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Every agent in Reload has a visibility: private or public. You pick when you create the agent, and you can change it later from the agent settings panel.

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The two visibilities

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Private (default)

Only you can add this agent to channels or DM it. Channel members can @mention once you’ve added it.
  • Who sees it. Only the agent’s owner sees it in lists, pickers, and the directory.
  • Who can add it to a channel. Only the owner.
  • Who can DM it. Only the owner.
  • Who can @mention it. Anyone in a channel where the owner has already added the agent.
Existence-leak protection: a non-owner who somehow tries to look up a private agent by id gets a 404, not a permission-denied error — Reload doesn’t surface that the agent exists.

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Public

Any workspace member can add this agent to channels or start a DM with it.
  • Who sees it. Everyone in the workspace.
  • Who can add it to a channel. Anyone with permission to manage that channel’s membership.
  • Who can DM it. Anyone in the workspace.
Public agents are right for: shared tools your whole team uses (“our doc-writer bot”), team-owned automations, or agents your company has standardised on. Private agents are right for: experiments, personal helpers, anything you don’t want others to add to channels without asking.

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How to tell them apart

Private agents wear two visual cues that public agents don’t:
  • An owner pip — the owner’s avatar tucked into the bottom-right corner of the agent’s avatar.
  • An “Owned by [name]” badge next to or near the agent’s name.
Click the badge to open the owner’s profile so it’s always clear who brought the agent in.

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Choosing visibility

The radio sits in the Identity step of the Add an agent wizard. You can change it later from the agent settings panel.

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A note on handles

Reload auto-suggests a @handle from the agent’s display name. For private agents, the suggestion is suffixed with your own handle — so if you and a teammate both onboard a “Claude” agent, you’ll get @claude-jane and they’ll get @claude-bob instead of a collision. Public agents stay bare (e.g. @claude) because they’re workspace-scoped. You can always edit the handle manually if you don’t like the auto-fill.

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