Quick Start

Get a personal AI assistant running in about five minutes. Your assistant will help you set itself up — just ask.

Prerequisites: A Scout account (free plan available)

Step 1: Get Started with a Template

The fastest way to create your agent is with a pre-built template.

Open Marketplace in Scout Studio
Find the Personal Agent template
Click Use Template
Complete the 12-question interview

The interview covers your working style, communication preferences and the tools you use most. Once you finish, your agent is live — send it a message to see how it responds.

Step 2: Connect Your Calendar

Your assistant can connect tools for you. No need to navigate settings menus.

Ask your assistant: “Help me connect my calendar”

It’ll guide you through the steps and confirm when the connection is live. Once connected, your agent can check your schedule, find open meeting times and remind you of upcoming events.

Step 3: Connect Your Email

Let your agent read, summarize, and draft emails.

Ask your assistant: “Help me connect my email”

Your agent will walk you through connecting Gmail, Outlook or another provider. After that, it can read, summarize and draft emails on your behalf.

Step 4: Connect Your Chat Platform

Talk to your agent where you already work. Slack or Telegram both work great.

Ask your assistant: “Help me connect Slack” or “Help me connect Telegram”

This is where your agent will reach you day-to-day. Once it’s set up, you won’t need to open Scout Studio to interact with it.

Step 5: Schedule Your Daily Brief

Set up a routine that keeps you informed every morning. Copy and paste this prompt:


Set up a daily brief that runs every morning at 8:00 AM.
It should check my email for important messages, review my
calendar for the day's events, search for news on topics I
care about, and post a summary to my Slack or Telegram channel.

Your assistant creates the schedule for you. No need to configure it manually. Check back the next morning to see your first brief.

Key Principle

The assistant is equipped to help you integrate with all core tools. You should not need to dig through settings. Just ask.

Tips

Add tools one at a time — Test each connection before moving to the next
Be specific — Clearer instructions get better results
Chat regularly — Your agent gets more useful the more context it has
Ask for anything — Your assistant can configure itself, schedule tasks and connect tools; if you’re unsure how to do something, just ask

What’s Next

Core Concepts — Understand agents, skills, workflows and more
Integrations — See all the tools your agent can connect to
Agent Templates — Explore other pre-built agents beyond the personal assistant
Scheduling — Set up more advanced recurring tasks

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