Assistant Disable API

Enable or disable an assistant programmatically

The Assistants API is being deprecated on 30 April. For new implementations, please use the Agents API instead. See our migration guide for details.

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Enables or disables an assistant in your workspace. Disabled assistants cannot be used by workspace members until re-enabled.

This is an administrative action. Only workspace admins or users with appropriate permissions can disable/enable assistants.

Use Cases

• Temporarily disable an assistant that needs maintenance or updates
• Re-enable a previously disabled assistant
• Control assistant availability during rollouts or testing

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
assistantId	string	Yes	UUID of the assistant to enable/disable
disabled	boolean	Yes	true to disable, false to enable

Example

const axios = require("axios");

async function toggleAssistantStatus(assistantId, disabled) {
  const response = await axios.patch(
    "https://api.odeus.ai/assistant/v1/disable",
    {
      assistantId: assistantId,
      disabled: disabled
    },
    {
      headers: {
        Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
      }
    }
  );

  console.log(`Assistant ${disabled ? 'disabled' : 'enabled'}:`, response.data);
}

// Disable an assistant
toggleAssistantStatus("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000", true);

// Re-enable an assistant
toggleAssistantStatus("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000", false);

Response Format

Success Response (200 OK)

{
  status: "success";
  message: "Assistant disabled successfully" | "Assistant enabled successfully";
}

Error Handling

Status Code	Description
400	Invalid parameters (missing assistantId or disabled)
401	Invalid or missing API key
403	Insufficient permissions to disable assistants
404	Assistant not found or API key does not have access
429	Rate limit exceeded

Behavior

When an assistant is disabled:

• Users cannot start new conversations with the assistant
• The assistant does not appear in the assistant library for regular users
• Existing conversations may still be viewable but the assistant cannot respond
• Admins can still view and manage the assistant
• The assistant can be re-enabled at any time

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