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Kognar Power Tools

Power Tools is the panel where you manage agents, MCP servers and rules — everything that changes what the assistant can do — without leaving the conversation.

Open it with the sliders icon in the action bar below the message text, next to the attach and microphone buttons. The panel slides in from the right.

Moved from Settings

Agents, MCPs and rules used to live in Settings → Agents & MCP. That Settings section is not available in the current build; Power Tools is the place to manage all three.

Tabs​

TabWhat it manages
AgentsBuilt-in and custom agents, their configuration, and their links
MCPsModel Context Protocol server connections
RulesPersistent instructions injected into every conversation

Agents tab​

Every agent is a card showing its icon, name, description and an enable toggle.

Buttons and menu entries per card:

  • Toggle — enable or disable the agent
  • Configure — extra settings, available for Web Search, Code Review and Computer Control
  • Edit — open the agent editor
  • Delete — custom agents only; built-in agents can be disabled but not removed

At the top of the tab:

  • New Agent — create a custom agent
  • Export — download your custom agents as kognar-agents-YYYY-MM-DD.json
  • Import — load agents from a .json file (built-in entries in the file are skipped)

See Agents & Tools for what each built-in agent does and how to build your own.

Linking MCPs and rules to an agent​

Each agent card has a Vínculos (sync) block with two checkbox lists — MCPs and Rules. Ticking a box binds that MCP server or rule to the agent.

How the binding is used when you send a message:

  • No links configured anywhere — behavior is unchanged: every connected MCP and every enabled rule is available.
  • Links configured — the conversation only uses the MCPs and rules bound to the agents that are currently enabled.

Links are stored locally and are included in mobile sync, so the same wiring shows up on your phone.

MCPs tab​

Lists your MCP servers with their connection state and the tools each one exposes. You can add, edit, connect, sign in, disconnect and remove servers from here.

Full details — including remote servers that require a browser login — are in Model Context Protocol (MCP). A curated list of servers worth adding is in Recommended MCP Servers.

Rules tab​

Rules are persistent instructions added to the system prompt across conversations.

  • New Rule — create a rule with a Name, a Type (System, Behavior or Context) and the instruction Text
  • Toggle — enable or disable a rule without deleting it
  • Edit / Delete — change or remove a rule

Rules are saved to disk, so they survive closing the app, and they travel with mobile sync.

Example rules​

Language preference — Type System: Always respond in British English.

Code style — Type Behavior: When writing code, always use TypeScript, prefer functional patterns, and add JSDoc comments to all public functions.

Background context — Type Context: I'm a backend engineer at a fintech startup. Our stack is Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes. We follow strict SOC 2 compliance requirements.

Hidden tabs​

The panel also contains Skills and Docs tabs that are not shown in the current build. They are wired up but disabled while the features are being finished.