# Update Configuration

POST https://api.credal.ai/api/v0/copilots/updateConfiguration
Content-Type: application/json

Update the configuration for a agent

Reference: https://docs.credal.ai/api-reference/api-reference/copilots/update-configuration

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `copilotId` (UUID, required) — Credal-generated agent ID to add the collection to.
- `configuration` (Configuration, required)

## Types

### Configuration

- `name` (string, optional)
- `description` (string, optional)
- `prompt` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "copilotId": "82e4b12a-6990-45d4-8ebd-85c00e030c24",
  "configuration": {
    "name": "Customer Agent",
    "description": "This agent is used to answer customer requests based on internal documentation.",
    "prompt": "You are a polite, helpful assistant used to answer customer requests."
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript Example0
import { CredalClient } from "@credal/sdk";

async function main() {
    const client = new CredalClient({
        apiKey: "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
    });
    await client.copilots.updateConfiguration({
        copilotId: "82e4b12a-6990-45d4-8ebd-85c00e030c24",
        configuration: {
            name: "Customer Agent",
            description: "This agent is used to answer customer requests based on internal documentation.",
            prompt: "You are a polite, helpful assistant used to answer customer requests.",
        },
    });
}
main();

```

```python Example0
from credal import CredalV0
import uuid
from credal.copilots import Configuration

client = CredalV0(
    api_key="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
)

client.copilots.update_configuration(
    copilot_id=uuid.UUID("82e4b12a-6990-45d4-8ebd-85c00e030c24"),
    configuration=Configuration(
        name="Customer Agent",
        description="This agent is used to answer customer requests based on internal documentation.",
        prompt="You are a polite, helpful assistant used to answer customer requests.",
    ),
)

```

## Related pages

- [Create Copilot](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-create-copilot.md)
- [Create Conversation](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-create-conversation.md)
- [Provide Message Feedback](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-provide-message-feedback.md)
- [Add Collection To Copilot](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-add-collection-to-copilot.md)
- [Remove Collection From Copilot](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-remove-collection-from-copilot.md)
- [Delete Copilot](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-delete-copilot.md)
- [Export](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-export.md)
- [Send Message](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-send-message.md)
- [Stream Message](./api-reference-2-api-reference-copilots-stream-message.md)

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