Businesses today are flooded with updates, promotions, product announcements, and industry news. Keeping up manually takes time, especially when you need information tailored to specific topics.
With Agent Designer in Google Gemini Enterprise, you can create custom AI agents that automatically gather and summarize relevant information for you on a schedule. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to build a daily briefing agent that delivers curated updates directly inside Gemini Enterprise.
What Is an Agent Designer?
Agent Designer is a feature within Gemini Enterprise that allows organizations to create AI powered agents using natural language prompts. These agents can:
- Search the web for current information
- Summarize updates and trends
- Follow custom instructions
- Run on scheduled intervals
- Deliver recurring reports automatically
Instead of building workflows manually, you simply describe what you want the agent to do.
Step 1: Open Agent Designer
Inside the Gemini Enterprise site:
- Click Agents in the left-side navigation.
- Select + New agent.
This opens the Agent Designer interface where you can begin creating your custom workflow.
Step 2: Create Your Agent with a Prompt
At the bottom of the Agent Designer page, you’ll see a prompt input box.
Enter the following prompt:
“Use your web search capabilities to prepare a daily briefing of news from the past 48 hours, product updates, and current or upcoming sales on the topics provided. The brief should be presented in a bulleted list with key phrases bolded.”
After pressing Enter, Gemini Enterprise automatically generates a draft agent based on your instructions.
You’ll immediately see:
- A preview of the agent
- A draft workflow
- A testing panel where you can refine responses
- A chat interface for editing the agent’s behavior
This natural language approach makes agent creation accessible without coding or scripting.
Step 3: Explore the Agent Flow
At the top of the preview card, click Flow to open the Builder view.
Here, you can inspect the structure Gemini created for your agent.
Selecting the node on the Builder grid allows you to edit:
- Agent name
- Description
- Instructions
- Connected data sources
This gives administrators and teams more control over how the agent behaves and what information it uses.
Step 4: Schedule the Agent
One of the most powerful features of Agent Designer is scheduling.
To automate your daily briefing:
- Click Schedule at the top of the draft panel.
- Select + Add schedule.
- Leave the frequency set to Daily.
- Keep the default time and timezone or customize them.
For the triggering prompt, enter:
Prepare my daily briefing on the following topics:
- Google Workspace News
- Google Updates
- Google Calendar meetings
Click Add schedule to confirm.
Your agent is now configured to automatically gather and summarize information on those topics every day.
Step 5: Test the Scheduled Run
Before saving the agent, you can test it manually.
Click the Play icon to run the scheduled prompt immediately.
Gemini Enterprise will generate a preview briefing using live web search capabilities and your formatting instructions.
The output typically includes:
- Recent news
- Product announcements
- Promotions and sales
- Concise bullet points
This allows you to validate the quality and relevance of the agent’s responses before deploying it.
Step 6: Save Your Agent
Once you’re satisfied with the results:
- Click Create in the upper-right corner.
- Dismiss the confirmation popup if you want to continue chatting with the agent.
Your scheduled agent is now saved and ready to run automatically.
In a production environment, scheduled runs appear under the Chats section inside Gemini Enterprise, making it easy to review previous briefings.
Practical Use Cases for Daily Briefing Agents
Daily briefing agents can support a wide variety of business workflows, including:
- Marketing Teams: Track competitors, trends, product launches, and promotions.
- Sales Teams: Monitor prospect news, technology updates, market activity, and pricing changes.
- Operations Teams: Stay informed on supply chain updates, vendors, equipment sales, and regulations.
- Executive Leadership: Receive summaries on market trends, economic shifts, strategic opportunities, and emerging technologies.
Final Thoughts
Agent Designer in Gemini Enterprise simplifies the process of building intelligent, automated workflows. With only a prompt and a schedule, organizations can create recurring AI-powered briefings tailored to their exact needs.
Whether you’re tracking industry news, monitoring competitors, or staying informed on specific technologies, scheduled agents can help reduce manual research and keep teams consistently updated.
To learn more about Gemini Enterprise and AI-powered workplace automation, visit our Gemini Enterprise page.
