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Agents

An agent is an isolated AI assistant that runs on EcoLink, backed by one of the platform chat models. Each agent has its own workspace (a chat-style control UI) and its own EcoLink API key, and is private to your account. Use them when you want a persistent, ready-to-use assistant rather than wiring the chat API into your own app.

Agents live in the console at console.ecohash.com → Agents (under Compute).

Agent plans​

Agents run on a monthly plan, billed from your wallet balance. Each plan allows up to a set number of agents running at once (for example, plans for 1, 2, or 5 concurrent agents). Current plan names and prices are shown on the Agents page.

  • Subscribing deducts the full month from your wallet balance up front, then auto-renews monthly from the balance.
  • Upgrading / downgrading is pro-rated from the current period — pick Change Plan on the plan card.
  • Cancelling keeps your agents running until the end of the current month, then stops them. You can Resume any time before that date.
  • If a renewal can't be charged (wallet too low), the plan goes past due: existing agents keep their state but you can't create new ones until you top up and the renewal succeeds.

You need an active plan before you can create your first agent — the Agents page prompts you to Choose a Plan if you don't have one.

Create an agent​

With an active plan and capacity to spare, click Create Agent:

FieldNotes
Name3–20 characters: lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, starting with a letter (e.g. my-agent).
ModelA platform chat model. The list is the larger models suited to multi-step agent work — the same models you see in the Playground.

You don't pick an API key. EcoLink mints a fresh key named agent-<name> on your account for the agent to talk to the inference API — it appears in API Keys, and is removed automatically when you delete the agent. Each agent runs with a fixed small footprint (1 CPU core, 2 GiB memory).

A new agent shows as Pending for a few seconds, then Running.

Open and use an agent​

Click Open on a running agent to launch its workspace in a new browser tab. That's where you chat with the agent and give it tasks; it talks to your chosen EcoLink chat model under the hood.

Always enter through the Open button rather than bookmarking the workspace URL — Open sets up the session correctly, whereas a stale bookmark can land on a "could not connect" screen.

Manage agents​

The Agents table lists each agent's Name, Model, and Status, with row actions:

ActionWhat it does
OpenLaunch the agent's workspace (only available while Running).
StopPause the agent. It stops consuming compute but keeps its data and name.
StartResume a stopped agent.
DeletePermanently remove the agent and its agent-<name> API key. This can't be undone.

Stopping an agent frees a slot under your plan's agent cap; deleting one frees it permanently.

Status reference​

StatusMeaning
PendingStarting up — becomes Running within a few seconds.
RunningReady. Open is enabled.
StoppedPaused by you. Start to bring it back.
ErrorSomething went wrong starting the agent. Try deleting and recreating it, or contact support.