Awake and asleep
Who this is for: an owner wondering why an agent is grey on the map, or why a job did not run.
Two states
Section titled “Two states”| Awake | Asleep | |
|---|---|---|
| Chat in the panel | yes | yes |
| Answers WhatsApp / Telegram / email | yes | no |
| Runs scheduled automations | yes | no — but is woken ahead of time (below) |
| Joins meetings and answers colleagues | yes | yes |
| Memory | ≈300–500 MB | none |
Click an agent → the moon/sun button in the panel header wakes it or puts it to sleep. The Owner’s Office desk follows the same rules.
Falling asleep
Section titled “Falling asleep”Settings → Office → Put idle agents to sleep after (default 2 hours): an awake agent with no conversation for that long is put to sleep — never while busy, in a meeting or talking to a colleague. Set it to 0 to keep everyone awake.
Waking up for a job
Section titled “Waking up for a job”Since 0.1.8 the app watches every agent’s schedule. A sleeping agent whose job is due within three minutes is woken for it, runs the job, and falls asleep again on the idle timer. An agent asleep at 09:00 still sends its 09:00 report.
When the app was closed
Section titled “When the app was closed”Closing the app stops every agent. On the next start:
- agents that were awake come back;
- a scheduled job missed by up to a day runs once, marked Ran late in the Activity tab;
- older misses are skipped (yesterday’s briefing is not sent today);
- a customer follow-up missed by up to 12 hours is re-sent with a short apology; older ones are dropped and you are told.
See Keeping the office running for launch-at-login and keep-awake.
Ask your agent
Section titled “Ask your agent”Things you can say to an agent in Bakulai Agent:
“who is awake right now?”“why did Tono fall asleep?”- “wake Wulan up”runs directly
- “put idle agents to sleep after one hour”asks you first
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”- Grey avatar right after waking — the agent’s process needs 10–20 seconds; the map updates on the next poll.
- “N agents are already awake (limit)” — Settings → Office → Agents awake at once; the wake happens anyway, the message is a memory warning.
- An agent never wakes for its job — its automation is off (Activity tab), or the app was not open at that time.