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The Personalization page is where you shape how your AI Agent thinks, communicates, and behaves. Access it through AI > Personalization.
Personalization

Personalization Settings

This page has four key sections:
  1. Identity — The AI Nickname customers see in conversations
  2. Personality Type — Choose the AI’s communication style and tone
  3. Agent Role and Instructions — Tell the AI who it is and how it should operate
  4. Restrictions — Set hard limits on what the AI cannot do
Changes are staged: a save bar at the bottom shows how many unsaved changes you have. Click Save changes to apply them, or Discard to revert.

Identity

AI Nickname The name the AI uses to identify itself in customer conversations — for example, Periskope AI or Support Bot. This is shown to customers so they know they are interacting with an AI.

Agent Role and Instructions

This is the most important field for configuring your AI Agent. Use it to give the AI a clear understanding of your company, its role, and how to respond to customers.
Agent Role and Instructions Editor

Agent Role and Instructions - Full Editor

Click Use template to start from a structured, ready-made prompt and fill in the placeholders for your business, rather than writing one from scratch. Think of this as the AI’s system prompt. The more context you provide, the better the AI will perform. Cover:
  • Who the AI is: its name, role, and relationship to your team
  • What your company does: a clear description of your product or service
  • How it should communicate: tone, style, escalation behavior
  • Team structure: who handles what, so the AI can delegate correctly

Example Configuration

The Agent Role and Instructions field is a system prompt — treat it like prompt engineering. Be specific and structured. Vague instructions produce vague results. Read the Prompt Engineering Guide for best practices.

Restrictions

Use this field to set hard limits — things the AI should never do, regardless of what a customer asks. Common examples:
Keep restrictions focused and specific. Overly broad restrictions can prevent the AI from being helpful.

Personality Type

Personality Type

Personality Type

Choose a pre-configured personality that sets the AI’s communication style, tone, and response behavior: Each personality defines:
  • Tone Style: The communication register (e.g., warm and polite, authoritative)
  • Response Length: How detailed responses should be (concise, moderate, detailed)
  • Unknown Info Handling: What to do when information isn’t available
  • Restrictions: Built-in behavioral guardrails (e.g., no fabricating info, no excessive apologizing)

Next Steps

  • Knowledge Base - Train the AI with FAQs, documents, and self-learned context
  • Tools - Configure what actions the AI can take
  • Custom Tools - Connect the AI to your own APIs