# Build a Custom AI Agent for Your Business

Start from a ready-made AI employee or create a role from scratch. Define the work, equip the tools, and keep recurring work on the rhythm your business needs.

## Customize the role around real work

- Set the role, name, persona, skills, and standing duties.
- Give the agent access only to the tools and files the work requires.
- Create routines and schedules for recurring work, then refine the setup as the job evolves.

## Start from a template or a blank role

Use a ready-made AI employee as a head start when it already matches most of the job. Use Employee Builder when the workflow, tool stack, or business function is unique to your team.

## Build your custom AI agent

- [Custom AI agent setup guide](/en/guide/setup/custom-employee) — Learn how to configure the role, skills, duties, tools, routines, and schedule.
- [Browse AI employees](/en/agents) — Start from a ready-made role and adjust it for your business.

## FAQ

### What can I build with a custom AI agent?

Build an agent around a repeatable business function, a niche workflow, or a tool stack that does not match a ready-made role.

### Can I customize an AI agent after I hire it?

Yes. Update its persona, skills, duties, tools, routines, and schedules as the work changes.

### Can a custom AI agent run recurring work?

Yes. Use routines and schedules to give recurring work a reliable rhythm.