update_agent
Update name, prompt, or tools; re-scaffold by passing a new description
How to use it
update_agent is exposed by the Spaceship MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the update_agent tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Spaceship MCP
npx spaceshipai@latest initOther tools in Spaceship MCP (15)
Create an agent — pass description for auto-generated system prompt
Permanently delete an agent and all its logs, memories, and threads
Get full details of a single agent including its system prompt and tools
Get full details of an orchestration including its members and tools
Fetch the full chronological event log for a completed run
Poll status: queued → running → completed / error / cancelled
List agents, optionally filtered by project
List recent runs for an agent with status and duration
List orchestrations, optionally filtered by project
List all projects in your organization
List built-in and custom tools available to attach to agents
Start an async run; returns executionid for polling
Start an async orchestration run; returns executionid
Quick sync test — runs an agent and waits up to 15s for the result
Quick sync test — runs an orchestration and waits up to 15s for the result