Agents

An agent is a helper that does one sales job for you, again and again. It works on a schedule or when you ask, and by default checks with you before it writes to anyone.

For example: "When a company we'd sell to raises money, tell me who raised and why they fit."

Where

Agents in the sidebar

You'll need

Nothing. Ideas are ready to start.

Result

A helper that works on its own and checks with you

The Agents page: this week's runs, files and Directory additions, and each agent's latest run

What agents can do

Goal Example
Find companies to sell to Tell you when a company that fits your ICP raises money
Find people to talk to Tell you when a contact starts a new job
Know when to follow up Tell you when a deal goes quiet
Keep up with your accounts Tell you when a competitor announces news

Start an agent

1 Open Agents and select New agent

You'll see ideas grouped by goal, like Find companies to sell to. Ideas under From your apps start when something happens in an app you've connected.

Agent ideas under Find companies to sell to

2 Pick an idea, or describe your own

Each idea shows When it acts, what Your agent does and what You get. To make your own, type the job in plain words in the search box, like "tell me when Ramp hires salespeople."

An agent idea with When, Your agent and You, and a Start this agent button

3 Select Start this agent

It may ask a question first, like which companies to watch. Answer in its chat.

You can also ask in any chat: "Make an agent that tells me when Ramp posts a sales job."

See and change its settings

Open an agent and select ⋯ → Agent settings. Everything it does is listed there.

Agent settings: what it does, when it runs, what it watches and what it can do
Setting What it means
What it does Its job, in plain words
When it runs Only when you ask, on a schedule or when something changes, like a IconHubSpot deal moving stage
What it watches The companies or people it keeps an eye on
How it tells you In its chat, and in IconSlack if you turn it on
What it can do What it may do without asking you

What it does without asking

Agents look things up and keep your records current on their own. Anything that reaches a real person waits for you.

Action By default
Research companies and people On its own
Update CRM and Directory records On its own
Send an Iconemail Waits for your OK
Send a IconLinkedIn request or message Waits for your OK

Trust an agent's drafts? Open Ask before sending on a draft and let it send without asking for 1 day, 7 days or until you turn it off. To stop it updating records on its own, turn off Update records without asking in Agent settings.

Talk to your agent

Every agent has its own chat. Ask it to run now, change its job or explain what it found. Drafts appear there with Send and Don't send.

A drafted email with Ask before sending, Don't send and Send

Where its work shows up

What Where
Reports and answers The agent's chat
Emails and LinkedIn drafts Inbox
People and companies it checks Directory
Files and sheets Library

Pause, stop or delete

To Do this
Pause it Select ⋯ → Pause
Stop a run Select Stop this run in its chat
Delete it Select ⋯ → Delete. Select Undo, or restore it later from Settings → Data → Deleted agents. It comes back paused.

Who can see it

Your team can see the agents you start, unless you make one private or it uses your own email, calendar, files or private notes. See Share an agent.

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