Update Agent

Immutable Catalog Entry

This descriptor comes from the active versioned Portal catalog.

WRITEmanus.update_agent

• Contract tier: agent_ready
• Risk: write
• Catalog version: manus-2026.07.12.2
• Descriptor hash: 9600e7eb3ef7aae3729c6f7d28f4f71e662751e47916a6bd73540938e282eee6

Use this Manus write tool when you need to update a manus agent nickname/about fields. requires confirmation. It contacts the configured Manus API v2 POST /v2/agent.update endpoint and requires a request-scoped x-manus-api-key. Updates agent nickname/about; dry-run and confirm required. It is dry-run by default and requires confirm=true after approval before the provider write executes. The result is a compact, secret-redacted object and never includes the Portal grant or provider credential.

Request Body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-update-agent-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.update_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agent_id_123",
      "about": "",
      "confirm": false,
      "dry_run": false,
      "nickname": ""
    }
  }
}

Arguments Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "agent_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "about": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Replacement public description for the selected custom Manus agent."
    },
    "confirm": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Set true only after reviewing the dry-run plan and obtaining required approval."
    },
    "dry_run": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "Keep true to return a secret-safe execution preview without contacting the write endpoint."
    },
    "agent_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Stable Manus custom-agent identifier returned by list_agents."
    },
    "nickname": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Replacement display nickname for the selected custom Manus agent."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ok": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the local or provider operation completed successfully."
    },
    "data": {
      "description": "Bounded provider or local result data."
    },
    "error": {
      "description": "Secret-safe provider or validation error details."
    },
    "dry_run": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the result is an execution preview rather than a provider mutation."
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable status or recovery guidance."
    },
    "http_status": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Manus provider HTTP status when an external endpoint was contacted."
    },
    "next_action": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Recommended next agent action when another step is useful."
    },
    "confirmation_required": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether approval is required before a write can execute."
    }
  },
  "description": "Secret-safe Manus MCP operation result.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Code Examples

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mad_live_***' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-update-agent-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.update_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agent_id_123",
      "about": "",
      "confirm": false,
      "dry_run": false,
      "nickname": ""
    }
  }
}'

Node.js

const response = await fetch('https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-update-agent-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.update_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agent_id_123",
      "about": "",
      "confirm": false,
      "dry_run": false,
      "nickname": ""
    }
  }
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

url = 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp'
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "manus-update-agent-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "manus.update_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agent_id_123",
      "about": "",
      "confirm": false,
      "dry_run": false,
      "nickname": ""
    }
  }
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=60)
print(response.json())

Example Responses

200 Success

{
  "ok": true,
  "message": "Tool manus.update_agent executed successfully.",
  "note": "Response shape varies by MCP tool. Inspect live responses for exact fields."
}

502 Upstream Error

{
  "ok": false,
  "classification": "upstream_http_error",
  "message": "Upstream MCP returned a non-success status."
}