Korely

Users & agents

Delete an agent

Hard-delete an agent namespace: purge every memory and fact stored under it and free its cap slot. This is the only call that reclaims a slot.

DELETE /v1/agents/{agent_id}

This is a hard delete (a purge), not the soft forget used elsewhere. It is the only way to free a cap slot: the agent cap counts every row that carries the agent_id, including soft-deleted and invalidated rows, so soft-forgetting memories does not reclaim a slot. Deleting the namespace does.

Authentication

HTTP header, required: Authorization: Bearer kor_live_.... The key must carry the memories:write scope.

Path parameter

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
agent_idstringRequiredThe agent namespace to purge. Must be a namespace already in use on this account, see List agents. Unknown namespaces return 404.

This endpoint takes no query parameters and no request body.

Example request

Terminal window
curl -X DELETE https://api.korely.ai/v1/agents/support-triage \
-H "Authorization: Bearer kor_live_..."

Response

200 OK. The purged namespace plus the counts of rows hard-deleted and the id of the audit record.

{
"agent_id": "support-triage",
"memories_deleted": 0,
"facts_deleted": 0,
"audit_id": "aud_9f44c1"
}
FieldTypeDescription
agent_idstringThe agent namespace that was purged (echoes the path parameter).
memories_deletedintegerCount of memory rows hard-deleted.
facts_deletedintegerCount of fact rows hard-deleted. Facts are deleted first, including those written straight to /v1/facts with no source memory.
audit_idstringPublic id of the audit record for this purge (scope agent), e.g. aud_9f44c1.

Errors

StatusCodeCause
401invalid_keyMissing or invalid kor_live_ key, Invalid or missing API key.
403forbiddenThe key lacks the required scope, API key missing required scope(s): memories:write.
404not_foundThe namespace was never used on this account, No agent namespace '...' on this account.
429rate_limit_exceededRate limit exceeded. Honor the Retry-After header and retry.

Notes

  • Hard delete, not forget. This is a purge, distinct from the soft forget endpoints. Soft-forgotten rows still count against the agent cap, so forgetting never frees a slot, only deleting the namespace does.
  • Frees the cap slot. The cap set counts any row carrying the agent_id, including soft-deleted and invalidated rows. Deleting the agent is the one way to reclaim a slot.
  • Facts go first. Facts are deleted by agent_id directly, so facts written straight to /v1/facts with no source memory are purged too. A fact's source_memory_id is ON DELETE CASCADE.
  • One audit row. A single audit record is written for the purge (scope agent, target the agent_id).
  • Write scope required. The key must carry memories:write.

Related

  • List agents, enumerate the namespaces in use on this account before deleting one.
  • Forget a user, the soft, end-user-scoped erasure (does not free an agent slot).
  • SDK reference, the full surface across cURL, Python, and Node.