Intents

Intents are the agent's goals: things it is actively trying to do or help with across conversations. The agent sets them itself, based on what it notices the user cares about.

An intent is a short piece of text describing a goal or direction. When the agent picks up on a recurring theme, a need, or something the user is working toward, it sets an intent. When the same topic comes up again, it reinforces it. When a goal is fulfilled or no longer relevant, it resolves or dismisses it.

Strength and decay

Intents are not permanent. Each intent has a strength that decays over time. To keep an intent active, the agent reinforces it when the topic comes up again. When strength falls below a threshold, the intent becomes inactive and stops influencing the agent's behaviour.

Intents are ordered by strength. When the agent's active intents are surfaced in context, the strongest ones are highlighted first.

Lifecycle

An intent moves through three states:

• Active: influencing the agent, decaying over time
• Resolved: the goal was met
• Dismissed: the goal is no longer relevant

Relationship to Initiative

Intents describe what the agent is working toward. Initiative controls how proactively it acts on them.