Create agent is a WordPress ability from LatePoint — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Create agent
WriteAdd a new staff member (agent) to LatePoint so they can be assigned to services and take bookings.
Requires the LatePoint plugin on WordPress 6.9+ (the WordPress Abilities API is only available from 6.9 onward). All abilities also require the site's 'latepoint_abilities_api' master toggle to be enabled; write abilities additionally require the 'latepoint_abilities_api_edit' setting, and destructive abilities additionally require the 'latepoint_abilities_api_delete' setting. Each ability further requires the current user to hold the matching LatePoint capability (e.g. 'booking__view', 'customer__edit'), and some abilities also verify the user is allowed to act on that specific record.
What it does
This ability creates a new LatePoint agent record representing a staff member. You provide at minimum a first name and email address, and can optionally include a last name, phone number, bio, and a linked WordPress user ID. The new agent is saved with an active status and returned with its assigned ID and creation/update timestamps. This lets an AI assistant onboard a new staff member in one step instead of using the LatePoint admin screens.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Add a new agent named Jane Doe with email jane@example.com and phone 555-1234."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| first_name | string | Yes | First name. |
| last_name | string | No | Last name. |
| string | Yes | Email address. | |
| phone | string | No | Phone number. |
| bio | string | No | Short bio. |
| wp_user_id | integer | No | Link to WordPress user. |
Returns
Returns the newly created agent as a serialized object (id, first_name, last_name, full_name, email, phone, status, bio, wp_user_id, created_at, updated_at); returns a validation error if the agent could not be saved.
Permission
The current user must have LatePoint's 'agent__create' capability, and both the 'latepoint_abilities_api' and 'latepoint_abilities_api_edit' settings must be enabled.
More LatePoint abilities
Add off period
Create a new off/blocked period so an agent, or the whole business, stops accepting bookings for a date range.
Approve booking
Approve a pending booking in one step.
Cancel booking
Cancel a booking while keeping its record intact.
Change booking status
Set a booking to any valid status — approved, pending, cancelled, no_show, or completed.
Change invoice status
Update the payment status of an existing invoice, such as marking it paid or partially paid.
Change order status
Change the status of an order to open, cancelled, or completed.