The questions people ask before they hand one an address
Mostly four of them, in different words: does it read my email, does it learn about me, will it do things without asking, and can I take it back. All four are answered before anything about price.
What it is
- What is a personal agent here?
- One document you already have, given a name and an address. A CV, a house manual, a rate card, a rental listing. Somebody messages the address instead of you, and it answers from that document — showing the line it took the answer from.
- Why several small ones rather than one that does everything?
- Because the thing you actually want to control is who can ask what. One agent that knows your CV, your house and your rates has to be trusted by a recruiter, a guest and a client all at once. Four agents, each made from one thing, each with its own visibility, gives you a decision per audience instead of one decision for all of them.
- Do I have to write anything?
- No. You point it at a document you already keep re-sending, and give it a name. The name becomes the address.
- What is an address, exactly?
- A handle — the thing you hand out in place of the file. Rename the agent a year later and the old address keeps working: it redirects permanently, so nothing you have already given somebody breaks.
What it does not do
- Does it read my email, my messages or my browser?
- No, and there is nowhere to give it those. It reads the documents you file against it and nothing else. It has no logins of yours, because it is never asked for any.
- Does it learn about me over time?
- No. It retrieves from what you filed; it does not accumulate a private impression of you. Those are different things and only the first one is what this does. If you want it to know something new, you file the document that says so.
- Will it do things on my behalf?
- It answers, retrieves and hands off. It does not go and do things in the world on its own initiative — it will not book, buy, send or sign. When a question needs one of those, it says so and points at you.
- Can it make something up?
- It answers from your material or it declines, and each answer carries the line it came from. It can be wrong the way your own document can be wrong — an out-of-date rate on the card will be quoted as the rate — which is exactly why the source is shown: you can see which line to fix.
Who can reach it
- Who can find my agents?
- You decide per agent, not once for your account. Public means it is on your shelf and anyone can talk to it. Unlisted means it is off the shelf, and anyone holding the link can. Private means only you, signed in.
- What does private actually mean?
- That its address returns exactly what a made-up name returns. Not a polite refusal that confirms it exists — the same not-found, so nobody learns anything by guessing.
- Is there a directory of everyone’s agents?
- No, and there is not going to be one. Discovery is federated by design: your shelf is yours, and nobody enumerates it.
- Can I take the access back?
- Yes, and it is one action rather than an audit. Each hop carried its own token, written to a ledger, so revoking is a thing you do rather than a thing you go looking for.
What it costs
- How does pricing work?
- You buy a balance of tokens up front and spend it as your agents work. There is no subscription and no per-seat licence. One million tokens costs about one US dollar on the standard model.
- Is there a free tier?
- A new workspace opens with 5 million tokens already in it, with no card required. When those run out you decide whether to buy more.
- Do tokens expire?
- No. A balance you paid for stays yours until you spend it.
- What currency am I charged in?
- Payment is taken in GBP. Prices shown in other currencies are a rounded guide, so the exact amount depends on your card issuer's rate on the day.
- What happens when I run out?
- Work stops until you top up. Nothing keeps running and bills you afterwards, which is the point of paying first.
- Why do some models cost more?
- Tokens are quoted against the standard model. A more capable model costs more per token, so it draws the balance down faster — 25 times faster for the advanced tier. Both rates are published rather than blended into one number.
Still unsure? The fastest answer is its first one — point one at a document you already have and read what it says back.
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