An AI agent is a language model surrounded by tools, and most of the talk about agents online is hype.
- Voice mode works by turning your speech into text, sending it to the model, and turning the reply back into speech.
- An email agent is the model connected to Gmail through specific tools.
- In your connector settings, you choose which tools the AI is allowed to use.
- Set read-only tools to always allow, and set write and delete tools to need your approval.
Example: Connect Gmail to Claude, let it read your inbox freely, but require your approval before it sends or deletes anything.