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search:
  tags:
    - Tasks
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    Starts an asynchronous Research Agent task and returns a status… Reference
    for the POST /api/agents/{agentId}/tasks/create endpoint in the Research
    Agent API.
sidebar:
  label: Create a research task
  badge: POST
title: Create a research task
type: openapi-operation
---
Starts an asynchronous Research Agent task and returns a status URL to poll.

`POST /api/agents/{agentId}/tasks/create`