Agent Controls

Stop individual agents or all agents during an emergency.

Agent Controls shows the runtime state of every agent in the account, including system agents such as the Console Operator and the builder agents. The page describes itself as "Runtime state and emergency kill switches for every agent." You can stop one agent or every agent.

Use it when:

• An agent behaves unexpectedly.
• A scheduled load test needs intervention.
• You must stop active work before changing configuration.

Open Control Center → Govern → Agent Controls.

Agent Controls, with emergency controls and per-agent runtime status.

Key terms

Term	Meaning	What you can do here	Scope
Agent	A configured AI worker with an identity, skills, knowledge, triggers, and integrations	Stop its active runs	One agent
Project	The project an agent belongs to	Filter the list by project	One project
Run	One execution after a trigger or request	Ends when complete or stopped	One execution

Agent Controls does not build, edit, disable, delete, or deactivate agents.

Read the list

The Emergency controls banner shows how many agents are currently running across the account. Below it, the list has one row per agent:

Column	What it shows
Agent	The agent's name.
Project	The agent's project. System agents show —.
Status	Running or Idle.
Action	More Actions (⋯), with Stop and, for your own agents, View Agent.

Stopping an agent aborts its in-flight threads right away. You can start new runs again anytime. The agent runs again after its next trigger.

Stop work safely

Need	Action	Confirmation	Result
Stop one agent	Select Stop for that agent	None	Interrupts that agent's active runs
Stop every agent	Select Stop all agents	Required	Interrupts active runs

The single-agent action takes effect immediately. Stop all agents asks you to confirm first.

Narrow the agent list with Search agents… before stopping work. This reduces the chance of selecting the wrong agent.

Stop a running agent

For an agent, open More Actions (⋯) in the Action column. Choose View Agent or Stop. The menu is available whether the agent is Running or Idle.

View Agent opens the agent in a new browser tab at /platform/agent-builder/<agentId>?…. Configure its graph, skills, triggers, knowledge, and integrations in Agent Builder. Your current activity view stays open.

Stop interrupts the agent's active runs. Work in progress is lost. If none exist, the request has no effect. The service still sends the request and displays Stopping the agent's executions.

Stopping the agent's executions can remain visible and can appear twice. It does not indicate ongoing work. The request runs once.

Stop a system agent

System agents, such as the Operator and the builder agents, are listed alongside your own. On their rows:

• Stop is the only action. View Agent isn't offered.
• The Project column shows —.
• Stopping a system agent also stops every run and helper agent it started.

Stop every agent

Select Stop all agents in the Emergency controls banner to interrupt active runs. The confirmation warns that the action cannot be undone. Select Cancel to leave work running. New runs can start immediately after stopping.

Find agents

Use All projects to show every agent, or pick one project to narrow the list. Select refresh to reload the runtime state.

Use Search agents… to find agents by name. Matching ignores case and accepts part of a name. The filter is saved as ?search=<term>, so you can bookmark or share it. Search covers every agent in the list, including agents beyond the default first page.

Unlike Search, changing the page does not update the URL—page state is client-only, so a specific page cannot be bookmarked or shared. Use Search to narrow the list when you need a shareable view.

Choose the right destination

Use these destinations for work that does not stop active runs:

Goal	Destination	Available action	Limitation
Build or edit an agent	Agent Builder	Change configuration	Does not stop work automatically
Stop selected agents	Agent Controls	Stop each agent separately	Selected-agent bulk stopping is unavailable

Related

Title

Governed Graph

Description

Explore how agents, apps, tools, and data connect

Link

Governed Graph

Title

Agent Builder

Description

Configure agents and their connected resources

Link

Agent Builder

Title

Glossary

Description

Look up agent, project, run, and related terms

Link

Glossary

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