cURL
curl -i -L -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/ai_agents" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"type": "ai_agent",
"name": "My AI Agent",
"access_state": "enabled",
"ask": {
"type": "ai_agent_ask",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "Answers questions about documents"
}
}'client.ai_studio.create_ai_agent(
agent_name,
"enabled",
ask=AiStudioAgentAsk(access_state="enabled", description="desc1"),
)await client.aiStudio.createAiAgent({
name: agentName,
accessState: 'enabled',
ask: new AiStudioAgentAsk({ accessState: 'enabled', description: 'desc1' }),
} satisfies CreateAiAgentInput);try await client.aiStudio.createAiAgent(requestBody: CreateAiAgent(name: agentName, accessState: "enabled", ask: AiStudioAgentAsk(accessState: "enabled", description: "desc1")))client.getAiStudio().createAiAgent(new CreateAiAgent.Builder(agentName, "enabled").ask(new AiStudioAgentAsk("enabled", "desc1")).build())await client.AiStudio.CreateAiAgentAsync(requestBody: new CreateAiAgent(name: agentName, accessState: "enabled") { Ask = new AiStudioAgentAsk(accessState: "enabled", description: "desc1") });{
"id": "1234567890",
"origin": "CUSTOM",
"name": "This is my Agent",
"access_state": "enabled",
"type": "ai_agent",
"created_by": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user"
},
"created_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"modified_by": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user"
},
"modified_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"icon_reference": "https://cdn01.boxcdn.net/app-assets/aistudio/avatars/logo_analytics.svg",
"allowed_entities": [
{
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user"
}
],
"ask": {
"type": "ai_agent_ask",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "This is ASK Agent",
"custom_instructions": "This is a custom instruction",
"suggested_questions": [
"What is in this file?",
"What are the main highlights of this document?"
],
"long_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_image": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"spreadsheet": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"long_text_multi": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_text_multi": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_image_multi": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
}
},
"text_gen": {
"type": "ai_agent_text_gen",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "This is ASK Agent",
"custom_instructions": "This is a custom instruction",
"suggested_questions": [
"What is in this file?",
"What are the main highlights of this document?"
],
"basic_gen": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, and I have $8000 and want to spend a week in the Azores. `{user_question}`",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"content_template": "---{content}---",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
}
},
"extract": {
"type": "ai_agent_extract",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "This is ASK Agent",
"custom_instructions": "This is a custom instruction",
"long_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_image": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
}
}
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}AI Studio
Create AI agent
Creates an AI agent. At least one of the following capabilities must be provided: ask, text_gen, extract.
POST
/
ai_agents
cURL
curl -i -L -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/ai_agents" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"type": "ai_agent",
"name": "My AI Agent",
"access_state": "enabled",
"ask": {
"type": "ai_agent_ask",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "Answers questions about documents"
}
}'client.ai_studio.create_ai_agent(
agent_name,
"enabled",
ask=AiStudioAgentAsk(access_state="enabled", description="desc1"),
)await client.aiStudio.createAiAgent({
name: agentName,
accessState: 'enabled',
ask: new AiStudioAgentAsk({ accessState: 'enabled', description: 'desc1' }),
} satisfies CreateAiAgentInput);try await client.aiStudio.createAiAgent(requestBody: CreateAiAgent(name: agentName, accessState: "enabled", ask: AiStudioAgentAsk(accessState: "enabled", description: "desc1")))client.getAiStudio().createAiAgent(new CreateAiAgent.Builder(agentName, "enabled").ask(new AiStudioAgentAsk("enabled", "desc1")).build())await client.AiStudio.CreateAiAgentAsync(requestBody: new CreateAiAgent(name: agentName, accessState: "enabled") { Ask = new AiStudioAgentAsk(accessState: "enabled", description: "desc1") });{
"id": "1234567890",
"origin": "CUSTOM",
"name": "This is my Agent",
"access_state": "enabled",
"type": "ai_agent",
"created_by": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user"
},
"created_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"modified_by": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user"
},
"modified_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"icon_reference": "https://cdn01.boxcdn.net/app-assets/aistudio/avatars/logo_analytics.svg",
"allowed_entities": [
{
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user"
}
],
"ask": {
"type": "ai_agent_ask",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "This is ASK Agent",
"custom_instructions": "This is a custom instruction",
"suggested_questions": [
"What is in this file?",
"What are the main highlights of this document?"
