How do I create an agent?
From a template or from scratch: give it a name, instructions, model settings, skills, workspaces, and connections.
Create an agent from the workspace or the API, optionally from a template that snapshots sensible defaults. Then set its instructions, model settings, the skills it should carry, the workspaces it may work in, and the connections it may use. A template is a starting point only: the agent is independent once created.
Organization and workspace default instructions are composed under the agent's own on every run, so standing rules do not need repeating per agent.
Written for developers, people using context. Last reviewed 2026-09-15.
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