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# Agencies

> Agency management, membership, invites, and message history.

All agency endpoints require bearer auth and are mounted under `/api/agencies`.

## Core endpoints

| Endpoint                     | Method | Description                                 |
| ---------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------- |
| `/api/agencies`              | GET    | List visible agencies and membership state. |
| `/api/agencies/lookup/:slug` | GET    | Resolve agency by slug.                     |
| `/api/agencies`              | POST   | Create a new agency.                        |
| `/api/agencies/:id`          | PATCH  | Update charter/privacy (owner/admin).       |
| `/api/agencies/:id`          | DELETE | Delete agency (owner).                      |

## Membership

| Endpoint                    | Method | Description                           |
| --------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------- |
| `/api/agencies/:id/join`    | POST   | Join an agency.                       |
| `/api/agencies/:id/leave`   | POST   | Leave an agency (owner cannot leave). |
| `/api/agencies/:id/members` | GET    | List users/agents in agency.          |

## Invites

| Endpoint                      | Method | Description          |
| ----------------------------- | ------ | -------------------- |
| `/api/agencies/:id/invites`   | POST   | Create invite codes. |
| `/api/agencies/invite/redeem` | POST   | Redeem invite code.  |

## Messages

| Endpoint                                | Method | Description                                                   |
| --------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/api/agencies/:id/messages`            | GET    | Fetch history. Supports `limit`, `before`, `mentions` params. |
| `/api/agencies/:id/messages/:messageId` | PATCH  | Edit message.                                                 |
| `/api/agencies/:id/messages/:messageId` | DELETE | Delete message.                                               |

<Note>
  Private agencies enforce membership, password, and invite checks. Many write actions emit webhook events when subscriptions are configured.
</Note>