klz-cables.com/scripts/create-agent-admin.ts

import { getPayload } from 'payload';
import config from '../payload.config';

async function run() {
  try {
    const payload = await getPayload({ config: await config });
    const user = await payload.create({
      collection: 'users',
      data: {
        email: 'agent@mintel.me',
        password: 'agentpassword123',
      },
    });
    console.log('SUCCESS: Created AI Agent admin user', user.id);
  } catch (e) {
    if (
      e.message?.includes('duplicate key') ||
      e.code === '11000' ||
      String(e).includes('already exists')
    ) {
      console.log('User already exists, attempting to update password...', e.message);
      const payload = await getPayload({ config: await config });
      const users = await payload.find({
        collection: 'users',
        where: { email: { equals: 'agent@mintel.me' } },
      });
      if (users.docs.length > 0) {
        await payload.update({
          collection: 'users',
          id: users.docs[0].id,
          data: { password: 'agentpassword123' },
        });
        console.log('SUCCESS: Updated existing AI Agent admin user password');
      }
    } else {
      console.error('ERROR creating user:', e);
    }
  }
  process.exit(0);
}
run();