Assistants
An assistant is the unit you talk to. It is a named persona with a model, a set of skills, and an avatar. Everything else in Wayland is built around assistants: teams are groups of them, channels route messages to them, and schedules trigger them.
What an assistant carries
Section titled “What an assistant carries”Each assistant bundles:
- A persona: a name, an avatar, and the system instructions that shape how it behaves.
- A model: the provider and model it thinks with. Different assistants can use different models.
- Skills: named capabilities you attach so the assistant knows how to do specific jobs.
- Optional custom paths: directories the assistant is scoped to work in.
The library
Section titled “The library”Wayland ships a catalog of assistants drawn from two sources. The app itself defines around 29 built-in presets (in assistantPresets.ts), covering domains such as Office, Write, Build, and General. A bundled extension adds further assistants: at the time of writing the vendored snapshot contains 55 more entries split between team launchers and domain specialists, though the exact count in a given release reflects the current state of that bundle. You can launch any assistant as is, customize a copy, or build your own from scratch.
The library groups assistants by type and by domain (Sell, Write, Research, Build, Run, Office, General), and a filter rail narrows by category.
Intents
Section titled “Intents”The dashboard offers seven intents as a fast way in: Sell, Write, Research, Build, Run, Plan, and Learn. Each intent routes you to the preset assistants suited to that kind of work, so you can start without browsing the whole library. Picking the Sell intent, for instance, surfaces outbound and sales-oriented presets.
Selection follows you
Section titled “Selection follows you”Your last selected assistant is remembered across pages, so moving between the dashboard, a project, and a conversation keeps the assistant you were using rather than resetting it.
Build your own
Section titled “Build your own”When a preset is close but not exact, copy it and adjust. When you want something specific, start from the build-my-own card and define the persona, model, and skills yourself. See Create a Custom Assistant for the full walkthrough.