Your First Agent

Step-by-step guide to chatting with your starter agents or creating a new agent

Your First Agent

Start chatting with your pre-provisioned starter agents or create a new one in under five minutes. This guide walks you from the Agents page to your first successful conversation.

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Option A: Use a Starter Agent

When you signed up, Deslicer provisioned three starter agents in your workspace — GDI Agent v4, Splunk Data Explorer, and Splunk CIM Normalizer Orchestrator. These agents are already connected to the demo Splunk integration and ready to use.

From the dashboard, open the Agents section in the sidebar. You see your starter agents listed. Click one to open it and start chatting immediately — no setup required.

Option B: Create a New Agent

If you want to create a custom agent, click Create new agent from the Agents page.

Pick a Template

Templates pre-configure the agent with a role, system prompt, and suggested tools. For your first custom agent, pick Search Ninja — a purpose-built agent for SPL generation, optimization, and best practices.

Configure the Model

Select the AI model for your agent. You can choose from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or xAI models depending on your plan and preferences. The template suggests a default; you can change it. Save the configuration when you're done.

Start Chatting

Open your agent (starter or custom) and start a conversation. Type a question like "How do I search for failed logins in the last 24 hours?" or "Write an SPL query to find top 10 source IPs by event count." The agent responds with SPL, explanations, and suggestions. You've reached your first success moment when you get a useful, actionable response.

First Success Moment

Your first success is when the agent returns SPL or guidance you can use. Starter agents are connected to the demo Splunk instance with sample data, so you can run queries and see real results right away. If you've connected your own Splunk (see Connecting Splunk), the agent can query your environment instead.

What's Next

Try different prompts, explore other purpose-built agents like Splunk Sensei for learning or BOTS Hunter for security investigations, or connect your own Splunk for context-aware assistance. See Understanding Agents for more on agent types and Chatting with Agents for conversation tips.