# Your AI Coworkers

An AI coworker is a setup for one kind of work: its instructions and the skills it uses. Each AI coworker has its own chats. In 0.1.41 the app lists AI coworkers under **AI Employees**.

## What it is

Every AI coworker is one folder with an `AGENT.md` file: its name, its job, how it should work and which skills it uses. Choosing an AI coworker starts a chat with that setup instead of the general one. AI coworkers saved on this computer are yours; AI coworkers saved in a workspace folder go to everyone who opens that folder. See [Local and Workspace AI coworkers](https://docs.micromeet.ai/ai-employees/local-and-workspace.md).

An AI coworker is named by its job, not given a person's name. When an institution switches on a package for your team (everything one job needs, in one folder), you work with it here as an AI coworker too.

## When to use it

| Use an AI coworker when | A plain chat is enough when |
|---|---|
| You do the same kind of work often, with the same rules and skills | The job is one-off |
| Several people should handle that work the same way | You are exploring or asking a question |
| You want that work kept in its own chats | |

## How to use it

1. Find your AI coworkers on **the rail** on the left of the chat (small icons), or in the **AI Employees** tab (the first fixed tab, or the **AI Employees** icon on the rail), which shows **Your AI Team**.
2. Click an AI coworker's icon, or **Chat** on its row. A chat opens with that AI coworker, and it greets you first.
3. A dot on an icon means a reply is waiting or the AI coworker needs you.
4. Earlier chats with an AI coworker are under **Sessions**.

## Example

Your team writes the same kind of supplier report every month. You create an AI coworker whose instructions say how the report is laid out and which skills it uses, and save it in the team's workspace folder. Everyone who opens the folder sees the AI coworker on the rail and gets the report done the same way.

## Limits and permissions

- An AI coworker is saved on this computer or in a workspace folder. It cannot be published by an institution in 0.1.41; skills can.
- A workspace AI coworker is only there while that workspace is open.
- Each AI coworker has one chat thread per workspace.
- The skills listed for an AI coworker are suggestions, not a limit: the AI coworker can also use your other skills. What the AI may see and change is set by the workspace, not by the AI coworker.

## If something goes wrong

| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| An AI coworker is missing from the rail | Check the workspace: workspace AI coworkers only show while their folder is open |
| An AI coworker shows **Invalid** | Its `AGENT.md` has a problem; the reason is shown next to it. Ask the AI to fix the file |
| An AI coworker shows **Same name as …** | Two AI coworkers share a name. Both still work; rename one to avoid mixing them up |

## Related

- [Create an AI Coworker](https://docs.micromeet.ai/ai-employees/create-employee.md): Set one up from a form or a chat
- [Local and Workspace AI Coworkers](https://docs.micromeet.ai/ai-employees/local-and-workspace.md): Where AI coworkers are saved
- [Default AI Coworkers](https://docs.micromeet.ai/ai-employees/default-employees.md): The AI coworkers that come with Cowork