Agent Defaults
Set the default configuration for newly created AI agents — including settings, permissions, and scheduling.
Agent defaults save you time by pre-configuring how new agents behave when you create them. Instead of setting everything up from scratch each time, you define sensible starting points here. Find these under Settings > Agent Defaults.
Default settings
When you create a new agent, it inherits these defaults automatically:
- Model — The AI model new agents use by default. You can always change this per agent.
- Personality and tone — New agents start with the personality configured here, which can differ from your assistant's personality.
- Response length — Whether agents default to concise or detailed responses.
- Temperature — Controls how creative or predictable the agent's responses are. Lower values produce more consistent output; higher values allow more variation.
Changing defaults here doesn't affect agents you've already created. It only applies to new ones going forward.
Default permissions
Permissions control what new agents can do out of the box:
- Knowledge base access — Whether agents can search your workspace's documents
- Task creation — Whether agents can create tasks on behalf of users
- External communication — Whether agents can send emails or messages outside the workspace
Start with conservative defaults and grant more permissions per agent as needed. It's easier to open things up than to lock them down after the fact.
Default scheduling
If your team frequently creates agents with recurring tasks, you can set scheduling defaults here:
- Run frequency — How often new agents are scheduled to run (e.g., daily, weekly, or not scheduled)
- Active hours — The time window during which agents are allowed to execute tasks
- Timezone — The timezone used for scheduling, which may differ from your personal timezone
Agents can always have their schedules customized individually after creation. These defaults just give you a head start.