Egnyte Agents - Overview

Agents are AI tools that handle time-consuming, repetitive tasks, making life easier for users. These Agents take care of routine work like editing, writing, translating, or searching for information, so users do not have to do it manually every time.

Agents can handle specific jobs like fixing grammar or creating content. The agents are conversational, where a user can talk to the agent in natural language based on the associated file(s) input.

Users can create their agents from scratch or use the available templates. Egnyte also provides its users with the ability to configure, add, and use agents available on the Agent marketplace.

Agents can be personalized to use past chats and memories based on user preferences, and refer to them during interactions. Admins can also use Egnyte tools, such as file and folder tools, to organize files and folders through AI conversations.

For example, an Agent can review a document for language errors, generate content, translate a file, or get requested details from the web.

 

Benefits of Egnyte Agents 

There are numerous benefits to Egnyte Agents for the end-users. 

• Reduce the time users spend on manual tasks
  Agents can easily execute repetitive work like reviewing documents, pulling information, or creating content, tasks that often take up hours each week. This means users can shift their focus on other activities requiring their input.
• Improve consistency and accuracy in everyday work
  Whether it’s editing text, gathering information, or responding to queries, Agents follow the defined logic every time. This leads to more consistent results and fewer mistakes compared to manual efforts that can vary from person to person or day to day.
• Increase productivity by automating routine activities
  By handling time-consuming tasks automatically, Agents help users accomplish more in less time. This boost in day-to-day efficiency, translates into quicker project turnarounds, and better use of working hours.
• Help teams make faster decisions with easy access to relevant information
  Instead of digging through documents or running multiple searches, users can rely on Agents to surface the exact information needed. This makes it easier to understand the context, compare options, and make informed decisions without delay.
• Adapt to different roles and needs across departments
  From HR to Legal to Operations, Agents can be configured for a wide range of tasks. They support the unique workflows of different teams working more efficiently with less effort.
• Personalized Agents: Enable Agents to understand and retain relevant context about how tasks should be handled, so they can provide more consistent, context-aware results across interactions without requiring the same information to be provided repeatedly.
• Egnyte tools in Agents: Admins can use Egnyte tools on Agents to complete tasks such as creating, moving, renaming, and organizing files and folders, making them more capable of handling end-to-end tasks with less manual intervention.

Supported Files in Agents

File Category	File Extension	File Size Limit (MB)
Document	"doc", "docx", "docm", "odt", "dotm", "docb"	64
Spreadsheet	"xls", "xlsx", "xlsm", "ods", "xlt", "xlm", "xltx", "xltm", "xlsb", "xla", "xlam", "xll", "xlw"	64
Presentation	"ppt", "pptx", "pptm", "odp", "pot", "pps", "potx", "potm", "ppam", "ppsx", "ppsm", "sldx", "sldm"	64
Plain Text	"htm", "html", "txt", "rtf", "xml", "pages", "numbers", "key", "msg", “eml”, "tsv", "xhtml", "csv", "dot", "wbk", "ps", "epub", "mbox", "wpd", "wp6", "wp7"	64
GDrive	"gdoc", "gsheet", "gslides"	64
PDF (text extraction)	"pdf"	64
Image OCR	"png", "jpg", "jpeg", "tif", "tiff", "bmp", "jpx","gif","webp"	64
OCR Requeue (ocr)	"pdf"	64

Additional Sources

• Working with Agents