How to Create an Agent

An agent is a persistent AI that runs tasks on your behalf, either on a schedule or in response to a trigger. Unlike a single chat message, an agent can execute multi-step workflows, check external systems, make decisions, and report back — all without you needing to be present.

Agents operate inside the TaurusX Execution Engine (TEE), which enforces your rules and the platform's safety policies at every step.

To create a new agent:

1. Open the Agents tab from the main navigation.
2. Tap New Agent in the top right.
3. Give the agent a name that describes what it does (e.g. "Daily Standup Summariser").
4. Write a responsibility — one or two sentences explaining what this agent's job is.
5. Write instructions — the full prompt that tells the agent how to behave, what inputs to expect, and what outputs to produce.
6. Choose a trigger: Manual, Schedule, or Event-based.

Before deploying, select which tools and integrations the agent is allowed to use. TaurusX shows a checklist of all connected services. Only enable what the agent genuinely needs.

Permission levels per integration:

• Read-only — agent can fetch data but cannot write or modify
• Read + Write — agent can create, update, and delete records
• None — integration is not accessible to this agent

Once configured, tap Deploy Agent. The agent enters a review queue — on accounts with GOVMODE enabled, an approval may be required before the agent becomes active.

Once approved the agent status changes to Active. You can trigger a manual run at any time from the agent detail screen, or wait for its scheduled trigger to fire.

Each run produces a detailed execution log: inputs received, steps taken, outputs produced, and any errors encountered. Logs are retained for 30 days.

The Agents tab shows a live health badge for every deployed agent: Healthy, Degraded, or Critical. Tap any agent to open its detail view with:

• Real-time status and last run timestamp
• Run history and execution logs
• Health score (0–100) based on recent performance
• Risk level assigned by the platform

To pause an agent without deleting it, tap Pause from the detail view. The agent retains its configuration and can be resumed at any time.