Autonomis

Creating Agents

Everything you need to know about creating, customizing, and managing your AI agents on Autonomis.

What is an Agent?

An agent is your own AI assistant that runs 24/7 in the cloud. Think of it like hiring a virtual team member -- it has its own workspace, remembers past conversations, and can work independently even when you are not online.

Each agent is completely separate from your other agents. They each have their own memory, files, and personality. This means you can set up different agents for different jobs without them interfering with each other.

How to Create an Agent

Creating a new agent takes less than a minute. Follow these steps:

  1. Open the dashboard -- Sign in at app.autonomis.nexaminds.ai and you will see your agent overview page.
  2. Click "+ New Agent" -- You will find this button at the top of the dashboard. If you have no agents yet, you can also click the empty card with the ghost icon.
  3. Choose a name -- Pick a short, descriptive name using lowercase letters and numbers. For example: researcher, writer, or assistant. Hyphens are allowed too (e.g., data-analyst).
  4. Set a display name -- This is the friendly name you will see in the dashboard, like "Research Assistant" or "Content Writer". It can include spaces and capital letters.
  5. Pick a role -- Choose a role that matches the kind of work you want the agent to do. The role automatically sets up the right personality, tools, and AI model. You can always change these later.
  6. Click "Create Agent" -- Sit back and wait about 60 seconds while your agent is deployed. A progress indicator will show you each step.

Once the status turns green, your agent is live and ready to chat!

Agent Limits

Each employee can create up to 5 agents. If you have reached the limit, delete an agent you no longer need to free up a slot for a new one.

Configuring Your Agent

After creating an agent, you can customize it in several ways. Click on any agent in the dashboard to open its detail page.

Templates -- Shape Your Agent's Personality

Templates are like job instructions for your agent. Edit them to change how your agent thinks, communicates, and works. The most important one is SOUL.md, which defines your agent's core personality and behavior. See the Templates section in the Quickstart for details on each template.

Secrets -- Give Your Agent Access to Services

If your agent needs to connect to other services (like a database or a third-party tool), you can store the passwords or API keys as secrets. These are encrypted and only your agent can access them.

Skills -- Add New Capabilities

Skills are like apps you install on your phone. They give your agent new abilities, such as connecting to external tools or accessing specialized data sources. Browse the skills marketplace from your agent's detail page.

Building a Multi-Agent Team

One agent is great, but a team of agents is even better. The recommended approach is the "manager + specialists" pattern -- just like a real team with a project lead and subject matter experts.

  1. Create a "manager" agent first -- This is your lead agent. It coordinates work and decides which specialist to involve for each task.
  2. Add specialist agents -- Create agents for specific roles, like researcher, writer, or analyst.
  3. Use group chat -- Open a group chat from the dashboard and talk to your whole team at once. Your manager can delegate tasks to specialists automatically using the [INVOLVE:agent-name] command.

For example, you could say "Research the top 5 competitors in the fintech space and write a summary report." Your manager would ask the researcher to gather data, then hand it off to the writer to create the final report -- all without you needing to coordinate each step.

Restarting an Agent

Sometimes you might need to restart your agent -- for example, if it seems stuck, or after you change its templates and want the changes to take effect immediately.

To restart: go to your agent's detail page and click the Restart button. Your agent will be back online in about 60 seconds. Do not worry -- your agent's files and conversation history are saved and will still be there after the restart.

Rotating Your API Key

Rotating your API key means generating a new key for your agent and discarding the old one. Think of it like changing the password on an account.

You should rotate your key if you think it may have been compromised, or as a regular security practice. To rotate: go to your agent's detail page and click Rotate Key. After rotating, make sure to save the new key somewhere safe -- the old key will stop working immediately.

Deleting an Agent

If you no longer need an agent, you can delete it from the agent's detail page by clicking Delete.

Warning: Deleting an agent is permanent. All of the agent's files, conversation history, and settings will be removed and cannot be recovered. Make sure you have saved anything important before deleting.

Resources Per Agent

Each agent gets its own dedicated computing resources to ensure consistent performance:

  • 200 MHz CPU -- Processing power for your agent
  • 1.5 GB memory -- Working memory for handling tasks
  • Persistent storage -- Your agent's files and history are saved automatically

These resources are reserved just for your agent and are not shared with anyone else, so performance stays consistent even when the platform is busy.

Next Steps

  • → Quickstart -- Follow the step-by-step guide to create your first agent
  • → Agent Configuration -- Advanced setup including templates and multi-agent coordination
  • → Security -- Learn how your data and keys are protected