Add Unstructured search knowledge bases to a custom agent

Learn how to add one or more Unstructured search knowledge bases to a custom agent.

You can add Unstructured search knowledge bases to a custom agent so that it can answer questions using indexed organizational documents. You can select knowledge bases from any Unstructured augmentation tenant that you can access.

The following custom agents role can perform this task:

Agent Author

For more information, see Assign custom agents roles to users.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, confirm the following requirements:

You must have ROLE_AGENT_AUTHOR on the custom agents tenant.
At least one Unstructured search knowledge base must exist in an Unstructured augmentation tenant that you can access.
You must have access to the Unstructured augmentation tenant containing the knowledge base.

To add Unstructured search knowledge bases to a custom agent

From Autonomous agents, open Custom agents.
Create a new agent draft or open an existing draft.
Complete Agent & Prompt information, then select Save & continue.
In Tools, select any MCP tools that the agent requires, then select Save & continue. If the agent only uses knowledge bases, you can continue without selecting an MCP tool.
In Capabilities, turn on Knowledge bases.
Under KNOWLEDGE BASES, in the from unstructured tenant, select change. A list of tenants is displayed.
Select the Unstructured augmentation tenant containing the required knowledge bases you want to add.
The KNOWLEDGE BASES PRESENT list refreshes to show the knowledge bases available in the selected tenant.
Select one or more knowledge bases.
Select Save & continue.
In Test & publish, enter a question related to the documents in the selected knowledge bases.

The execution log shows the credits used for each response. For more information, see Unstructured augmentation billing and credit usage.
Review the response and confirm that it reflects the indexed document content.
Optionally, ask additional questions to evaluate the agent's responses.
When the results meet your requirements, select Submit for Review.

For more information about testing, security scanning, and the review workflow, see Create, test, and submit an agent for review.

Result

Autonomous agents add the selected Unstructured search knowledge bases to the custom agent. After a reviewer approves the agent, autonomous agents publishes it, and the agent can use content retrieved from those knowledge bases when answering questions..

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Add Unstructured search knowledge bases to a custom agent

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