Set up your AI employee's profile and personality

Learn how to customize your AI employee's identity and behavior in Bird.

How to set up your AI Employee's personality and settings in Bird.

Step-by-step video guide:

Step one: Open your AI employee

For this example, we're going to show you how to build a custom personality, but you can also choose to use one of our pre-made personalities.

1. Click AI hub in the left menu.

2. Select AI Employees.

3. Click on your AI Employee (e.g., Mr. Robin).

4. Click Open draft.

5. Click Edit draft to start editing.

Step two: Personalize the profile

1. Click Edit profile.

2. Update the Display name.

3. Upload or change the Avatar image.

4. Write an Internal biography (for team reference).

5. Add an Internal description. (Tip: leave this blank and the AI can't be assigned tasks.)

6. Click Save draft.

Step three: Configure AI settings

1. Go back to Overview.

2. Click Configure language model.

3. Choose your provider (e.g., OpenAI).

4. Click Back.

Step four: Set the AI’s personality

1. Click Customize personality.

2. Edit the Biography and Instructions to guide how your AI replies.

3. Adjust the Tone of voice using the slider.

4. Click Save.

Step five: Add guardrails and rules

1. Click Guardrails.

2. Review or add limits (e.g., "Never give discounts").

3. Click Back.

4. Click Abandonment logic.

5. Set when the AI should stop replying (e.g., after 3 hours).

6. Optional: Set a reminder message to nudge customers.

7. Click Save.

Step six: Test your AI Employee

1. Click Test at the top.

2. Reset existing conversations.

3. Type a message to see how your AI replies.

4. Click the Info icon to inspect response details.

5. Use the Channel dropdown to test replies on other channels (e.g., WhatsApp, Webchat).

Step seven: Add guardrails and rules

1. Click Publish draft.

2. Confirm to make your AI Employee live.

Next: Deploy an AI Agent