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These guides configure Poolside’s own agent, whether you run it through Poolside Agent CLI, Poolside Assistant, or an ACP-compatible editor. They help you guide the agent, add capabilities, and control access. If a third-party tool such as Cline, GitHub Copilot, or Kilo Code calls Poolside models directly, or an ACP-compatible editor runs a different agent, use that tool’s own setup guide instead. See Use Poolside to choose a guide.

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Guide the agent

AGENTS.md instructions

Give Poolside project and personal instructions to follow.

Skills

Add reusable, task-specific instructions and resources.

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Add capabilities

MCP servers

Connect agents to external tools and services.

Web search and fetch

Let agents search the web and read pages.

Other agent servers

Configure pool to run another ACP-compatible agent.

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Control access

Permissions

Control what agents can read, write, and run.

Sandboxes

Run agents in isolated environments with file and network controls.

Secrets

Store API keys and tokens without exposing raw values.