Agent & run endpoints

The agent and run endpoints are part of the Warp Platform API. Use them to start standalone cloud agent runs and to monitor, continue, or cancel any run after it starts. To find a factory and send it new work, use factory endpoints.

Use the agent and run endpoints

The agent and run endpoints let you create and inspect cloud agent runs over HTTP from CI, cron, backend services, and internal tools, without the Warp desktop app. With the API you can:

• Run an agent by submitting a prompt plus optional configuration, such as the model, environment, MCP servers, and base prompt.
• Monitor execution by listing runs and tracking state transitions over time, from queued through in progress to succeeded or failed.
• Inspect results and provenance by fetching a run’s full details, including the original prompt, source and creator metadata, session link, and resolved agent configuration.

For endpoint details, use the Warp Platform API reference. For SDK schemas, use the Python SDK and TypeScript SDK repositories.

To send work to a factory, use factory endpoints to discover it and dispatch by UID instead of calling POST /agent/runs with a foreman’s agent_identity_uid. The follow-up, cancellation, and status endpoints still apply after a factory run is dispatched.

Choose the SDK or raw REST

Warp provides the official warp-platform-sdk Python package and @warp-dot-dev/warp-platform-sdk TypeScript package. Both SDKs wrap the Warp Platform API with:

• Typed requests and responses - Editor autocomplete and fewer schema mistakes.
• Built-in retries and timeouts - With per-request overrides.
• Consistent error types - Errors that map to API status codes.
• Helpers for raw responses - For when you need headers, the status code, or custom parsing.

Use the SDK for strong typing, standardized error handling, and concurrency patterns. Use raw REST for minimal dependencies or full control over your HTTP client; the SDKs can also call undocumented endpoints when needed.

API base URL

All endpoints are served over HTTPS:

https://app.warp.dev/api/v1

Agent runs

An agent run represents a single execution of a cloud agent, created with a prompt and optional configuration. Each run has:

• A unique run_id
• A human-readable title
• A prompt that the agent executes
• A state (for example QUEUED, INPROGRESS, SUCCEEDED, FAILED)
• Timestamps (created_at, updated_at)
• Optional session information (session_id, session_link)
• Optional resolved configuration (agent_config)

See the Warp Platform API reference for details on how runs are created and listed.

Agent configuration

The request’s AmbientAgentConfig object shapes how an agent runs:

• name - A human-readable label for grouping, filtering, and traceability. When you run an agent from a skill, name is set to the skill name. You can also set name explicitly via the API, SDK, or CLI (--name) to categorize runs by intent, such as grouping all runs of a particular workflow regardless of how they were triggered. Use the name query parameter on GET /agent/runs to filter runs by config name.
• model_id - The model to run.
• base_prompt - Instructions that shape the agent’s behavior.
• environment_id - The CloudEnvironment to run in.
• worker_host - A self-hosted worker to run a standalone cloud agent on.
• skill_spec - A skill to use as the base prompt, in owner/repo:skill-name or owner/repo:path/to/SKILL.md form.
• mcp_servers - MCP servers whose tools the agent can use.

See the Python SDK or TypeScript SDK for the full configuration schema.

Skill actions in conversation data

The Conversation API returns skill loads as read_skill actions. When input.bundled_skill_id is present, it identifies a Warp-provided bundled reference. input.skill_path is the path used to resolve a skill, but doesn’t prove ownership: file-based skills and path-referenced bundled skills, including skills from a remote host, can both use this field.

The following stable, user-facing IDs are bundled directly with Warp:

Bundled skill ID	Purpose
add-mcp-server	Add an MCP server to Warp configuration.
change-keybinding	Change or remove Warp keyboard shortcuts.
claude-api	Build and maintain applications that use the Anthropic SDK.
create-skill	Create, improve, and evaluate skills.
create-tab-config	Create a Warp tab configuration.
factory-files	Create and validate file-based Warp factory definitions.
factory-mcp	Send work to a factory and collaborate through Factory MCP.
modify-settings	View or change Warp settings using the bundled settings schema.
oz-platform	Run, configure, and inspect cloud agents through the API and CLI.
pr-comments	Fetch GitHub pull request review comments for the current branch.
tab-configs	Look up the tab configuration schema and validation rules.
tui-migrate-setup	Migrate supported settings into the Warp Agent CLI.
update-tab-config	Update an existing Warp tab configuration.
warpctrl	Control and inspect a running Warp app with Warp Control.

The catalog helps group usage across conversations; it isn’t an availability manifest. Use each run’s advertised skills for availability and its conversation’s read_skill actions for invocation. The bundled set can vary by Warp release, release channel, enabled features, required files, and connected integrations.

For example, oz-platform, factory-files, and factory-mcp are Warp-provided. factory-mcp appears only where Factory MCP is available, tui-migrate-setup is specific to the Warp Agent CLI, and connected integrations can add bundled IDs that aren’t listed here.

Route a run to a self-hosted worker

Set worker_host in the request configuration to select a connected self-hosted worker. Omit it, or set it to warp, to use Warp-hosted workers.

{
  "prompt": "Run the dependency audit",
  "config": {
    "worker_host": "WORKER_HOST"
  }
}

Replace WORKER_HOST with the ID of a connected worker. For factory work, set workerHost in the factory definition instead.

Key endpoints

• POST /agent/runs - Create a new agent run with a prompt and optional config and title. Returns the run_id and initial state.
• GET /agent/runs - List runs with pagination and filters for state, config_name, model_id, creator, source, and creation time.
• GET /agent/runs/{runId} - Fetch full details for a single run, including the session link and resolved configuration.
• POST /agent/runs/{runId}/followups - Send a follow-up message to an existing run to steer or continue it, the same capability the Slack and Linear integrations use.
• POST /agent/runs/{runId}/cancel - Cancel a run that is queued or in progress. Returns the ID of the cancelled run.

All endpoint semantics, query parameters, and error codes are documented in the Warp Platform API reference.

Models

The API shares a set of reusable models across endpoints. Detailed JSON schemas, types, and enums are available in the SDK repos (Python, TypeScript). Key models include:

• RunAgentRequest
• RunAgentResponse
• ListRunsResponse
• RunItem
• PageInfo
• RunStatusMessage
• RunCreatorInfo
• RunState
• RunSourceType
• RunFollowupRequest
• AmbientAgentConfig
• MCPServerConfig
• Error

SDKs

Python SDK

The Python SDK is the recommended way to call the API from Python services and scripts. It provides:

• Sync and async clients
• Typed request and response models
• Configurable retries and timeouts, and structured errors

Install the package from PyPI:

pip install warp-platform-sdk

Import WarpClient from warp_platform_sdk. See the Python SDK GitHub repo for the full API reference and up-to-date examples.

TypeScript SDK

The TypeScript SDK is the recommended way to call the API from Node.js services and modern TypeScript and JavaScript runtimes. It provides:

• Fully typed params and responses
• First-class error handling, retries, and timeouts
• Support across common runtimes where fetch is available or polyfilled

Install the package from npm:

npm install @warp-dot-dev/warp-platform-sdk

Import WarpClient from @warp-dot-dev/warp-platform-sdk. See the TypeScript SDK GitHub repo for the full API reference and up-to-date examples.

Related pages

• Factory endpoints - Find a factory and send it work by UID.
• Warp Platform API quickstart - Create and inspect your first run.
• API errors - Every error code, its HTTP status, and how to resolve it.
• Multi-agent orchestration - Coordinate parent and child runs through the same API.