Creating an Agent

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To create a new Agent, open the OpenHome Dashboard, then click Create in the top left sidebar and choose Agent Personality. You’ll be presented with three creation paths:

Quick Creation
Pro Creation
Create Your AI Twin

The fastest path — minimal inputs to get an Agent running immediately.Fill in these fields:

Avatar: Upload an image or click Generate with AI.
Name: The Agent’s display name.
Starting Message: The greeting spoken at the start of every conversation.
Description: The core behavior prompt that defines the Agent’s personality, tone, and how it should respond in conversations.
Personality Category: Choose a category (Education, Companion, Home, Famous People, Games, Role Play).
Voice Identity: Select a voice, optionally use Clone voice, and preview with the play button.

Click Save Personality to create the Agent.

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Need more control? Click Switch to PRO Mode at any time.

Full control over every aspect of the Agent. Configure all four sections:

Personality Information

Name: Unique name shown in the dashboard and marketplace.
Marketplace Information: Short summary for marketplace display (does not affect agent behavior).
Avatar: Upload an image or click Generate with AI.
Key Tags: Categorization tags (e.g., Male, Anime) to improve discoverability.

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Personality Behavior

Starting Message: The initial greeting or cold-start message spoken when a conversation begins.
Description: Foundation prompt defining the Agent’s behavior, traits, and interaction style.
Prompt Modification: Toggle whether OpenHome Builder can modify prompts for user interaction flow.
Publish Personality: Toggle whether this Agent appears in the public marketplace.
Personality Category: Choose one or more categories.
Base Ability: Select a default Ability that auto-triggers on call initialization.

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Personality Identity

Language: The language the Agent will use during conversations.
Voice Identity: Select a voice from the voice list, add a custom Voice ID, or clone your own voice by clicking the Clone Voice button. You can preview the voice with the play button.
Gender: Shapes the interaction style of the personality.

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Personality Platforms & Models

Speech-to-Text Platform / Model: Transcription provider and model.
Text-to-Speech Platform / Model: Voice synthesis provider and model.
Text-to-Text Platform / Model: LLM provider and model.
Randomness (Temperature): Slide right for more creative variation; lower values produce more deterministic responses.

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Click Save Personality after completing all four sections.

Managing Your Agents

The Agents dashboard shows all Agents you’ve created or installed from the Marketplace. Each Agent card shows its description, last updated timestamp, and action buttons:

Start Conversation: Begin a live conversation with the Agent.
Share: Share the Agent with others.
Edit: Modify the Agent’s configuration.
Delete: Remove the Agent.
Duplicate: Create a copy of the Agent.
Ratings & Review: Rate and review the Agent on the marketplace.