# POST /v1/convai/agents/create (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Create Agent

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/agents/create?enable_versioning=true' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"conversation_config":{"asr":{},"turn":{}},"platform_settings":{"evaluation":{},"widget":{}}}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| conversation_config | body | object | Yes | Request body field conversation_config. |
| enable_versioning | query | boolean | No | Deprecated: all agents are versioned. This parameter is i... |
| platform_settings | body | object | No | Platform settings for the agent are all settings that are... |
| workflow | body | object | No | Request body field workflow. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"agent_id":"J3Pbu5gP6NNKBscdCdwB"}

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