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# Update agent (partial)

PATCH https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/{agentId}
Content-Type: application/json

Partially update agent configuration. Only provided fields will be updated.

Reference: https://docs.ortavox.ai/api-reference/agents/update-agent-partial

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Clerk JWT token or OrtaVox API key (sk_live_... or pk_live_...)
- `x-api-key` header (required) — OrtaVox API key (alternative to Bearer token)

## Servers

- `https://api.ortavox.ai` (Production server, default)
- `http://localhost:3000` (Local development server)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `agentId` (string, required) — Agent ID

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CreateAgent.

- `name` (string, required) — Agent name
- `transcriber` (CreateAgentTranscriber, required)
- `model` (CreateAgentModel, required)
- `voice` (CreateAgentVoice, required)
- `max_call_duration` (double, optional, default: 600)

## Response

### 200

Agent updated successfully

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

Agent not found

- `any`

## Types

### CreateAgentTranscriber

- `provider` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `deepgram`, `openai`, `assemblyai`, `google`, `speechmatics`, `azure`
- `model` (string, required)
- `language` (string, required, default: en)

### CreateAgentModel

- `provider` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `openai`, `anthropic`, `google`, `groq`, `deep-seek`
- `model` (string, required)
- `system_prompt` (string, required)
- `temperature` (double, required, default: 0.8)
- `max_tokens` (double, required, default: 3500)
- `tools` (list of any, optional)

### CreateAgentVoice

- `provider` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `elevenlabs`, `openai`, `google`, `cartesia`
- `voice_id` (string, required)
- `model` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Support Agent",
  "transcriber": {
    "provider": "deepgram",
    "model": "nova-3",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "model": {
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
    "system_prompt": "You are a helpful AI assistant",
    "temperature": 0.8,
    "max_tokens": 3500
  },
  "voice": {
    "provider": "elevenlabs",
    "voice_id": "dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67",
    "model": "eleven_turbo_v2_5"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId"

payload = {
    "name": "Support Agent",
    "transcriber": {
        "provider": "deepgram",
        "model": "nova-3",
        "language": "en"
    },
    "model": {
        "provider": "openai",
        "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
        "system_prompt": "You are a helpful AI assistant",
        "temperature": 0.8,
        "max_tokens": 3500
    },
    "voice": {
        "provider": "elevenlabs",
        "voice_id": "dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67",
        "model": "eleven_turbo_v2_5"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"Support Agent","transcriber":{"provider":"deepgram","model":"nova-3","language":"en"},"model":{"provider":"openai","model":"gpt-4o-mini","system_prompt":"You are a helpful AI assistant","temperature":0.8,"max_tokens":3500},"voice":{"provider":"elevenlabs","voice_id":"dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67","model":"eleven_turbo_v2_5"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Support Agent\",\n  \"transcriber\": {\n    \"provider\": \"deepgram\",\n    \"model\": \"nova-3\",\n    \"language\": \"en\"\n  },\n  \"model\": {\n    \"provider\": \"openai\",\n    \"model\": \"gpt-4o-mini\",\n    \"system_prompt\": \"You are a helpful AI assistant\",\n    \"temperature\": 0.8,\n    \"max_tokens\": 3500\n  },\n  \"voice\": {\n    \"provider\": \"elevenlabs\",\n    \"voice_id\": \"dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67\",\n    \"model\": \"eleven_turbo_v2_5\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Support Agent\",\n  \"transcriber\": {\n    \"provider\": \"deepgram\",\n    \"model\": \"nova-3\",\n    \"language\": \"en\"\n  },\n  \"model\": {\n    \"provider\": \"openai\",\n    \"model\": \"gpt-4o-mini\",\n    \"system_prompt\": \"You are a helpful AI assistant\",\n    \"temperature\": 0.8,\n    \"max_tokens\": 3500\n  },\n  \"voice\": {\n    \"provider\": \"elevenlabs\",\n    \"voice_id\": \"dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67\",\n    \"model\": \"eleven_turbo_v2_5\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Support Agent\",\n  \"transcriber\": {\n    \"provider\": \"deepgram\",\n    \"model\": \"nova-3\",\n    \"language\": \"en\"\n  },\n  \"model\": {\n    \"provider\": \"openai\",\n    \"model\": \"gpt-4o-mini\",\n    \"system_prompt\": \"You are a helpful AI assistant\",\n    \"temperature\": 0.8,\n    \"max_tokens\": 3500\n  },\n  \"voice\": {\n    \"provider\": \"elevenlabs\",\n    \"voice_id\": \"dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67\",\n    \"model\": \"eleven_turbo_v2_5\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "Support Agent",
  "transcriber": {
    "provider": "deepgram",
    "model": "nova-3",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "model": {
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
    "system_prompt": "You are a helpful AI assistant",
    "temperature": 0.8,
    "max_tokens": 3500
  },
  "voice": {
    "provider": "elevenlabs",
    "voice_id": "dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67",
    "model": "eleven_turbo_v2_5"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"Support Agent\",\n  \"transcriber\": {\n    \"provider\": \"deepgram\",\n    \"model\": \"nova-3\",\n    \"language\": \"en\"\n  },\n  \"model\": {\n    \"provider\": \"openai\",\n    \"model\": \"gpt-4o-mini\",\n    \"system_prompt\": \"You are a helpful AI assistant\",\n    \"temperature\": 0.8,\n    \"max_tokens\": 3500\n  },\n  \"voice\": {\n    \"provider\": \"elevenlabs\",\n    \"voice_id\": \"dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67\",\n    \"model\": \"eleven_turbo_v2_5\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "name": "Support Agent",
  "transcriber": [
    "provider": "deepgram",
    "model": "nova-3",
    "language": "en"
  ],
  "model": [
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
    "system_prompt": "You are a helpful AI assistant",
    "temperature": 0.8,
    "max_tokens": 3500
  ],
  "voice": [
    "provider": "elevenlabs",
    "voice_id": "dqzVFKHwZvR9YMQoFM67",
    "model": "eleven_turbo_v2_5"
  ]
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.ortavox.ai/v1/agents/agentId")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```