generated: '2026-08-29'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://agpt.co/docs/platform/api-and-integrations/api-guide.md and
  https://agpt.co/docs/platform/self-hosting/getting-started.md; console
  confirmed live at https://backend.agpt.co/external-api/docs (HTTP 200,
  2026-08-29).
description: >-
  AutoGPT ships no test mode and no sandbox credentials — there are no test keys,
  no test/live key prefixes, no fixture data and no time simulation. What it does
  ship are two real places to try the API before committing: an interactive
  Swagger UI console for the External API, and a fully self-hostable copy of the
  entire platform. Both are genuine; neither isolates you from real spend on the
  hosted platform.
test_mode:
  supported: false
  key_prefixes:
    live: agpt_xt_ (OAuth access token)
    test: null
  note: >-
    One credential namespace. An API key created in account settings is a
    production key against a production account, and calls made with it spend
    real automation credits.
console:
  name: External API Swagger UI
  url: https://backend.agpt.co/external-api/docs
  status: 200
  type: interactive try-it console
  spec: https://backend.agpt.co/external-api/openapi.json
  auth_required: true
  description: >-
    The API guide points here for "all available endpoints, request/response
    schemas" and says it "allows you to try out API calls directly". Calls
    executed from it are real calls against the caller's real account.
  covers: The 20-operation External API only, not the 347-operation Agent Server API.
self_host:
  supported: true
  docs: https://agpt.co/docs/platform/self-hosting/getting-started.md
  installer: https://agpt.co/docs/platform/self-hosting/installer.md
  single_container: https://agpt.co/docs/platform/self-hosting/single-container.md
  source: https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT
  description: >-
    The closest thing to a sandbox AutoGPT offers. Running the platform locally
    gives a complete, isolated environment with the same API surface and no
    hosted-credit consumption — you pay only your own model providers. A local
    LLM path is documented so the whole loop can run without any third-party API
    key.
  local_llm: https://agpt.co/docs/platform/using-ai-services/copilot-local-llm.md
  ollama: https://agpt.co/docs/platform/using-ai-services/ollama.md
demo:
  available: true
  description: >-
    The pricing page offers an instant demo without signup. It is a product
    demo, not an API sandbox.
test_data:
  test_cards: null
  test_accounts: null
  fixtures: null
  time_simulation: null
  note: >-
    None published. NOT recorded as available: the repository carries a rolling
    "preview-seed-fixture" release described as a "fully SYNTHETIC
    preview-database seed fixture", but that is an internal artifact for
    AutoGPT's own preview environments, not a documented developer facility.
gaps:
  - >-
    No test-mode credential, so an integrator cannot exercise the credit-spending
    execute operations without spending credits.
  - >-
    Combined with the absence of idempotency keys (see
    conventions/autogpt-conventions.yml), a retried execute during development
    is a real double charge.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com