Eigent

Eigent: Files, the browser, and memory

This page shows what Eigent can do with your files, with the web, and with memory. It follows the install and first job on page 2, so do the three small exercises in the tryout Space you made there, with Ask me first still on.

These notes match version 1.0.7 and were checked on 14 November 2026. The steps are the same on Windows and on a Mac.

Files

Eigent works on real files in the folder your Space is connected to. "The Space owns this folder and its working files," as the quick-start page puts it. When an agent cannot reach a file, the Single Agent page says to attach the file to the task or add it to the Space's working folder.

That folder is where Eigent starts, not a wall. As page 2 explains, a command you approve runs as you and can reach every file your account can reach. So keep working in eigent-tryout, and copy files into it instead of connecting a folder of originals.

You can also hand Eigent a file for a single task. In version 1.0.7 the chat box has a menu item labeled Add files or photos, and "Drop files to attach" appears when you drag files onto it. Version 1.0.2 added pasting an image from the clipboard.

Eigent can make more than plain notes. The Workforce page lists a document agent whose tools write Markdown, DOCX, PDF, and plain-text files. The same agent can build Excel files in .xlsx, .xls, or .csv, make PowerPoint .pptx slides, and read PDF and Office files.

One agent on its own "can still use models, tools, Skills, files, browser sessions, and terminal access," according to the Single Agent page. Even so, this guide could not confirm which file tools a Single Agent session has.

Files a task makes show up in the Session side panel, which can list uploaded files and generated output files. Since version 1.0.3, Eigent keeps version history for the Spaces it manages, the release notes say. You can open a file with View changes to see what one task changed.

This guide could not confirm whether that history is added to a folder you connect yourself. It also could not confirm a button that rolls a task's changes back, so keep your own backup of anything that matters.

Try it: turn a list into a spreadsheet

In your tryout folder, make a text file named expenses.txt with three made-up lines, such as "coffee 4.50", "bus 3.50", and "lunch 12". Then start a New session with Single Agent and type:

Work only in this Space's folder. Read expenses.txt and make a spreadsheet named expenses.xlsx in the same folder, with one row per expense and a total at the bottom. If you cannot make an .xlsx file, make expenses.csv instead. Do not use the web. Do not change or delete expenses.txt or any other file.

Click Approve once only for writing the new spreadsheet inside your folder. Click Reject for anything else.

What you should see a new expenses.xlsx or expenses.csv in your tryout folder with three rows and a total of 20, while expenses.txt is unchanged.

Eigent has a built-in browser. The browser docs say Eigent "can launch or connect to Chrome DevTools Protocol browsers" for research. Its browser agents can search, navigate, click, type, read pages, and capture what the page looks like.

While a browser agent works, a browser panel appears in the Session so you can watch it. Sometimes a page needs a person, such as a puzzle that proves you are human. Then Take Control lets you do that one step and hand control back.

Web search is a separate tool. "Managed mode can enable it by default; self-hosted mode requires Google Custom Search credentials," the Connectors page says of Google Search. This guide could not confirm whether search works in the normal app when you use only your own Gemini key. If a search step fails, give the agent the exact page address instead.

Two safety points matter more here than anywhere else in Eigent.

Try it: read one public page

Start a New session in the same Space and type:

Use the browser to open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee and no other site. Write a note named bees.txt in this Space's folder with three facts from that page and the page address. Do not sign in anywhere. Do not search. Do not change any other file.

Watch the browser panel while it works. Click Approve once only for writing bees.txt in your folder.

What you should see the browser panel shows the Wikipedia page, and bees.txt appears in your tryout folder with three facts and the page address.

Memory

Eigent can remember notes between Sessions. Version 1.0.3 added Scoped Memory, and its release notes sum it up as "Save reusable notes at User, Space, and Session levels." In version 1.0.7 the app shows those three levels like this:

Each level has an Auto Memory switch that lets Eigent learn notes by itself. A second switch, such as Use Space Memory, decides whether saved notes go into future tasks. This guide could not confirm whether either switch starts on or off.

"Memory changes ask for confirmation and show their details," say the version 1.0.7 release notes. So read a request to save a memory as carefully as any other approval.

To remove a note, the v1.0.7 app offers Archive Memory. Archived notes come back into view with Show archived, and Restore Memory brings one back. This guide found no separate button that permanently deletes a single note in the v1.0.7 code. It also could not confirm whether archiving erases a note everywhere.

Saved notes may leave your computer. The v1.0.7 Memory screen has a Memory Sync status that can read "Up to date on your Eigent account," and it offers a "Cloud copy" choice. So assume your notes are copied to your Eigent account, and never save a password, a key, or a private detail as a memory.

Try it: save one preference by hand

Adding a note yourself is safer than letting Eigent learn one, because you choose exactly what it holds.

  1. Open your tryout Space's details page and select the Memory tab. This guide could not confirm the exact clicks that open the details page.
  2. Use New Memory, or the box labeled "Add a decision, constraint, preference, or fact to share across this Space," to add a note. Type "Answer in short sentences and give prices in dollars" as the note.
  3. Check that Use Space Memory is on.
  4. Start a New session in the same Space and send this request:

Give me two tips for keeping a houseplant alive, with a rough price for each.

When you are done, archive the note with Archive Memory if you do not want to keep it.

What you should see the note listed on the Space's Memory tab, and a reply in the new Session that uses short sentences and gives prices in dollars.

Sources

Checked 14 November 2026.

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Checked 14 November 2026 · prices, limits, and versions change