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# Run standing agents

*Verified 2026-10-07. Source: https://shapelessai.com/capabilities/standing-agents*

Create an agent that keeps working on a standing brief (a weekly Reddit post, a daily LinkedIn take, a launch countdown), read the roster, edit or pause one, and wake one now.

An agent proposes into the queue on its cadence; give it autoPublishPosts and it publishes without a human, which is why that flag costs the publish scope. One call asks the engine to suggest an agent seed from what it has studied about the account.

## Ask in plain words

- "set up an agent that proposes one Reddit post every Monday"
- "pause the daily LinkedIn agent"
- "wake the launch agent now"
- "suggest an agent for my account"
- "have an agent publish a daily X take without asking me"

## From an agent host (MCP)

Server: `https://shapelessai.com/mcp` ([add it to your host](https://shapelessai.com/connect)).

- `agents_list`: The agent roster (the API calls them strategies). Needs the read scope.
- `agents_save`: Create an agent (no id) or edit one (with id). Setting autoPublishPosts arms publishing without human approval and needs the publish scope; everything else needs write.
- `agents_wake`: PUBLISH-SCOPED: wake an agent now; it plans and proposes (or with auto-publish, posts) immediately. Returns the conversation it woke into and its web url. Needs the publish scope.

## From code (REST)

Bearer API key with the scope each call names ([auth](https://shapelessai.com/docs/auth), [OpenAPI](https://shapelessai.com/api/openapi.json)).

- `GET /api/strategies` (read scope): The agent roster.
- `POST /api/strategies` (write scope): Create an agent (publish scope when autoPublishPosts).
- `PATCH /api/strategies/{id}` (write scope): Edit an agent (publish scope when autoPublishPosts).
- `POST /api/strategies/{id}/run` (publish scope): Wake an agent now.
- `POST /api/strategies/suggest` (write scope): One engine-studied agent seed for the editor.

## From a terminal (CLI)

- `shapeless agents list`
- `shapeless agents show`
- `shapeless agents create`
- `shapeless agents edit`
- `shapeless agents pause`
- `shapeless agents resume`
- `shapeless agents wake`

## Example

```bash
curl -s https://shapelessai.com/api/strategies -H "Authorization: Bearer $SHAPELESS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"Monday on r/SaaS","prompt":"One honest post a week about what we learned shipping.","planDays":[1],"planHours":[9],"timezone":"Europe/Berlin"}'
```
```jsonc
// MCP tool call
{ "tool": "agents_wake", "arguments": { "id": "<agentId>" } }
```
```bash
shapeless agents wake <id>
```

## Where else

- [Do it in the studio](https://shapelessai.com/studio/agents)