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# Agents

Agents are custom AI personas or pre-built assistants that specialise in a task — writing, coding, research, customer support, and so on. In the old design, you selected an agent from a small dropdown inside the prompt bar, which made them easy to miss.

In the new design, **agents lead the empty state**. When you open Chat, the first thing you see is a set of featured agents. This makes it obvious that agents are the right starting point for structured or repeatable work. You can also browse the full catalogue and create custom agents — all from the same screen.

#### Before

![Old chat prompt bar showing Personal Assist... agent label inline next to model selector — easy to overlook](/files/f15911071e0487da1c90f14fd9a89f984ec199b1)

Old: agent selection was a small inline dropdown in the prompt bar. Most users never noticed it was there.

#### After

![New chat agent selector dropdown open mid-conversation showing General Assistant, Copywriter, Code Helper and custom agent options](/files/0903084256dda4b2065c515ac38ea59c40e6cbce)

New: agents are prominently featured on the empty state. Mid-conversation, the same dropdown is still available in the prompt bar — pick a different agent at any point to shift focus.

![Browse agents screen showing a grid of pre-built agent templates with names and description previews](/files/592da048941e412a57579c01c00e950e56a8ce3b)

**Browse all agents** opens a full catalogue of pre-built templates across categories like Writing, Coding, Research, and Business. Click any to start a conversation immediately, or duplicate one as the basis for a custom agent.