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An agent is an AI-powered agent that answers questions using your workspace’s indexed documents. Each agent is configured with a domain, a set of tools, and a reference scope that determines which indexes it can search.

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Agent domains

When you create an agent, you choose a domain that provides a starting template. Each domain comes with pre-configured tools, prompts, and behaviors suited to a particular use case. These are two common examples. Circuit offers many additional domain templates tailored to specific use cases such as customer service, RFP response, sales enablement, and more. The domain is a starting point. You can customize any aspect of the agent after creation. See agent configuration for details.

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Creating an agent

1

Navigate to agents

From your Circuit dashboard, go to the agents section.
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Create a new agent

Click create and provide:
  • Name: a clear name that describes the agent’s purpose (e.g., “Field Support Agent” or “Product FAQ Agent”)
  • Description: optional, helps users understand what the agent is for
3

Choose a domain

Select the domain template that best fits your use case. This sets the initial tools, behavior, and prompt structure.
4

Set the reference scope

Choose which indexes the agent can search. You can select one or many indexes. The agent only has access to the documents in these indexes.
5

Review and save

Review the default configuration and save. You can start chatting with the agent immediately to test it.

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What agents can do

Depending on configuration, agents have access to different tools. Some common examples:
  • Search: query indexes to find relevant content
  • Read: read full document sections for deeper context
  • Write: generate structured content (reports, summaries, draft responses)
  • Web fetch: retrieve content from external web pages (if enabled)
Beyond these core tools, Circuit provides a wide range of special-purpose tools that vary by domain and use case. The specific tools available depend on the domain template and any customizations you make.

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Personal vs workspace agents

  • Personal agents are created by individual users and only visible to them
  • Workspace agents belong to the workspace and can be shared with users and groups
For most team use cases, you’ll want workspace agents so they can be shared and managed centrally.

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Next steps

Agent configuration

Fine-tune tools, reference scope, skills, and actions.

Agent sharing

Share agents with users and groups, and manage roles.