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Is there a way to start a prefect agent via code instead of manually using the CLI?

Like using helm in k8s? Or do you mean in Python?

I just want to run a simple flow on an interval schedule locally

But I don't want to have manual intervention in the form of starting an agent

Currently, I am able to create the deployment/work-queue via Python API but I do not know how to start an agent via Python API

Only ways of starting an agent is with the CLI command or a helm chart.

Although there are no official docs on running an agent via the Python API, the `OrionAgent` class is documented here:<https://docs.prefect.io/api-ref/prefect/agent/#prefect.agent.OrionAgent>

and you can see how the CLI creates an and runs an agent here: <https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/src/prefect/cli/agent.py#L113>

But note that prefect.utilities.services is not a documented part of Prefect's Python API so it may not be safe to count on it working in perpetuity.