Customizing standard agent action behavior
Key Takeaway
Edits to the flow or prompt template behind a standard agent action reach the agent after the edited version is active. Edits that add or remove inputs or outputs are the exception, so you replace the standard action with a custom agent action that has the updated inputs and outputs.
Standard agent actions are prebuilt actions. Many of them run on a flow or prompt template underneath, called the reference action. You can change what some standard actions do by editing that reference action. For bigger changes, you build a custom agent action that replaces the standard one. The path you take depends on whether your change touches the action's inputs and outputs.
Standard actions and reference actions
Some standard agent actions are built on overridable flows and prompt templates. You customize these actions by editing the reference action, not the agent action itself.