Is there a way to start a prefect agent via code instead of

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

Sam Garvis · Answer

Like using helm in k8s Or do you mean in Python

Neil Natarajan · Answer

in python

Neil Natarajan · Answer

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

Neil Natarajan · Answer

But I don t want to have manual intervention in the form of starting an agent

Neil Natarajan · Answer

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

Jean Luciano · Answer

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

Ryan Peden · Answer

Although there are no official docs on running an agent via the Python API the `OrionAgent` class is documented here and you can see how the CLI creates an and runs an agent here 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

Neil Natarajan · Answer

Thanks I ll take a look