---
title: "Quick-add an agent node from a short brief — an extraction LLM fills role/prompt/model."
method: POST
path: "/graphs/{id}/agents/quick-add"
tags: ["agents"]
---

# Quick-add an agent node from a short brief — an extraction LLM fills role/prompt/model.

`POST /graphs/{id}/agents/quick-add`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.livegraph.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.livegraph.ai/graphs/{id}/agents/quick-add`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `livegraph_session`
  - API key in header `x-api-key`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- object
  - `description` string, required
  - `provider` 'anthropic' | 'openai' | 'xai' | 'openrouter' | 'openai-compatible' | 'groq' | 'cerebras' | 'mistral' | 'github-models' | 'nvidia' | 'mock' | 'transform' | 'devin' | 'github-copilot' | 'cursor' | 'cli-agent'
  - `model` string
  - `fileAccessRoot` string
  - `tools` string[]
  - `dispatchTargets` string[]
  - `position` object
    - `x` number, required
    - `y` number, required

## Response `200`

Success — see summary for the response shape.

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Client error — body is the shared {error, code?} envelope.

---

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