],
"long_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_image": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"spreadsheet": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"long_text_multi": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_text_multi": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_image_multi": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
}
},
"text_gen": {
"type": "ai_agent_text_gen",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "This is ASK Agent",
"custom_instructions": "This is a custom instruction",
"suggested_questions": [
"What is in this file?",
"What are the main highlights of this document?"
],
"basic_gen": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, and I have $8000 and want to spend a week in the Azores. `{user_question}`",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"content_template": "---{content}---",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
}
},
"extract": {
"type": "ai_agent_extract",
"access_state": "enabled",
"description": "This is ASK Agent",
"custom_instructions": "This is a custom instruction",
"long_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"embeddings": {
"model": "azure__openai__text_embedding_ada_002",
"strategy": {
"id": "basic",
"num_tokens_per_chunk": 64
}
},
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_text": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
},
"basic_image": {
"model": "azure__openai__gpt_4o_mini",
"num_tokens_for_completion": 8400,
"llm_endpoint_params": {
"type": "openai_params",
"temperature": 0,
"top_p": 1,
"frequency_penalty": 1.5,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"stop": "<|im_end|>"
},
"system_message": "You are a helpful travel assistant specialized in budget travel",
"prompt_template": "It is `{current_date}`, consider these travel options `{content}` and answer the `{user_question}`.",
"is_custom_instructions_included": false,
"warnings": [
"MODEL_INACTIVE"
]
}
}
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}This endpoint is not available on the Free Developer Plan. Upgrade here.
This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.Learn more about Box SDK versioning strategy.
Authorizations
The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.
Body
application/json
The schema for AI agent create request.
The type of agent used to handle queries.
Available options:
ai_agent Example:
"ai_agent"
The name of the AI Agent.
Example:
"My AI Agent"
The state of the AI Agent. Possible values are: enabled, disabled, and enabled_for_selected_users.
Example:
"enabled"
The icon reference of the AI Agent. It should have format of the URL https://cdn01.boxcdn.net/app-assets/aistudio/avatars/<file_name> where possible values of file_name are: logo_boxAi.png,logo_stamp.png,logo_legal.png,logo_finance.png,logo_config.png,logo_handshake.png,logo_analytics.png,logo_classification.png.
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"https://cdn01.boxcdn.net/app-assets/aistudio/avatars/logo_analytics.svg"
List of allowed users or groups.
A mini representation of a user, used when nested within another resource.
- User (Base)
- Group (Base)
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The AI agent to be used to handle queries.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The AI agent to be used to generate text.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The AI agent to be used for metadata extraction.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Definition of created AI agent.
Full representation of an AI Agent instance.
The unique identifier of the AI Agent.
Example:
"1234567890"
The provider of the AI Agent.
Example:
"CUSTOM"
The name of the AI Agent.
Example:
"This is my Agent"
The state of the AI Agent. Possible values are: enabled, disabled, and enabled_for_selected_users.
Example:
"enabled"
The type of agent used to handle queries.
Available options:
ai_agent Example:
"ai_agent"
The user who created this agent.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The ISO date-time formatted timestamp of when this AI agent was created.
Example:
"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
The user who most recently modified this agent.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The ISO date-time formatted timestamp of when this AI agent was recently modified.
Example:
"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
The icon reference of the AI Agent.
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"https://cdn01.boxcdn.net/app-assets/aistudio/avatars/logo_analytics.svg"
List of allowed users or groups.
A mini representation of a user, used when nested within another resource.
- User (Base)
- Group (Base)
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The AI agent to be used to ask questions.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The AI agent to be used to generate text.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The AI agent to be used for metadata extraction.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Last modified on August 25, 2026
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