# Ask an agent from a page

Type **@** in a page, choose an agent, write what you need and press Enter. The agent works in the background and its answer replaces your request on the page.

![Typing @ in a page shows the list of agents](https://thenotemaker.com/help/agent-in-page.webp)

## Ask

1.  Type **@** where you want the answer.
2.  Pick an agent. Agents from your workspace are listed first, and ones from your administrator have a **Global agent** badge.
3.  Write your request after the agent's name.
4.  Press Enter at the end of the paragraph.

The request turns into a block that shows what the agent is doing. A "… is working" note appears in the page's top bar, so everyone on the page can see it.

## What you get

When it finishes, the block is replaced by the answer. If it fails, the block stays with **Retry** and a way to dismiss it. You can **Stop** a run.

## What it can do

The agent works with **your** access, never more. Because nobody can approve steps while it works in the background, it only runs steps that need no approval: reading, and ordinary writing if the agent is set up to edit. It cannot publish, delete or notify anyone, and it will not mention people.

## See what it did

Click **Steps** on the block, or **Agent activity** in the page menu. The panel lists what the agent looked at and changed, in plain sentences, with each try if you retried. People who cannot open a page the agent used see only "a page you can't open". Cost is never shown.

## Related

-   [🧑‍🔧 Custom agents](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/workspace-settings/custom-agents)
-   [🔗 Links and mentions](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/write/links-and-mentions)