Agent

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.

 

Agent

Health points	∞
Behavior	Passive
Attack strength	5HP
Hitbox size	Height: 0.93 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks
Spawn	See Usage

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An agent is a mob that helps players learn coding, by getting a player to code the actions on one. Agents can be programmed to execute several tasks, like planting and harvesting, mining, chopping trees, and building. It is only available in Minecraft Education and Bedrock Edition worlds connected to a WebSocket server.

In a Bedrock Edition world not connected to a WebSocket server, agents are unused and thus have no AI unless spawned by putting the command /execute as @p run agent create into an NPC, but can still store items given to them by a player in its inventory. Agents can also teleport between dimensions with the player.

Agents can be spawned with its spawn egg, obtainable with /give @s spawn_egg 1 56. However, they are completely invisible when spawned via the spawn egg.

In Minecraft Education, agents are used in conjunction with Code Connection, and are programmable by a visual programming language.

In the Education and Bedrock Editions, agents can be used in conjunction with WebSocket servers.

Agents carry their own 27-slot inventory, which can be manipulated by commands that the player programs one to use, or edited directly by a GUI that the player can access in-game, in any dimension.

The visual interface allows the player to drag and drop commands, structural constructs and other components into a sequence, and associate the sequence with a custom-named slash command, which can be executed in the traditional way, from the console.

Agents are completely invulnerable to all forms of damage, although they are targeted by zoglins and wardens. Agents pass through blocks, vehicles, and projectiles, thus making them unable to ride a minecart or boat. Agents cannot be leashed.

Agents can push pressure plates and use doors, buttons, levers, and fence gates. They can destroy some blocks that are indestructible in Survival mode, such as bedrock and command block, except for allow and deny blocks.

• attack <direction>
• destroy <direction>
• drop <int:slotNum> <int:quantity> <direction>
• drop all <direction>
• move <direction>
• turn <turnDirection>
• inspect <direction>
• inspect data <direction>
• detect <direction>
• detectredstone <direction>
• transfer <int:srcSlotNum> <int:quantity> <int:dstSlotNum>
• create agent
• remove agent
• teleport to player
• teleport to location facing direction
• collect <string:item>
• till <direction>
• place <int:slotNum> <direction>
• place on move<int:slotNum> <true/false>
• get item count <int:slotNum>
• get item space <int:slotNum>
• get item detail <int:slotNum>

<direction> refers to forward|back|left|right|up|down

<turnDirection> refers to left|right

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Agent	agent	56	entity.agent.name

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0			build 1				Added agents.
			build 2				Removed agents.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Agents have been re-added, hidden in a(n) .apk file.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Added agent spawn egg texture file.
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Agents can now be spawned by putting the command execute @p ~ ~ ~ agent create into an NPC.

Minecraft Education
1.0.1							Added learn to code mascot.
1.0.2							The entity ID has been changed from learn_to_code_mascot to agent.
1.4.0							The default name tag color for agents has been changed to blue.
1.7							Agents can now be removed through /remove.
							Players now can show their agent's coordinates on the HUD.
							/summon agent now creates or teleports the executor's agent to the executor.
							Added spawn eggs for agents.
1.20.12			1.20.10.0				Agents now have no range restrictions, it can move and build far away from the player.
							Agents now have an animation for unsuccessful actions.
							Agents now choose which item to detect or interact with in a “line of sight” in the direction the code specified, up to 1 block away.

Issues relating to "Agent" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• In 10 Years of Minecraft, there is a puzzle in the "Library" area that involves controlling an agent with glazed terracotta. On the Bedrock Edition version of the map, the agent is added in as a new mob, while on Java Edition, it is an armor stand with remodeled infested chiseled stone bricks on its head.
• The agent addition in Pocket Edition was likely accidental due to Pocket Edition sharing the same codebase as Minecraft Education.

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  An agent.
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  An agent with other passive mobs.
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  An agent alongside a NPC and camera in a tutorial world.
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  Red-eyed version of Agent in hour of code 2021
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  Yellow-eyed version of Agent in hour of code 2021
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  Green-eyed version of Agent in hour of code 2021
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  Blue-eyed version of Agent in hour of code 2021
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  Pink-eyed version of Agent in hour of code 2021

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  An agent in an official render.
• 
  Ditto but cut-out
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  An agent in promotional artwork for the Learn to Code Update.
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  An agent in promotional artwork for the GOAT Update.
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  An agent in promotional artwork for Mobile, Multiplayer & More.
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  An agent building redstone contraptions with children.
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  An agent touching a laptop showing the loading screen of Minecraft Education.
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  An agent in promotional artwork.
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  Half a statue of an agent in the Mirror section of Inspiration Island. The player is required to build the other half.
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  An agent with a nitwit picking apples with a ravager.

• Build with the agent – Minecraft.net on February 24, 2022

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