prompts need nothing here.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"prompt": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 5000,
"description": "STANDALONE MODE (required there): The task the browser agent runs, written as a BROWSING RUNBOOK. Structure it as: `Goal:` — one sentence naming the outcome. `Ground rules (every stage, every turn):` — bullet invariants when the task needs them, e.g. work one item at a time — never batch; only record a figure you can read on screen this turn — if it is not shown record it as \"not stated\", never estimate; keep a running tally and restate it every turn (\"captured C items · written R rows\"). Then `Stage N — <Site name> (<https://url>)` — one section per website or phase, listing the concrete steps to take in the browser (open/navigate, click, read, capture, compare, flag) in the order a person would do them, each stage ending with `Done when: <verifiable completion condition>`. Finish with `Output —` stating exactly what to produce or deliver once the final tally is met, including what to say when there is no data (never fabricate a row). When a stage delivers per-recipient (message/email each customer), state the MATCHING RULE in that stage — the identifier shared by the source record and the destination recipient (e.g. the customer name exactly as written in the source, matched against the contact name) — and the no-match branch: skip it and report it, never deliver to a similarly-named near-match. Write the user's CONCRETE values (group names, URLs, numbers) directly into the text; use {{variables}} ONLY when the user explicitly wants a reusable template whose inputs change per run. A short single-site task can be just a Goal plus its steps. PURE TASK ONLY — never write memory bookkeeping into the prompt (no \"check memory\", \"record in memory\", \"store in memory\" steps): tracking is authored in memoryContract and WebRun applies it to every run automatically."
},
"startingUrl": {
"type": "string",
"description": "STANDALONE MODE: page Chrome opens at the start of each run."
},
"proxy": {
"type": "object",
"description": "STANDALONE MODE (workflow mode inherits the workflow proxy instead): Proxy for runs. {source:\"WebRun\", country?} or {source:\"custom\", type:\"http\"|\"socks\", host, port, username?, password?}. Custom passwords are encrypted at rest and never returned. Social/messaging workflows (WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, TikTok): set country to the country the user is in right now — recommend it and confirm the country with them first; a mismatch is the usual cause of refused logins and sessions that log out repeatedly, and a scheduled workflow re-hits it every run, so keep the country stable once set.",
"properties": {
"source": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"WebRun",
"custom"
]
},
"level": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"system",
"chrome"
]
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "2-letter ISO code or \"random\" (WebRun)."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"http",
"socks"
]
},
"host": {
"type": "string"
},
"port": {
"type": "number"
},
"username": {
"type": "string"
},
"password": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"outputType": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"text",
"structured",
"structured_csv"
],
"description": "STANDALONE MODE: output contract (same rules as create_workflow)."
},
"outputSchema": {
"type": [
"object",
"array"
],
"description": "STANDALONE MODE: JSON Schema object (structured) or column-name array (structured_csv)."
},
"memory": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10000,
"description": "STANDALONE MODE: the agent's private notebook, shown to it every run and updated automatically after each run. Seed ONLY durable facts the next run must know (target descriptions, preferences, known state) — one short line each. Task steps belong in prompt, not here. Usually best left empty."
},
"environmentId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "STANDALONE MODE, rarely needed — OMIT it: the connection-bound environment (or your only one) is applied automatically; never ask the user to choose. Workflow mode always uses the workflow's deployed environment."
}
},
"required": [
"schedule"
]
}