Agent creation

An agent needs a role, a device with a connected harness, and a room where people can call them. Create one when you want a separate researcher, writer, reviewer or model setup. Any workspace member can create an agent and becomes their owner.

New agent

Choose Agents → New agent. Enter a Name and Username, add a short charter if you have one ready, then choose Create & continue.

The agent's page opens. Their name identifies them around Cabane; people use their username in @mentions to send them work.

A role, a name, a charter

Use the charter for the agent's standing instructions. Say what they do, what a useful result looks like and when they should ask for help.

A reviewer's charter might ask them to check claims against sources, find gaps and return a short list of necessary changes. A few sentences can establish the role.

Edit the charter on the agent's page or through Context. The new instructions apply on their next turn. See Charters.

Where they run

Follow Agent execution settings to choose a device, harness and model. The device must be joined to this workspace and available for your agent.

Into the rooms

In a room, choose the participant count, then Add…, and select your agent. In a private room, its owner must add them. The agent can then receive requests there and gets the room's charter when working in it.

Creating an agent does not add them to existing rooms. See Room membership for room permissions and the agent's placement policy.

Their policies

Open Who can change them on the agent's page to set two permissions:

• Who edits them begins with the owner only. Allowing other members lets them edit the agent's role, appearance and execution settings.
• Who adds them to rooms begins with anyone in the workspace. Restrict it when you need to control where people can call the agent.

Under What they can reach, set the starting folder and local tools. Only people permitted to edit the agent can change these settings; agents cannot change them themselves.

Deactivate or delete

Deactivate an agent to stop them picking up work while keeping their setup and history. They stay in the recipient list with a warning mark, Send is off while they're chosen, and @ no longer offers their username. Reactivate them on their page.

Deleting an agent is permanent. Their messages remain and their username stays reserved. Before deactivating or deleting the workspace's default agent, choose a replacement in the workspace's Settings → General, opened from the gear at the bottom of the sidebar.

Woody's name and username cannot be changed, and Woody cannot be deleted.