Call an agent from another agent

In Zapier Agents, you can ask your agent to call another agent. This action lets you break down complex tasks into smaller ones. Agents carry these tasks out independently, and the main agent organizes the results.

Add a Call an agent action

1. From the Zapier Agents home, select your agent.
   • Learn how to start a new agent.
2. In the section Tools this agent can use, click + Add Tool. A dialog box will open.
3. Select Call an agent.
4. From the list, select the agent you want to call.
5. Add any other actions, knowledge sources, or instructions for your agent.

Once you insert a Call an agent action, it will appear as a text pill in the Instructions to follow field. To provide better context to the agent, move it to wherever you want that agent to be called. 

Note

Agents can be triggered both by their existing trigger and by a Call an agent action. You do not need to change the trigger of an agent to use it with this action.

Best practices when calling agents

The main agent is the one that calls other agents and uses the results of their instructions. To ensure it completes the work successfully: 

• The agent calls other agents in the order they appear. Write all instructions for the main agent in the order that they need to be completed.
• For better performance, limit agent calls to fewer than 5 per main agent.
• If another agent is performing a task, do not include it in the main agent's instructions.

Next steps

Once you build your main agent and connect it to others, add all agents to a pod to make it easier to manage your related agents.

Provide feedback and get help

Submit a feature request, provide feedback on existing features, or get help from the Zapier Agents team. You can also discuss Agents with other users on Zapier's Early Access Program Slack.