Agents

An agent is a small assistant dedicated to one job, e.g. summarizing a few news sources every day, keeping an eye on a list, or logging a certain kind of thing. Each agent has its own name, way of talking and set of tools. The Agent page in the left sidebar lists all your agents.

How do I create my own agent?

There is a button for it. Steps:

1. Click Agent in the left sidebar.
2. At the end of the agent cards there is a card labelled New Agent, with the hint "Answer a few questions; I set up the rest." If you have no agents yet, the card sits below the empty list.
3. Clicking it takes you to the Chat page and sends "I want to create a new agent…" for you.
4. Alphie asks a few questions: what the agent is for, what to call it, how you want to use it (ask it anything like a chat, build up a list, or look at a set of charts), whether it should have its own memory, and so on. Once you answer, it builds the agent.
5. Go back to the Agent page and the new card is there.

You can also skip the button and just say in chat "Build me an agent that every morning …" — same result. The name, tone, model and tools can all be changed afterwards.

How do I open and use an agent?

Click its card on the Agent page to open its detail view. Along the top there are tabs:

• Home: the agent's main screen, e.g. the list or charts it maintains.
• Chat: talk to this agent on its own.
• Settings: change its configuration (see the next section).
• Some agents also have buttons such as Share (share with a contact) and Pop out (open as a floating window) at the top-right.

Click the back button in the top-left to return to the agent list. Cards can be dragged to reorder them, and the top-right of the list has a filter and search.

How do I change an agent's settings?

Open the agent and click Settings at the top:

• Enabled switch: turn it off and the agent stops running tasks.
• Model: choose which model this agent uses.
• System Prompt: decides how it talks and works. Click View / Edit, make your changes and click Save.

You can also just tell Alphie in chat what to change, e.g. "Make my morning-brief agent more concise".

How do I delete an agent?

There is currently no button on the page to delete an agent, and Alphie can't delete one for you in chat either. If you no longer want to use an agent, turn off Enabled in its Settings.

Can an agent read my knowledge base?

Yes. When creating it (or later), tell Alphie which knowledge base to attach to the agent and it will use that knowledge base when answering. Open a knowledge base under Library → Knowledge to see which agents it is used by.