tags:
  - Agents
operationId: add-new-agent-to-account
summary: Add a New Agent
description: Add a new Agent to Account
security:
  - userApiKey: []
x-codeSamples:
  - lang: python
    label: "Add a new agent"
    source: |
      from chatwoot import ChatwootClient

      client = ChatwootClient(
          base_url="https://app.chatwoot.com",
          api_token="your-api-token"
      )

      agent = client.agents.add(
          account_id=1,
          name="John Doe",
          email="john@example.com",
          role="agent"
      )

      print(agent.id, agent.name)
requestBody:
  required: true
  content:
    application/json:
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/agent_create_payload'
responses:
  '200':
    description: Success
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          description: 'Newly Created Agent'
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/agent'
  '403':
    description: Access denied
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/bad_request_error'