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Create Your First Agent

This guide walks you through creating a custom agent from scratch. By the end, you’ll have a working agent with a personality and tools tailored to your needs.

Before you start

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Make sure you have a running Frona AI instance and are logged in. If not, follow the Quickstart first.

Step 1: Open agent management

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From the chat interface, look for the agent selector in the sidebar. You’ll see the built-in agents listed. To create a new one, click the option to add a new agent.

Step 2: Set the basics

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Fill in the core fields:

  • Name: give your agent a descriptive name (e.g., “Content Writer”, “Data Analyst”)
  • Description: a short summary of what the agent does. This helps other agents understand what to delegate to it.

Step 3: Choose a model group

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The model group determines which LLM your agent uses. The available groups depend on your configuration:

  • primary: general-purpose, good for most tasks
  • coding: optimized for code generation and technical tasks
  • reasoning: better for complex analysis and research

Pick the one that matches your agent’s purpose.

Step 4: Select tools

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Choose which tools your agent can access. Some common combinations:

Research agent: web_search, web_fetch, browser_navigate, browser_extract, remember

Coding agent: cli, read_file, produce_file, remember

General assistant: web_search, web_fetch, remember, delegate

You can always change the tool selection later.

Step 5: Test it

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Start a chat with your new agent. Send it a message related to its purpose and see how it responds. Check that:

  • It uses the tone and style you expect
  • It can access the tools you enabled
  • It handles your requests appropriately

Tips

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  • Start with fewer tools and add more as needed. An agent with too many tools can get confused about which to use.
  • The description matters for delegation. If other agents need to delegate to yours, make the description clear about what it handles.
  • You can update the agent’s identity fields to customize its personality (name, traits, response style).
  • Use the delegate tool on your System Assistant to route tasks to your custom agent automatically.

What’s next

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