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Retell AI Agent API

The Agent API from Retell AI — 5 operation(s) for agent.

Retell AI Agent API is one of 11 APIs that Retell AI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Agent. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, an AsyncAPI specification, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.retellai.com.

5 operations 5 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.retellai.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Retell AI Agent API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (apiKey) (api_key). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • api_key — Retell API key, sent as: Authorization: Bearer

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Agent 5
POST
/create-agent
Create a new voice agent.
createAgent body → 201
GET
/get-agent/{agent_id}
Retrieve an agent.
getAgent 2 params → 200
GET
/list-agents
List all agents.
listAgents → 200
PATCH
/update-agent/{agent_id}
Update an agent.
updateAgent 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/delete-agent/{agent_id}
Delete an agent.
deleteAgent 1 param → 204

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AgentRequest (13 properties), ResponseEngine (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ResponseEngine
object
The engine that produces agent responses during a call.
5 properties 1 required
AgentResponse
AgentRequest
object
13 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

retell-agent-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Retell AI publishes across the network.

Retell AI Batch Call API
Retell AI Call API
Retell AI Concurrency API
Retell AI Conversation Flow API
Retell AI Knowledge Base API
Retell AI Phone Call API
Retell AI Phone Number API
Retell AI Retell LLM API
Retell AI Voice API
Retell AI Web Call API