# rpk ai agent credential create

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [agentic-data-plane-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/agentic-data-plane-full.txt)

---
title: rpk ai agent credential create
latest-operator-version: v26.2.1
latest-console-tag: v3.9.0
latest-connect-version: 4.104.0
latest-redpanda-tag: v26.2.1
docname: rpk/rpk-ai/rpk-ai-agent-credential-create
page-component-name: agentic-data-plane
page-version: master
page-component-version: master
page-component-title: Agentic Data Plane
page-relative-src-path: rpk/rpk-ai/rpk-ai-agent-credential-create.adoc
page-edit-url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/adp-docs/edit/main/modules/reference/pages/rpk/rpk-ai/rpk-ai-agent-credential-create.adoc
description: Create a client ID and secret pair for an agent. The client secret is shown once and cannot be retrieved again.
page-git-created-date: "2026-06-25"
page-git-modified-date: "2026-08-06"
---

<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/agentic-data-plane/reference/rpk/rpk-ai/rpk-ai-agent-credential-create.md -->

Create a client ID and secret pair for an agent. The client secret is shown once and cannot be retrieved again.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk ai agent credential create [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --description | string | human-readable description of the credential. |
| --ttl | duration | lifetime before the credential expires (for example, 720h); 0 means no expiry. |

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |