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Version: 2.0.0

Add assistant

This guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough for creating and configuring Ejento AI assistants tailored to your specific use case. It covers the key aspects required to define your assistant's purpose, behavior, interaction style, and reasoning capabilities.

By following this guide, you will be able to design assistants that are not only intelligent and goal-driven but also aligned with your product or team's requirements.

Overview​

  • Naming Strategy
    Establishing a clear, relevant name that reflects the assistant’s functionality.

  • Assistant Description
    Writing a concise yet impactful description that communicates what the assistant does and who it's designed for.

  • Defining Roles and Responsibilities
    Structuring the assistant’s core functions and expected behaviors to ensure clarity and focus.

  • Custom Instructions and Behavioral Guidelines
    Crafting effective prompts and guidelines to shape how the assistant responds and interacts with users.

  • Conversation Starters
    Adding initial interaction examples to help users engage with the assistant naturally and effectively.

  • Selecting a Reasoning Mode
    Choosing the most appropriate reasoning pattern (e.g., ReAct, Reflection, CodeAct) to match the assistant's task type and decision-making style.

1. Navigate to the assistants page from the sidebar​

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2. Click on Add Assistant​

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3. Select the team for the assistant here​

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4. Select the project for the assistant here​

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5. Click on "Add"​

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6. Give Assistant a suitable name​

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7. Write a Description about what the Assistant does​

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8. Define the Assistant’s Role​

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9. Click on Add Custom Instruction​

Custom behavior instructions enable fine-tuning to handle specific scenarios or requirements. These instructions dictate how the assistant should act or what it must take care of in its responses.

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10. Give Custom Instructions​

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11. Click on Save​

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12. Select the Visibility of your Assistant​

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13. Click on More Options​

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14. Add Conversation Starters for the Assistant​

Provide a few example questions or prompts that users can ask to begin interacting with the assistant.

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15. Select a Reasoning Pattern for Your Assistant​

Choose the most suitable reasoning mode based on how you want your assistant to think and respond. For a complete guide on available reasoning modes and how to choose the right one, visit: Reasoning Modes Guide

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16. Choose How Your Assistant Thinks​

Here, We selected CodeAct as the reasoning mode because our assistant is designed to generate, explain, and interact with code intelligently.

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17. Click on Create assistant​

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18. Chat with the assistant to observe the instruction being followed​

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19. The assistant has added the next topic suggestion as instructed in the custom instruction​

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