agents.list

List sibling agents under the same principal/entity. Useful for cross-agent UIs; doesn’t expose another agent’s envelope policy.

List sibling agents under the same principal/entity. Useful for cross-agent UIs; doesn’t expose another agent’s envelope policy.

Metadata

Field	Value
Name	agents.list
Category	read
Required scope	agents:read
Idempotency key required	no

Annotations

Annotation	Value
Title	List Agents
Read-only	yes
Destructive	no
Idempotent	yes
Open-world	no
Requires human approval	no

Input schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "include_revoked": {
      "default": false,
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "include_revoked"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "agents": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "agent_principal_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uuid",
            "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
          },
          "display_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "purpose": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "draft",
              "active",
              "throttled",
              "revoked",
              "expired"
            ]
          },
          "created_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(?::[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?)?(?:Z))$"
          },
          "is_self": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "agent_principal_id",
          "display_name",
          "purpose",
          "status",
          "created_at",
          "is_self"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "fetched_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(?::[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?)?(?:Z))$"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "agents",
    "fetched_at"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Request examples

curl

curl -X POST https://mcp.glide.co/mcp/read \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GLIDE_GRANT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "agents.list",
    "params": {
      "include_revoked": false
    }
  }'

Response examples

Successful response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "agents": [
      {
        "agent_principal_id": "c3d4e5f6-a7b8-9012-cdef-123456789012",
        "display_name": "Payroll Disbursement Agent",
        "purpose": "Weekly payroll runs for Acme Corp employees",
        "status": "active",
        "created_at": "2026-04-01T09:00:00Z",
        "is_self": false
      },
      {
        "agent_principal_id": "d4e5f6a7-b8c9-0123-def0-234567890123",
        "display_name": "Supplier Payment Agent",
        "purpose": "Automated AP payments under $5,000 per transaction",
        "status": "active",
        "created_at": "2026-04-15T14:30:00Z",
        "is_self": true
      }
    ],
    "fetched_at": "2026-05-04T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

Error — missing or expired grant token:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "error": {
    "code": -32001,
    "message": "grant token missing or expired",
    "data": {
      "reason_id": "token_expired"
    }
  }
}

Error — grant missing required scope:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "error": {
    "code": -32002,
    "message": "grant does not include agents:read scope",
    "data": {
      "reason_id": "insufficient_scope"
    }
  }
}

Errors

Code	Name	Cause	Remediation
-32600	Invalid request	Malformed JSON-RPC envelope	Check method, jsonrpc, and id fields
-32602	Invalid params	include_revoked is not a boolean	Validate against schema before call
-32000	Unauthenticated	Missing Authorization header	Supply a valid Bearer token
-32001	Unauthorized	Grant token expired or revoked	Refresh token via agent.grant.refresh
-32002	Insufficient scope	Grant missing agents:read scope	Issue new grant with agents:read scope
-32603	Internal error	Server-side error	Retry with backoff; contact support

Auth

Caller’s grant must include the agents:read scope. Grants whose scope set is a superset of the required scope are accepted.