Create Assistant ↗
noSummary: Create an assistant.
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Create an assistant.
An initial version of the assistant will be created and the assistant is set to that version. To change versions, use the POST /assistants/{assistant_id}/latest endpoint.
OpenAPI#
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: LangSmith Deployment
version: 0.1.0
servers: []
security: []
tags:
- name: Assistants
description: An assistant is a configured instance of a graph.
- name: Threads
description: A thread contains the accumulated outputs of a group of runs.
- name: Thread Runs
description: >-
A run is an invocation of a graph / assistant on a thread. It updates the
state of the thread.
- name: Stateless Runs
description: >-
A run is an invocation of a graph / assistant, with no state or memory
persistence.
- name: Crons
description: >-
A cron is a periodic run that recurs on a given schedule. The repeats can
be isolated, or share state in a thread
- name: Store
description: >-
Store is an API for managing persistent key-value store (long-term memory)
that is available from any thread.
- name: A2A
description: >-
Agent-to-Agent Protocol related endpoints for exposing assistants as
A2A-compliant agents.
- name: MCP
description: >-
Model Context Protocol related endpoints for exposing an agent as an MCP
server.
- name: System
description: System endpoints for health checks, metrics, and server information.
paths:
/assistants:
post:
tags:
- Assistants
summary: Create Assistant
description: >-
Create an assistant.
An initial version of the assistant will be created and the assistant is
set to that version. To change versions, use the `POST
/assistants/{assistant_id}/latest` endpoint.
operationId: create_assistant_assistants_post
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AssistantCreate'
required: true
responses:
'200':
description: Success
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Assistant'
'404':
description: Not Found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'409':
description: Conflict
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'422':
description: Validation Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
schemas:
AssistantCreate:
properties:
assistant_id:
type: string
format: uuid
title: Assistant Id
description: >-
The ID of the assistant. If not provided, a random UUID will be
generated.
graph_id:
type: string
title: Graph Id
description: >-
The ID of the graph the assistant should use. The graph ID is
normally set in your langgraph.json configuration.
config:
type: object
title: Config
description: >-
Configuration to use for the graph. Useful when graph is
configurable and you want to create different assistants based on
different configurations.
context:
type: object
title: Context
description: Static context added to the assistant.
metadata:
type: object
title: Metadata
description: Metadata to add to assistant.
if_exists:
type: string
enum:
- raise
- do_nothing
title: If Exists
description: >-
How to handle duplicate creation. Must be either 'raise' (raise
error if duplicate), or 'do_nothing' (return existing assistant).
default: raise
name:
type: string
title: Name
description: The name of the assistant. Defaults to 'Untitled'.
description:
type:
- string
- 'null'
title: Description
description: The description of the assistant. Defaults to null.
type: object
required:
- graph_id
title: AssistantCreate
description: Payload for creating an assistant.
Assistant:
properties:
assistant_id:
type: string
format: uuid
title: Assistant Id
description: The ID of the assistant.
graph_id:
type: string
title: Graph Id
description: The ID of the graph.
config:
properties:
tags:
items:
type: string
type: array
title: Tags
recursion_limit:
type: integer
title: Recursion Limit
configurable:
type: object
title: Configurable
type: object
title: Config
description: The assistant config.
context:
type: object
title: Context
description: Static context added to the assistant.
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
title: Created At
description: The time the assistant was created.
updated_at:
type: string
format: date-time
title: Updated At
description: The last time the assistant was updated.
metadata:
type: object
title: Metadata
description: The assistant metadata.
version:
type: integer
title: Version
description: The version of the assistant
name:
type: string
title: Assistant Name
description: The name of the assistant
description:
type:
- string
- 'null'
title: Assistant Description
description: The description of the assistant
type: object
required:
- assistant_id
- graph_id
- config
- created_at
- updated_at
- metadata
title: Assistant
ErrorResponse:
type: object
required:
- detail
properties:
detail:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message
title: ErrorResponse
description: Error response returned from the serverLink last verified
June 7, 2026.
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