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Adding more assistants

Adding more assistants

You can create multiple assistants in your instance. The number of assistants you can create depends on your plan.

Service plan details
Plan Assistants per instance
Enterprise 30
Plus 10
Trial 10
Lite 3

If you need to add more assistants, follow these steps:

  1. In the navigation, click the name of your current assistant, and then choose Create New.

    Create new
    Create new assistant

  2. Add details about the new assistant.

    • Assistant name (Required): Enter a name no more than 100 characters in length.
    • Description (Optional): Enter a description no more than 200 characters in length.
    • Assistant language: Select a language for the assistant to use in conversations. For more information, see language support.
  3. Click Create assistant.

If you're using the classic experience, follow these steps to add an assistant:

  1. Click the Assistants icon Assistants menu icon to open the Assistants page.

  2. Click Create assistant.

  3. Add details about the new assistant:

    • Name: A name no more than 100 characters in length. A name is required.
    • Description: An optional description no more than 200 characters in length.
  4. Click Create assistant.

  5. Add a skill to the assistant.

    Note: You can choose to add an existing skill or create a new one.

Switching between assistants

To switch to another assistant in your instance:

  1. In the navigation, click the name of your current assistant.

    Switch assistants
    Switch assistants

  2. Choose the assistant that you want to open.

If you're using the classic experience, follow these steps to switch assistants:

  1. Click the Assistants icon Assistants menu icon to open the Assistants page.

  2. Choose an assistant you want to open.