Error connecting to agent: no such file or directory - adding key to ssh agent

I am trying to add key that I have generated to the ssh agent. Below are my steps

C:\repo>ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (C:\Users\mante1/.ssh/id_rsa):C:\repo\key 

After the key is generated, I am starting the ssh agent and adding it

C:\repo>start-ssh-agent Found ssh-agent at 13460 Found ssh-agent socket at /tmp/ssh-vKzdrs37QYVK/agent.821 C:\repo>ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa Error connecting to agent: No such file or directory 

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