Library

The Library contains reusable agent templates: saved instructions, model settings, and capability requirements from which you can create agents. Open Build → Library to browse them. A template is a configuration blueprint; it has no conversation history or running session.

Basic Concept

Creating an agent from a template copies its configuration. Separately, Link to agent template can keep that agent's System Message linked to a template. A copy and a linked prompt have different update behavior:

Choice	Effect of later template edits
Independent copy	The existing agent keeps its own prompt and configuration.
Linked System Message	Saving the template through Library or Override existing template synchronizes its System Message to linked agents. Other agent settings are not automatically synchronized.

Review the audience of a template before changing a linked prompt. One edit can change the instructions of several agents.

Saving an Agent as a Template

Use Templates → Save as new template in the agent form. This creates a separate template; it does not overwrite the linked template.

• Existing agent: first use Submit to save the configuration you want to copy. Then open Save as new template, name the template, review its access, and save it. This action copies the saved agent, including its saved description; unsaved edits in the agent form are not the source.
• New agent: complete and validate the form, then use Save as new template. This path creates both the agent and its template from the submitted configuration.

Templates can retain the prompt, model and behavior settings, initial message, System Tools, reusable prompts, skills, and connection-type requirements. They do not copy runtime state, conversation history, or provider credentials. Review the saved template before using it to create another agent.

Shared Tools vs. Private Tools

An agent created from a template must resolve its required connections in the current organization and user context. Shared and private connection requirements do not grant access or transfer credentials. Check the resulting selections and capabilities before running the agent. If a required connection is unavailable, ask its owner for access or an administrator for a suitable connection.

Creating an Agent from a Template

1. Open an approved template in Library and choose Create agent.
2. Review the agent name, instructions, model, connections, and required capabilities.
3. Check Link to agent template. Keep it enabled only if this agent should follow that template's System Message; disable it for an independent prompt.
4. Review access and submit the new agent. Reopen Configuration to verify the saved result.

The organization Default LLM connection is preferred when it is available and supports the template model; otherwise the form tries another available compatible model connection. Review the actual selection. This default does not grant connection access or change existing agents. See organization defaults.

Template visibility and agent creation are separate permissions. In a private deployment, a User may review a template while Create agent remains unavailable. Only an Owner or Administrator can create agents there. A direct creation URL does not bypass authorization. See Who Can Create Agents.

Library

Tabs

Tab	Content and editing
Siesta Templates	System templates supplied by Siesta AI. They cannot be edited or deleted through organization template actions. This tab is hidden in private deployments.
Organization Templates	Templates shared within the organization. Edit requires the applicable permissions and write access to the template.
My Templates	Your saved templates. Ownership does not replace the permissions required for each action.

Search and category filters help narrow the catalog. Template cards show the name, description, and capability icons. The current label Siesta Templates replaces the older Community Templates wording.

Edit a template from Library

1. Find a writable template under My Templates or Organization Templates.
2. Use its Edit action. The template opens in a form similar to agent Configuration.
3. Change its name, description, System Message, initial message, model, reasoning effort, or available advanced model settings.
4. Select Update template and verify the saved values. Use Cancel to return without saving the draft.

This editor does not expose all agent sections. It does not edit tool/skill bindings or sharing through these fields. Use the template card's access action for sharing. System templates are protected even if a direct edit URL is supplied.

Override a linked template from an agent

In a new or existing agent form, the Templates section can offer Override existing template when a target template is selected and writable.

1. Check the linked template and current form values. The override uses those values, not only the prompt.
2. If editing a linked prompt, select Edit template prompt and make the change.
3. Select Override existing template and review the confirmation naming the target template.
4. Confirm, check the success result, and reopen the template or linked agents to verify their System Message.

After confirming the override, reopen a linked agent and check its System Message. The example below shows the updated prompt while Link to agent template remains enabled:

The override updates the template's name, description, prompt, initial message, model, reasoning effort, and advanced model settings. It does not replace its tool/skill bindings or access policy through this action. Saving the template synchronizes only its System Message into linked agents; it does not copy all those settings into them. Ordinary agent changes still need the agent form's own save action.

Edit or unlink a template prompt

Link to agent template selects which template owns the agent's System Message. With Templates.View, Templates.Edit, and template write access, Edit template prompt opens a local prompt draft while keeping the link.

Save the draft through Override existing template, or choose Discard prompt changes. Until then, the form blocks saving the agent or creating a new template from that pending linked-prompt edit. Discarding restores the prompt from before that local edit.

To customize only this agent, disable Link to agent template, edit its own System Message, and submit the agent. Later template edits will no longer update that unlinked prompt. Changing the selected template while editing switches the target; it does not save the old draft into the newly selected template.

Access Policy and Governance

Templates.View permits viewing; Templates.Edit and write access are required for template editing and overriding. Agent creation additionally requires the relevant agent permissions. A hidden or disabled action can indicate missing permissions, a protected system template, or an unavailable target.

Change template sharing

Use the access selector on the template card and save the policy. Can Use permits reuse within the user's permissions; Can Edit grants write access. Templates.ManageAccess permits managing your own-team grants. Users.ShareWithOrganization permits organization-wide or other-team sharing; write access to the template is still required.

Imported organization templates appear under Organization Templates. Importing skills or categories does not grant access to an agent or model connection. See Content import.

For a guided first run, see Use the Library.