See and manage all your agents
See every desk agent in your workspace in one list, in Brain's Agents page or the Plexii panel's Agents tab, with its desk, status and last run.
Desk agents live on individual desks, so once you have a few they are easy to lose track of. Two lists show every desk agent in your workspace in one place: the Agents page in the Brain area, and the Desk agents view in the Plexii panel's Agents tab. Each row tells you which desk the agent is on, whether it is running, and when it last ran. Click a row to go to its desk.
Before you start
- Every plan includes the agent lists.
- The lists show desk agents. These are the Desk agent widgets on your desks. See Desk agent widget.
Open the list
Either:
- In Brain: open the Brain area and choose Agents. The page is headed Agents, with the line Every desk agent across your workspace, and the desk each one runs on.
- In the Plexii panel: click the Plexii button at the bottom right of the screen, click the Agents tab, then click Desk agents at the top of the tab.
Both show the same agents. The Brain page has more room; the panel is quicker when you are in the middle of something.
What each row shows
| Part | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The agent's title on its desk, or Untitled agent if it has none. |
| Role and desk | The agent's role and the desk it is on, for example Research Analyst on Q3 launch. |
| Status | Active and how it runs, such as Active, interval, or Paused when its Active box is unticked. |
| Last run | How long ago it last ran, such as 5m ago, or that it has never run. |
Rest the pointer on a row to read the agent's instruction.
Go to an agent
Click its row. Its desk opens, so you can run it, change its instruction or role, or see its latest result.
Pause, change or remove an agent
The lists are for finding agents. To change one, go to its desk:
- Pause it: untick Active in the agent. An agent on On change or Interval stops running on its own. Run still works when you click it.
- Change when it runs: choose Manual, On change or Interval in the agent.
- Change its role: click the role at the top of the agent. See Choose or create an agent role.
- Remove it: delete the widget from the desk, as you would any widget.
On a desk, the Automations panel also lists that desk's agents with a switch to turn each one off. See See what runs on its own on a desk.
If you have no agents yet
The Brain page says You have not placed any agents yet and offers Open my desk, which takes you to your Home dashboard. The panel says No desk agents yet. Add a Desk agent to any desk and it appears in both lists. See Desk agent widget.
Tips
- Name your agents. A title such as "Meeting notes summary" is much easier to spot in the list than Untitled agent.
- Check Last run after setting up an interval. If an Interval agent shows it has not run for a long time, open its desk: interval agents run while their desk is open.
- Ask Plexii to set one up. Plexii can propose a desk agent as a card. See Everything Plexii can create or change.
Common questions
Is the Autonomous agent in this list? No. The list shows the agents that live on desks. The Autonomous agent works on one goal at a time in the Autonomous agent view of the same tab. See Give Plexii a goal with the Autonomous agent.
I just added an agent and it isn't listed. The list is read when you open it. Open the page or the view again.
The role in the list doesn't match the agent. The list names the built-in roles. An agent with a role you created, or one of the further specialist roles, is listed as Generalist. Open the agent to see its actual role.
Can I run an agent from the list? No. Click the row to go to its desk, then click Run in the agent.
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