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# Allow agent to be aware of logged-in user

This step-by-step guide explains how to enable and use the User Awareness feature in your agent’s settings.

## What is User Awareness

**User Awareness** is a feature that lets your agent recognize the name of a user who is signed in to your system. When this setting is turned on, the agent can use the logged-in user’s name during conversations to provide a more personalized experience.

This feature is available to all users and is enabled by default for newly created agents.

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## What this feature does

When User Awarness is enabled:

* The system securely sends the logged-in user’s name to the agent during each session.
* The agent can then reference the user’s name in its responses.

You can keep this feature enabled for agents that interact with authenticated users to make interactions more personal and disable it for public or anonymous agents where user identification is not relevant.

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## How to User Awareness

1. Click **Personalize**

<Image align="center" border={true} src="https://files.readme.io/aa84076fd227f94c4d13cb14ccbb469959215af94f04ccaac08b2b35dec7a15b-Personalize.png" className="border" />

2. Click **AI Intelligence** tab

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3. Find the setting **User Awareness**.

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4. Toggle **Personalize responses based on logged-in user identity** on or off as needed.

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> 🚧 Note:
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> If you want your agent to always address the user by name, include that instruction in its Persona setup. Learn more in [Set up your Persona](https://docs.customgpt.ai/docs/auto-generated-personas).

5. Click **Save Settings** to apply the changes.

<Image align="center" alt="Screenshot: Save settings AI Intelligence tab" border={true} src="https://files.readme.io/64725a1f75d95db2f9cbab968a91769e85dbfe7f10e0dc69fa8c02f360e7db94-Intelligence_tab_save_settings.png" className="border" />

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## Related guides

* [Set up your Persona](https://docs.customgpt.ai/docs/auto-generated-personas)
* [Choose the right GPT model for your AI agent](https://docs.customgpt.ai/docs/how-to-choose-the-right-gpt-model-for-your-ai-agent)
* [Control how your agent acts](https://docs.customgpt.ai/docs/persona-how-it-acts)

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