Set up Conduktor Agents

Agents need two things from your Console configuration: the feature has to be enabled, and Console needs at least one model connection to run tasks with. Both are deployment settings, so you set them where you configure Console, in the YAML configuration file or as environment variables, and restart Console.

Prerequisites

Requirement	Details
Console 1.48.0 or later	Agents ship with Console 1.48.0.
An Anthropic API key	Anthropic is the supported model provider in this release. Console calls the Anthropic Messages API directly. The key only has to be able to call the model you choose.
Network access to the provider	Console has to reach `https://api.anthropic.com`, or the base URL you configure, from where it runs.
A Console administrator	Only administrators can set up and use agents in this release.

Support for OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock is coming in our next release later in November

Enable the feature

Set enable_agents to true. It’s false by default, which hides the agents UI and API for everyone.

YAML
Environment variable

enable_agents: true

CDK_ENABLE_AGENTS=true

Connect a model

A model connection tells Console which provider to call, with which key and which model. Add one or more under models. Each needs an id and an api_key; everything else has a default.

YAML
Environment variables

models:
  - id: anthropic
    name: Anthropic
    api_key: ${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}
    default_model: claude-opus-5

CDK_MODELS_0_ID=anthropic
CDK_MODELS_0_NAME=Anthropic
CDK_MODELS_0_APIKEY=sk-ant-...
CDK_MODELS_0_DEFAULTMODEL=claude-opus-5

To read the key from a mounted secret file instead, set CDK_MODELS_0_APIKEY_FILE to the file path. For a second connection, repeat the variables with _1_.

Property	Description	Default
`id`	Identifier of the connection. Agents reference it, so keep it stable.	Required
`name`	Display name shown in the model picker when you create an agent.	Same as `id`
`provider`	Model provider.	`anthropic`
`base_url`	API base URL. Change it to route calls through a proxy or gateway.	`https://api.anthropic.com`
`api_key`	API key for the provider. Treat it as a secret.	Required
`default_model`	Model that agents on this connection run with.	`claude-opus-5`
`max_tokens`	Token budget for a whole agent run, across every model call it makes. A run that reaches it stops and fails.	`500000`
`request_max_tokens`	Maximum output tokens for each model call.	`16384`, or `max_tokens` if lower
`request_timeout_seconds`	How long Console waits for each model call.	`300`

Connections are read-only in Console. The Models page and the model picker list them by name, and never show the key. To change a connection, update the configuration and restart Console.

Add a second connection with a smaller model, such as claude-haiku-4-5, for frequent or lightweight tasks. Pick the connection per agent.

Check the setup

Restart Console and sign in as an administrator. Use the toggle at the top of the sidebar to switch from Console to Agentic: the agents home page opens. If the toggle isn’t there, enable_agents isn’t set on the running instance. Then go to Models. It lists your connections by name, provider and model, without the key. If a connection is missing, Console didn’t load that part of the models configuration: check the Console logs for a configuration error, such as a missing api_key or a duplicate id. You’re ready to create and run your first agent.

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Prerequisites

Enable the feature

Connect a model

Check the setup

​Prerequisites

​Enable the feature

​Connect a model

​Check the setup

Prerequisites

Enable the feature

Connect a model

Check the setup