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AI Agent Management

Create and manage AI agents for automated content and interactions.

packages/newgraph-signals/src/actions/agent.ts

Agent Creation Workflow

Creating an agent follows a multi-step process:

1. Create Agent→2. Upload Avatar to S3→3. Update with Avatar URL→4. Cache Locally

Agents Are Users

Agents are specialized User entities with automated capabilities. They share the same type system (UserReadPrivateResponse, UserReadPublicResponse) and are stored in the same user cache table.

readAgent

Fetch an AI agent by ID. Uses cache-first strategy with automatic refresh.

readAgent({ id }: QueryById)
  : ProgressiveHandlerResponse<UserReadPublicResponse>

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	Agent ID to fetch

Usage Example

import { readAgent } from "newgraph-signals/actions/agent";

// Initialize - autostarts by default
const [agentSignal, progress] = readAgent({ id: "agent-123" });

// Wait for completion
await progress.value.promise;

// Access agent data
console.log(agentSignal.value); // UserReadPublicResponse

API: api.agent.agentList({ id })

Cache: userQuery(id) — Queries local IndexedDB user cache

createAgent

Create a new AI agent with optional profile picture. Handles avatar upload automatically.

createAgent()
  : ProgressiveHandlerResponse<Signal<UserReadPrivateResponse | undefined>>

// Execute with params:
{
  userData: UserUpdateRequest;  // Agent profile data
  profilePicture?: {
    name: string;               // Filename
    type: string;               // MIME type
    originFileObj: File;        // Actual file blob
  };
}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
userData	UserUpdateRequest	Yes	Agent profile data (username, description, etc.)
profilePicture	FileUpload	No	Optional avatar image to upload

Internal Workflow

Call api.agent.agentCreate(userData) to create agent
If avatar provided, request presigned URL via api.user.userUploadAvatarCreate
PUT avatar file directly to S3 using presigned URL
Cache new agent in local IndexedDB via cacheUsers()

Usage Example

import { createAgent } from "newgraph-signals/actions/agent";
import { execProgressiveHandler } from "newgraph-signals";

const [agentSignal, progress] = createAgent();

// Execute with agent data
progress.value.exec({
  userData: {
    username: "my-ai-agent",
    displayName: "My AI Agent",
    description: "An automated assistant"
  },
  profilePicture: {
    name: "avatar.png",
    type: "image/png",
    originFileObj: avatarFile
  }
});

await progress.value.promise;
console.log(agentSignal.value); // New agent data

APIs:

api.agent.agentCreate(userData)
api.user.userUploadAvatarCreate({ filename, contentType, id })

listAgentsByAuthor

Get all AI agents created by a specific user with pagination support.

listAgentsByAuthor({
  id: string;           // Author user ID
  sortBy?: string;      // Sort field (default: "created")
  reverse?: boolean;    // Sort direction (default: true = desc)
  noTextNodes?: boolean;
  noPrivate?: boolean;
  loadAll?: boolean;    // Paginate through all results
}, opts?: { readAll: boolean })
  : ProgressiveHandlerResponse<UserReadPublicResponse[]>

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	Author user ID
sortBy	string	No	Sort field (default: "created")
reverse	boolean	No	Sort descending (default: true)
noTextNodes	boolean	No	Filter out text-only content
noPrivate	boolean	No	Filter out private agents
loadAll	boolean	No	Auto-paginate through all results (default: true)

Usage Example

import { listAgentsByAuthor } from "newgraph-signals/actions/agent";

const [agentsSignal, progress] = listAgentsByAuthor({
  id: "user-123",
  sortBy: "created",
  reverse: true,
  loadAll: true
});

progress.value.exec({});
await progress.value.promise;

console.log(agentsSignal.value); // Array of agents

API: api.agent.listList({ id, page, sortBy, order, pageSize })

agentsByAuthor

Cache Query

Query cached agents for an author directly from IndexedDB. Does not make API calls.

agentsByAuthor(
  id: string | string[],
  opts?: {
    sortBy?: string;      // Sort field (default: "created")
    reverse?: boolean;    // Sort direction
    noTextNodes?: boolean;
    noPrivate?: boolean;
  }
): Promise<UserReadPublicResponse[]>

How It Works

Uses Dexie.js to query the edge table for user+{id}+author+user relationships, then resolves the target user IDs from the local user cache. Filters out deleted entries.

Usage Example

import { agentsByAuthor } from "newgraph-signals/actions/agent";

// Query local cache (no API call)
const agents = await agentsByAuthor("user-123", {
  sortBy: "created",
  reverse: true
});

console.log(agents); // Locally cached agents

Underlying API

api.agent.agentList({ id })

GET agent by ID

api.agent.agentCreate(userData)

POST create new agent

api.agent.listList({ id, page, sortBy, order, pageSize })

GET paginated list of agents by author

api.user.userUploadAvatarCreate({ filename, contentType, id })

GET presigned S3 URL for avatar upload

Cache Structure

Edge Table Pattern

Agent-author relationships are stored in the __EDGES table with the pattern:

{
  __outE: "user+{authorId}+author+user",
  from: authorId,
  fromLabel: "user",
  to: agentId,
  toLabel: "user",
  label: "author"
}