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# Publish Eval Agent

> Publish the agent's current draft as a new active version.

### Headers

<ParamField header="authorization" type="string" required>
  Your API key for authentication.
</ParamField>

### Path Parameters

<ParamField path="eval_agent_id" type="string" required>
  The unique identifier of the eval agent to publish.
</ParamField>

<Note>
  Publishing validates the draft before snapshotting it. A graded agent must have between 2 and 5 levels, and every key in `target_level_keys` must match a defined level. A pass/fail agent must have 0 levels and no target level keys set.
</Note>

### Response

<ResponseField name="data.eval_agent_id" type="string">
  ID of the eval agent that was published.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.current_version_id" type="string">
  ID of the new editable draft created after publishing.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.active_version_id" type="string">
  ID of the newly published (archived) version.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version" type="object">
  Summary of the version that was published.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.id" type="string">
  Unique identifier of the published version.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.eval_agent_id" type="string">
  ID of the parent eval agent.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.version_number" type="integer">
  Sequential version number of the published version.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.name" type="string">
  Name of the published version.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.state" type="string">
  Always `"archived"` for a published version.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.created_by" type="string | null">
  Identifier of the user who created this version, or `null`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.created_at" type="string">
  ISO 8601 timestamp for when this version was created.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.published_version.latest_run" type="object | null">
  Summary of the most recent run against this version, or `null` if no runs exist.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "errors": null,
    "data": {
      "eval_agent_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
      "current_version_id": "e5f6a7b8-c9d0-1234-efab-567890123456",
      "active_version_id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
      "published_version": {
        "id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
        "eval_agent_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
        "version_number": 3,
        "name": "Empathy Check v3",
        "state": "archived",
        "created_by": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3210-9876-543210fedcba",
        "created_at": "2026-05-15T08:00:00.000Z",
        "latest_run": null
      }
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>