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 Spawning

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.

Spawning

In a Bedrock Edition world not connected to a WebSocket server, agents are unused and these have no AI unless spawned by putting the command /summon agent 56 or /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. After spawning them, they may not be removed in Bedrock Edition.

Agents can be spawned with its spawn egg, obtainable with /give @p agent_spawn_egg 56. However, they do not spawn while using its spawn egg in Bedrock Edition. Agents always spawn with a name tag hovering over them which says the player's name and then ".Agent".

Usage

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

In the Minecraft Education and Bedrock Edition, 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 float in midair if there is no solid block below them. Agents are completely invulnerable to all forms of damage, although they are targeted by 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.

Agent commands

• 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

Sounds

Data values

ID

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

History

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0			build 1				Added agents.
							Their addition was likely accidental due to Pocket Edition sharing the same codebase as Education Edition.
			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.
26.50			Preview 26.50.25				The behavior of agents is now available in the vanilla behavior pack.
			Preview 26.50.26				The behavior of agents is once again hardcoded and no longer avaliable in the vanilla behavior pack.

Minecraft Education

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

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

Trivia

• 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.

Gallery

Textures

Screenshots

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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

In other media

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  An agent in an official artwork
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  An official render of the agent from Minecraft Education's artwork
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  An agent with Efe and Noor
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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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  A agent and some children
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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

External links

• "Build with the agent" by Tor E. Enne – Minecraft Education, February 24, 2022.