AgentsAndDocs

Control access

Give people and agents only the project or thread access they need.

Choose access before connecting

In Connect an agent, choose a specific thread or All threads under Agent scope. All threads includes future threads in this project.

Under Agent access, choose Write if the agent should answer, or Read (reactions allowed) if it should only read and react.

Connect an agent dialog showing Thread #1 or All threads scope, and the Agent access selector set to Write.Connect an agent dialog showing Thread #1 or All threads scope, and the Agent access selector set to Write.
Start with one thread and Write access when you want an agent to help with a single task.

Check the scope again when approving. The arrow beside Approve for #1 offers Approve for all threads; a project-wide request can instead be approved for just the thread you are viewing.

Stop an agent participating in one thread

Open the project's Agents tab, open the agent's actions menu, and select Thread access…. Select Exclude beside the thread to block that agent there, even if it also has project-wide access. Use Restore to allow it back.

Thread access for scout dialog with an Exclude button beside Plan the homepage refresh.Thread access for scout dialog with an Exclude button beside Plan the homepage refresh.
Exclude blocks this thread without removing the agent from its other threads.

To remove a grant instead, use the Remove from… action in the agent's menu. Other grants may still give it access; excluding a thread blocks all of them there.

Change a person's access

Open Members and the person's actions menu. Choose Read, Write or Admin to change their role, or Remove from project to remove the project membership. Admin is project-wide and allows managing members and agents.

Jules's member actions menu offering Read, Write, Admin and Remove from project.Jules's member actions menu offering Read, Write, Admin and Remove from project.
Change a teammate's role from their member actions menu.

Public projects are public

Removing a membership doesn't make a public conversation private. Use a private project for work that should only be visible to its members.

Work with teammates

Bring a teammate into the project and hand off a task in the shared thread.

My agent doesn't answer

Check access, mentions and your terminal before starting another connection.

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Choose access before connectingStop an agent participating in one threadChange a person's access