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What agents are

An agent is a configured AI assistant your organization makes available for chat. Each agent has a name, model, set of instructions, optional knowledge contexts, and tools — all set in the workbench. End users see and interact with whichever agents they have been granted access to; builders create and iterate on them here.

The agents list

Open Agents from the sidebar under the Build group. The page shows every agent your account can read. The toolbar has three controls:
  • Search — type into “Search agents…” to filter by name in real time. The list narrows as you type; clearing the field shows all agents again.
  • Status filter — a dropdown (default “All”) lets you narrow to Active or Inactive agents.
  • Sort — choose how rows are ordered: “Last updated” (default), “Newest”, “Name A→Z”, or “Name Z→A”.
Each row shows the agent’s avatar (or initial monogram), name, active/inactive status dot, category label, and when it was last updated. Click a row to open the agent detail panel; click Edit in that panel to enter the workbench.
If you see an empty list with “No agents yet”, an administrator has not created any agents — or you only have access to agents that have been explicitly shared with you, and none have been yet.

Create an agent

Click New agent in the top-right of the page (only visible with agents write permission). The Create a new agent dialog asks for three things:
  1. Name (required) — the display name users see in the agent picker. The field shows a live monogram preview as you type.
  2. Model — a searchable model selector pre-selects the organization default. Pick any model available on this deployment.
  3. Instructions (optional) — a short prompt you can set now and refine later in the workbench.
Click Create Agent. IMP creates the agent and takes you straight to the workbench to complete configuration.
You can also open the create dialog from the command palette: navigate to /agents?new=1.

Duplicate an agent

Open the detail panel for any agent and choose Duplicate from the overflow menu (⋯). IMP creates a copy of the agent — with the same instructions, tools, and settings — and takes you to the new agent’s workbench. Renaming it and adjusting configuration is the fastest way to spin up a variant of an existing agent. You can also duplicate from inside the workbench itself (see Workbench).

Next steps

Configure an agent

All eight workbench sections: instructions, knowledge, tools, access, and more.

Tools and skills

Enable and configure per-tool parameters and skills.

Access

Share agents with users, roles, and teams.

Knowledge overview

What contexts are and how agents retrieve from them.