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# Switch On an Agent and Give It a Name

> Switch on an agent from your AI team, then give it a name, a role and a picture so your team knows who they are asking

Your AI team has an agent for each part of the business. Some start switched off. Switching one on gives it starter skills and rules for its job, and a name and a picture make it easy to tell apart when you ask it for help.

This guide switches on Northwind's Production Manager, the agent that runs stand-ups and keeps project tasks moving, and names it Wren Calloway.

## Switch the agent on

**1. Find the agent**

Click **Memory** in the left rail. Under **Your AI team**, an agent that is off reads **Not switched on**. Click it.

![Your AI team, 8 agents: Chief of staff, the sales agent, the support agent, Marketing team, Accounting, Website, then Production Manager, Not switched on, outlined, and Communications, Not switched on](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-01-agent-list-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=0fd066eb55793e43c27ce48a8c584ccc)

Production Manager, not switched on yet

**2. Click Switch on**

The panel on the right says what the agent does. Click **Switch on**.

![Switch on Production Manager: Runs your stand-ups, points out blocked and stale tasks, and breaks big jobs into tasks, and the Switch on button outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-02-switch-on-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=680763e84d742c7e3e4775e580445ee9)

What the agent does, and Switch on

It adds only the starter skills and rules the agent is missing. Anything it already has stays as it is.

The panel now shows what the agent knows and where it works. Production Manager works in chats on **PM Projects** and in connected apps and editors, and not on phone calls.

![Production Manager, Production, 13 things it knows, outlined, with the Details and Chat with Production tabs, and Where Production uses this: Chats on PM Projects, Connected apps and editors, Not on phone calls](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-03-switched-on-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=784180b3320265a5549c5474602bc5b6)

Switched on

## Give it a name and a picture

**1. Open its profile**

Click the pencil next to the agent's name.

**2. Pick a picture**

Click the round picture at the top of the profile. Choose one from your files, from **Stock Photos**, or make one with **AI Create**. Here, **Stock Photos**, a search for "coffee roaster portrait", and one click on a photo. Then click **Insert Media**.

![Choose a profile picture, with the Stock Photos tab outlined and the search coffee roaster portrait outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-04-stock-photo-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=3f01ccf259ced927243376254318d4bc)

Stock photos to choose from

**3. Type a name and a role**

**Name** is what the agent calls itself. **Role** is one line that people see and the agent reads, such as Roastery Production Manager.

![The new picture, outlined, beside Wren Calloway (Production), Roastery Production Manager, and the Name box Wren Calloway and the Role box, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-05-name-and-picture-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=382b5c5635114e27beb26462b65664e9)

Wren Calloway, Roastery Production Manager

**4. Save**

Scroll down and click **Save profile**.

![The end of the profile: Instructions, and the Save profile button outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-06-save-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=af5e20108a5d1d42dd71f0ee707ddf9d)

Save profile

The profile also has a **Speaking voice** for calls, **Tone & personality** for how it writes and speaks, and **Instructions**. Until you pick a voice, the agent uses the default one, so it sounds like every other agent.

## Where the name shows

The new name and picture show in **Your AI team**, and on the agent's own button where it works: in **PM Projects**, the button reads **Ask Wren Calloway**.

![Your AI team, with Wren Calloway, Production, 5 rules, 3 skills, and the new picture, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-07-named-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=aa62440a5c2964350797e785767948b7)

The name in the team list

![The PM Projects toolbar with the button Ask Wren Calloway, with the agent's picture, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z/images/how-tos/ai-team/ag-08-ask-by-name-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=uMzwVEzsOCXBpL6z\&q=85\&s=12231f6918ddfc88b167bfb32f56d03c)

The agent's button in PM Projects

## Good to know

* **Only owners and admins** can switch an agent on.
* **There is no switch to turn an agent off again yet.** If you need one switched off, contact Hiveku support; it keeps its profile, rules and skills.
* **Teach it next:** [Give an Agent a Rule or a Skill](/how-tos/ai-team/give-an-agent-a-rule-or-skill.md) and [Tell Your AI Team About Your Business](/how-tos/ai-team/tell-your-ai-team-about-your-business.md).


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