Custom AI Agents: The Intelligence Pillar | Taskade Help Center (original) (raw)

Overview

AI Agents are the Intelligence component of your Workspace DNA— one of three pillars that power Genesis apps and form the Tree of Life architecture.

While Projects provide structured memory and Automations execute workflows, AI Agents supply the reasoning, decision-making, and context comprehension.

They actively participate in your work by:

In this guide, you'll learn how to build and train custom AI agents.

What Are AI Agents?

AI Agents are specialized assistants designed to automate activities like research, data analysis, and content creation. You can create custom AI Agents and use them in your projects to save time and get more done faster and smarter.

When to Build?

Creating AI agents is a practical decision based on the frequency and duration of tasks you perform. Here are a few rules that may help you decide if you need one:

Still trying to decide? Here are a few things agents can help you with:

Create Custom Agents

The process of creating an AI agent takes less than a few minutes.

The AI Agents Tab

The AI Agents Tab aggregates all AI Agents inside a workspace/app.

Use EVE (Taskade Assistant Agent)

You can create new agents from anywhere in Taskade, while building Genesis apps, inside your automation workflows, in projects, or from the new main sidebar.

Start From Scratch

Step 1: Fill Out General Details

Think of each AI agent as a digital team member. It can have a unique name, skills, set of objectives, and even a tone of voice it will use in conversations.

Step 2: Train Your Agent

Agents have a basic understanding of the world. You can make their responses more relevant to your work by "training" them using various resources.

Step 3: Enable Agent Tools

Agent Tools give your agents the ability to create projects and tasks, seamlessly exchange information with external platforms, and interact with each other.

Here's how to enable and use tools with your agents:

Step 4: Add Custom Commands

Each agent can include multiple custom/commands. Think of them as "levers" that allow you to interact with the agent, and the agent to interact with the world.

Generate with AI

The AI Agent Generator lets you instantly generate AI agents for any task.

Create AI Teams

An AI Team is a group of AI agents working together. You can create a team to collaborate with all agents at once and use their combined expertise.

Use Agent Templates

Taskade features a collection of AI agent templates designed for various use cases. Each agent has a unique prompt and set of commands. To use agent templates:

Customize Agents

With your agent in place, you can now customize it:

Interact with AI Agents

There are several ways you can use your custom AI agents.

Agent Chat

Custom Commands

Shared Agent Chats

Agent Responses

Use quick chat actions to make the most of conversations with your agents:

Bulk Commands

You can apply custom commands to multiple tasks/paragraphs using multi-select.

Response Language

AI responds in the language of a prompt. You can change that in several ways:

Share AI Agents

Want to share a Taskade Genesis app agent (or any custom agent) with your team or customers? Here's how to publish, customize,, and preview agents live.

Customize & Preview

You can further customize public agents in the Edit menu:

Save Shared Agents

You can save any agent somebody shared with you:

Copy Agent

You can copy your agents across workspaces and apps:

Advanced Agent Actions

Have you already mastered the basics? Explore advanced agent workflows next.

Embed Agents in Genesis Apps

AI Agent Automation

You can use your custom AI agents and Taskade AI commands in automation flows to put your projects on autopilot.

Multi-AI Agents

Scaling up your projects? Deploy multiple AI agents simultaneously, each with unique knowledge, skills, and role to play in your workflow.

Customize Agent Introduction

Set your agent's introduction message displayed at the start of every interaction.

AI Model Selection

Choosing the right AI model directly affects how your agent works. Some models are faster, some are smarter, and others balance both. Here's how to get started:

Comparison of Agent Models

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