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Get your first AGO agent answering questions in 5 minutes. For a deeper walkthrough covering prompt engineering, tools, testing, and monitoring, see Build Your First Agent.

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Prerequisites

  • Access to an AGO instance (SaaS or self-hosted)
  • Admin or staff permissions
  • At least one knowledge source to connect (Notion, Confluence, etc.)
1

Connect a Knowledge Source

Knowledge Sources page showing connected sources with their content types, sync status, and actions

Knowledge Sources

  1. In the admin sidebar, click Knowledge, then select Sources
  2. Click Add Source and select your platform (e.g., Notion, Confluence)
  3. Authenticate and select the content to sync
  4. Click Save
Wait for the sync indicator to turn green.
Start with a small subset of documents to test quickly. You can add more content later.
2

Create an Agent

AI Studio showing a list of configured agents with their models, tools, and status

AI Studio - Agents List

  1. In the admin sidebar, click AI Studio, then select Agents
  2. Click Create Agent
  3. Give your agent a Name (e.g., support-agent) and a Display Name (e.g., Support Assistant)
  4. Under Knowledge Sources, select the source you just connected
  5. Click Create Agent
3

Set Agent Permissions

  1. In the agent builder, go to the Agent Visibility section
  2. Under Permissions, select the groups that should access this agent (e.g., Default)
  3. Click Save
4

Test Your Agent

  1. Open the chat interface
  2. Ask a question related to your knowledge source
  3. Verify the response includes accurate information with source citations
Use the Search Lab (in AI Studio) to debug document retrieval if answers seem off.
5

Deploy

Choose how users will interact with the agent:

Widget

Embed the chat widget on your website

Slack

Deploy in a Slack channel

API

Send messages programmatically

SDK

Build a custom UI with the JavaScript SDK

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What’s Next?

Continue with Build Your First Agent to learn about prompt engineering, tools, simulation testing, and monitoring.
⚠️ WARNING: Before production deployment, configure proper authentication and review access control settings.