Managing Agents

I don’t know how to start creating an agent; what should I do?

Consider using a template from the template library (accessible by clicking on Create an agent). You can also duplicate existing agent from the Agents Gallery.

How do I edit a custom agent?

On the main page:

search your agent
click on … , then … again on the top right hand corner
Click on Edit
Make necessary changes and save them.

What settings / model should I use?

Instructions: Write clear, detailed prompts for the agent. Check 101: How to Talk to Your Agents for more advice.
Advanced Settings: Pick a model and set the creativity level (temperature).
- Creative (1.0): High creativity for brainstorming.
- Balanced (0.7): More variety in responses.
- Factual (0.2): A slight bit of unpredictability.
- Deterministic (0): Straightforward, factual answers (not recommended as it tends to generate sub-par answer.
What are things to ask @gpt4?
GPT-4 Turbo is OpenAI’s top model and is good for tasks needing advanced thinking. It's better at coding tests and math and is helpful for people without coding or computer experience.
GPT-4 Turbo can use basic real-time data like date and time, and can give output in multiple languages.
It was trained on public data until December 2023, so it doesn't know about events after that. @gpt4 uses GPT-4 Turbo.
For builder roles, GPT-4 Turbo offers 128k tokens context window or 300 pages of text.
What are things to ask @claude?
Claude is often more accurate in tasks requiring factual knowledge and tends to generate creative content. Users find Claude's answers to be concise and clear.
Claude was trained on data up until August 2023. It won't know about events after that. @claude uses Claude3.
Context window: 200K tokens, or 150,000 words, or over 500 pages of text.
What are things to ask @mistral-large?
Mistral’s latest and most advanced language model. Supports complex multilingual reasoning tasks, including text understanding, transformation, and code generation. Has a 32K context window.
What are things to ask @gemini-pro?
The Gemini models are trained to support 1 million tokens context length. Gemini Pro comes with strong reasoning, math, coding, and language understanding skills.

Can agents create a new file or document directly into Notion, Google Drive, or other connected platforms?

To move text to Notion or Google Docs:

Write the text in Dust.
Copy it.
Paste it into a new Notion page or Google Doc.

Important Note: Agents can't create documents in connected platforms or write in your documents for you.

What data do the agents have access to?

Dust only has access to data admins decided to synchronize with Dust.

The agents can use:

Notion pages chosen by the admin.
Content from Slack channels chosen by the admin. Dust agents can't access attachments or links in these channels unless they link to indexed documents. They can’t access “forwarded to channel” and “also sent in channel” messages either.
Google Drive folders chosen by the admin. Dust supports GDocs, GSlides, and .txt files with less than 750KB of extracted text. Pdf can be indexed on demand, on a case by case basis. Agents read document titles, but not folder titles. They don’t read images.
All GitHub discussions & issues. Dust syncs with a repository's Issues, Pull Requests, and Discussions, but not the repository’s code.
Confluence data selected by the admin.
Intercom Help Center and Conversations selected by the admin.

Dust doesn’t support pictures and comments within your Google documents or Notion pages.

Do the agents have access to the Internet?

Yes, you can give agents a Web Search capability which will search the web and browse relevant pages.

Does the Dust agent give accurate and safe responses?

Agents are experimental and their responses may not always be correct. Always check the Retrieved bar under your question and above the answer.

Although agents have safety controls and feedback mechanisms according to our Product Constitution, they can sometimes provide wrong information or statements.

Is there a Dust conversation API?

Yes there is a Dust conversation API, you can find the documentation here Conversations

Can I share a conversation?

To share a conversation:

Go to the conversation.
Click 'Share' at the top right.
Your colleagues can then join and work with you and the agents.

Can I delete or rename a conversation?

To delete a conversation, go to the conversation and click '🗑️' at the top right of the screen. To rename a conversation, click on 🖊️ on the right of the conversation's title.

Can I use the Dust agents in different languages?

Dust agents use OpenAI GPT4, Anthropic Claude, Mistral models, and Google’s Gemini. They're best at English but can also handle other languages. They know common programming languages, too.