How to create your first JamBots bot

To create your first bot, sign up, connect a model key or use your plan's included usage, then choose New bot. Give it a name, an avatar and a description that holds its standing instructions. Send it a first task in its thread. The bot works in the background and messages you with results.

Updated 2026-10-17

Steps

Step 1

Create your account

Sign up with email and password or a social sign-in, then verify your email. You land in a personal workspace where you are the owner.

Step 2

Connect a model

In workspace settings, add a key for OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. On a paid plan you can skip this and use the included model usage.

Step 3

Create the bot

Choose New bot and give it a name and an avatar. Pick its model and, if you like, a fallback model for when the first one fails.

Step 4

Write its standing instructions

The bot's description is its standing instructions. Say what it is for, what good work looks like, and what it should always ask you about first.

Step 5

Send the first task

Open the bot's thread and describe a task. You can keep chatting while it works; it takes new messages into account in the same run.

What you need

A JamBots account. The Free plan is enough to follow this guide.
A model key, unless your plan includes model usage.

Tips for good standing instructions

A bot does its best work when its description reads like a short brief to a new teammate.

Say what the bot is for. “Watch our status page and summarize incidents every morning” beats “be helpful.”
Say what to ask about. Approval rules cover risky actions, but you can also tell the bot to check with you before it starts anything that takes longer than an hour.
Change it by chatting. Ask the bot to update its own name, description, routines or model. It changes the setting and confirms in the thread.

What happens next

The bot remembers preferences and facts as it learns them. You can read and edit that memory at any time. When the bot needs something only you can give, such as a decision, a sign-in or an approval, it posts in the thread and sends a notification to your devices.