Creating a Personal Agent in HokieAI


Introduction

Personal agents in HokieAI allow you to tailor AI behavior to your specific needs, workflows, and expertise areas. Whether you're supporting compliance outreach, drafting report content, or streamlining your code, creating a personal agent helps automate repetitive tasks and ensures consistent, high-quality outputs aligned with your role.

Instructions

What Is a Personal Agent?

A personal agent is a customized AI assistant configured with specific:

  • Instructions (how it should behave)
  • Knowledge (what information it can reference)
  • Tone and task focus (e.g., professional, instructional, analytical)

It acts as your specialized AI partner, designed to support your day-to-day responsibilities.

Steps to Create a Personal Agent in HokieAI

  1. Access HokieAI
  2. Open the Agents Workspace
    • Select the Explore Agents item in the interface.
    • Select Create next to My Agents.
  3. Enter a name for your agent
    • Enter a unique name for your agent
    • Select Let's Go
  4. Define Your Agent’s specifications as clearly and detailed as you can under "Specific"
    • “Assists with compliance outreach messaging and knowledge base drafting.”
    • “Helps summarize incident reports and generate communication templates.”
  5. Configures Instructions under Platform

    This is the most important step. Add structured instructions such as:

    • Tone: Professional, concise, policy-aligned
    • Output format: Bullet points, articles, summaries
    • Constraints: Follow HokieAI naming standards, avoid sensitive content
  6. Add Knowledge Sources (Optional)

    Enhance your agent by including:

    • Internal documentation
    • Policies or procedures
    • Frequently used templates

    This ensures your agent produces context-aware responses aligned with your organization.

  7. Test Your Agent

    Before finalizing:

    • Ask sample questions
    • Review outputs for accuracy and consistency
    • Adjust instructions as needed
  8. Save and Deploy
    • Select Create when you are done
    • Start using your agent for daily tasks
    • Continuously refine it over time

HokieAI Prompt Example

"Create step-by-step instructions for building a personal agent in HokieAI tailored for compliance outreach and knowledge base writing. Include best practices and meta tags."

Best Practices

  • Be specific in instructions to reduce ambiguity
  • Iterate frequently—agents improve with refinement
  • Align with your role (e.g., compliance, IT, student support)
  • Document agent behavior for team consistency

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