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The Buy Agent and the Sell Agent are features of the [[Enhanced Client]]. These agents allow you to create a list of items, with specified quantities for each item, and then when interacting with a shopkeeper, buy/sell the entire list and number of items at once. Once a buy/sell agent has been built, to use the agent, click on the stack of gold coins just above the inventory list on a shopkeeper's window. If you have set the buy agent to acquire more of an item then the shopkeeper has in stock, the agent will buy the entire stock. If you have set the sell agent to peddle fewer of an item then what you are carrying, it will sell only that amount, allowing you to keep a portion of stock in your backpack.

The Buy Agent is especially useful if you are purchasing items which begin with low stock numbers then increase the stock amount each time the shopkeeper refreshes, such as scrolls or reagents. Using the buy agent, you can rapidly purchase from a number of shopkeepers, off-load your goods using an [[Organizer agent |organizer]], then go back to each of the shopkeepers for more. This allows a player to set up what is effectively a personal trade route, selecting desired items and quantities repeatedly, with minimal button clicking.

The Sell Agent, similar to the buy agent, can also be used to establish personal trade routes. As players adventure longer in the world of Sosaria, they invariably acquire so much stuff that they stop picking up the more mundane items they come across. The sell agent can save much time and many clicks when selling small gems at jewelry shops or reagents that you've been looting from corpses. As such, the sell agent can be a significant help to more frugal minded players who just can't stand to leave all that loot behind!

Press ESC and select Agents to start building a buy agent or sell agent. To set a buy agent or sell agent as default, select the non-default agent and push the green "+" button to the left of the drop-down agent select menu on the Agent Settings window. If you select a default agent, the green "+" button will be replaced by the text "Default".
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A buy agent or sell agent can also be set as default by right-clicking the buy/sell agent icon (stack of coins) on the shopkeeper menu and selecting the desired agent.


Information on backing up, exporting, or importing agents can be found on the [[Agents |agents overview page]].


==Example Buy: Reagents==
To create a Buy/Sell Agent, push ESC and choose Agents Settings. As Buy and Sell agents are created and run in the same manner, we will only be creating a Buy Agent in this example.
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On the Agents Settings window push the small "+" icon to the right of the dropdown menu to add a Buy Agent or Sell Agent.
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On the Agents Settings window dropdown menu select the new Buy or Sell (it won't have a name yet). To remove a Buy or Sell, select the Buy or Sell and click the "-" key. 
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On the Agents Settings window, with the new Buy or Sell selected, click rename to rename the Buy or Sell to something you like (I set my Buy Agent to Reagents).
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On the Agents Settings window dropdown menu select the newly renamed Buy or Sell (Buy: Reagents in this example).
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Unlike other agents, a destination container cannot be set for a Buy Agent, meaning all the items you purchase go into the top level of your main backpack. A Sell Agent will sell items from the top level of your main backpack as well as any sub-containers. 

In the Agents Settings window click Add by Type, then target the items you wish to be bought or sold. As you target each item, a new window will open for you to input the amount of the item you would like bought or sold. As we build the Buy Agent for the eight basic reagents, our Agent Settings window will look like this: 
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If you would like to remove or change the amount of an item from the Buy or Sell, click on the item in the list and a menu will appear with Edit and Delete options.
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To use the agent, go to a shopkeeper and say "Vendor Buy" or "Vendor Sell" to open the shopkeeper menu, or right-click on the shopkeeper and select Buy or Sell from the shopkeeper's context menu.
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With the shopkeeper menu open, right-click on the stack of coins just above the inventory, which is the Buy or Sell agent icon, and select the Buy or Sell agent you would like to use.
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With the agent selected, left-click on the Buy or Sell agent icon, and your selected purchase or sale will be seen in the right side "Pending" pane of the shopkeeper menu. Click "Accept" to finalize your purchase or sale.
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*Note: Both the Buy and Sell agent names are currently bugged in the shopkeeper menu. Hovering over the Buy/Sell icon will present an error code rather than the selected agent name. Only the agent names are affected, the agents themselves work fine.


Enjoy the ability to Buy or Sell the items you want in the quantities you want without fear of accidently purchasing or selling something you don't intend to!


==See Also==
* [[Enhanced Client]]
* [[Enhanced Client Guide]]
* [https://uo2.stratics.com/essays-and-guides/client-user-guide-enhanced/agent-settings/ Stratics Agents]
* [https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/technical/agents-settings-in-the-enhanced-client/ UO.com wiki Agents]