# Things that control how they behave

*Hire and onboard*

Skip the settings panels. Tell your AI employee what skills to learn, what rules to follow, and what personality to use, all through natural conversation. They can even browse the skill catalog and configure themselves as work evolves.

Most AI tools force you into settings panels and dropdown menus. This one listens. Tell your employee what to do in plain language, and it configures its own skills, duties, persona, and AI model through conversation.

Skills control capabilities, duties enforce rules, personas shape personality, and model selection balances cost against performance. All are managed through chat.

Your employees can even configure themselves and the platform, adjusting their own skills and settings as work evolves.

## At a Glance

- **0** Settings pages needed
- **Chat** Configure through conversation
- **Auto** Self-adjusting skills

## Use Cases

### Assign skills that define what they're great at

Give your employee specific skills like negotiation, technical writing, or data analysis. Skills shape how they approach problems and what methods they apply.

### Set duties they follow every time

Duties are non-negotiable rules: always escalate billing issues, never make promises about timelines, include a summary at the end of every report. Consistent behavior, no reminders needed.

### Give them a persona that fits your brand

Define their name, tone, communication style, and personality. A customer-facing employee sounds warm and professional. An internal analyst is direct and concise.

### Switch models to match the task

Run fast, cheap models for high-volume routine tasks and switch to more powerful models when the work demands deeper reasoning. One employee, the right model per job.

## Features in this Category

- **[Skills You Can Teach](/en/features/behavior/skills-management)** — Tell your employee what to learn and it assigns itself the right skills or creates new ones on the spot.
- **[Skills They Can Master](/en/features/behavior/custom-skills)** — Pick from dozens of industry-standard skill templates or create your own for any workflow unique to your business.
- **[Rules They Always Follow](/en/features/behavior/duties-management)** — Say "always check with me before sending emails" and that rule applies to every task, automatically.
- **[Persona and AI Model](/en/features/behavior/persona-and-model)** — Adjust your employee's personality and swap AI models mid-conversation to match the task.
- **[Self-Managing Agents](/en/features/behavior/platform-control)** — Your employee operates the platform itself, changing settings, managing tools, and configuring the system on your behalf.