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Capabilities control what an AI coworker is allowed to do: search the web, work with documents, query databases, post in Slack, and more. Turn off what a coworker doesn’t need, or limit it to reading, so it only acts the way you intend. Open a coworker’s Overview and select the Capabilities tab. The coworker’s owner, and people with Can edit or Admin access to it, can change these settings. Everyone else sees “You have read-only access to these settings.”

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Automatic model selection

Automatic model selection (“Automatically pick the best model for the task.”) is on by default. Vybe then picks a suitable model for each conversation. Turn it off to choose yourself. A model picker appears below the switch: pick a tier (Cheap, Balanced or Smart) or a specific model. This is the same setting as the model pill in the coworker’s chat, and it applies to the coworker for everyone. See Choose a model and AI models. Below it, AGENTS.md has an Edit AGENTS.md button. See Instructions.

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Capability settings

Each capability is a row showing its current access and a switch. Turning the switch on gives Full access; turning it off sets it to Off. For finer control, click the row to open its permissions page and choose an Access level: Read only is only offered for capabilities that have actions that change things, and Custom only for capabilities with more than one action. Who a coworker talks to in Slack, and which channels it can post in, are set separately on Overview → Sharing. See Slack.

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Browser, Calendar, Email and Meetings

Four capabilities have their own section on the coworker’s page, and you set them from that section’s Preferences tab. They use the same access levels. When one of these is Off, its section disappears from the sidebar. To turn it back on, type its name in the Search agent settings… box at the top of the coworker’s page, for example “Email permissions”, and open its preferences.

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Defaults

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Give a coworker access to connections

Connecting a tool to Vybe doesn’t give every coworker access to it. Each coworker starts with no access to your integrations, MCP servers, custom APIs or external databases, and you choose which ones it can use. You can do this in three ways:
  • From the coworker’s page. Open its Connections section. The Integrations tab lists your connected accounts under Access to Connections, and the MCP tab lists them under MCP servers. Switch on the ones it should use, or click an account to choose Full access, Read only, Custom or Off. The Advanced tab has the External Databases and Organization Databases capabilities, plus your custom APIs, which you switch on or off.
  • From the connection’s settings. In a private connection’s settings, use Agent access → Add agent to give a coworker access.
  • From a chat. When a coworker needs a tool it can’t use yet, it asks for access, and you approve. If you already have the account, its connect card shows Grant. If you connect a new private account from the coworker’s chat, that coworker gets access automatically.
Connections shared with your whole organization can be given to any coworker. A Private connection can only be given by the person who connected it. Switching on a private connection from a coworker’s page starts it at Read only. For more on connecting tools and who can use them, see Connections.