> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.odella.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AI Employee settings

> A complete guide to every setting used to manage an AI Employee's models, memory, schedule, security, and billing.

Use **Settings** on an AI Employee's page to control how the worker thinks, when they work, what they remember, who they can contact, and how connected tools are approved.

Changes remain drafts until you select **Save Changes**. Saving a pricing-sensitive change also refreshes the worker's billing quote.

## Settings at a glance

| Area                                                               | Fields                                                                               | What they control                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Model & Intelligence](/workforce/settings-model-intelligence)     | LLM model, reasoning effort, image model, video model, infrastructure size           | Quality, speed, media generation, capacity, and price.                  |
| [Memory & Reminders](/workforce/settings-memory-reminders)         | Read shared context, write shared context, dreaming, dream diary, follow-up memory   | What the worker can remember and update.                                |
| [Operations & Logistics](/workforce/settings-operations-logistics) | Working days, start and end time, after-hours behavior, timezone, language, currency | Availability, scheduling, localization, and after-hours billing.        |
| [Security & Privacy](/workforce/settings-security-privacy)         | Inbound access, outbound messaging, recipient rules, tool policy, tool rules         | Who can communicate with the worker and what actions it may take.       |
| [Billing](/workforce/settings-billing)                             | Current and proposed quote, hourly price, monthly estimate, quote metadata           | The pricing effect of the selected model, infrastructure, and schedule. |
| [Terminate](/workforce/settings-terminate)                         | Terminate employee                                                                   | Permanent removal and cleanup.                                          |

## Defaults for a new worker

Unless onboarding supplies different values, a new worker starts with:

| Field                         | Default                                         |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| LLM model                     | GPT-5.6 Terra                                   |
| Reasoning effort              | Medium                                          |
| Image generation              | GPT Image 2                                     |
| Video generation              | Seedance 2.0                                    |
| Infrastructure size           | Small                                           |
| Working days                  | Monday–Friday                                   |
| Working hours                 | 9 AM–5 PM                                       |
| After-hours behavior          | After Hours Billing                             |
| Timezone                      | UTC                                             |
| Primary language              | English (US), unless inherited from the account |
| Currency display              | USD, unless inherited from the account          |
| Inbound access                | Account Members                                 |
| Outbound messaging            | Recommended                                     |
| Tool approval                 | Recommended                                     |
| Read and write shared context | Enabled                                         |
| Dreaming                      | Enabled with Simple notes                       |
| Remember follow-ups           | Enabled                                         |

<Note>
  Available models and defaults can change as Odella adds or retires supported
  models. A saved retired model may appear as **Deprecated** until you select a
  current option.
</Note>

## Settings that affect billing

The following user-editable fields can change the quote or usage charges:

* **LLM model** and **infrastructure size** determine the quoted hourly rate.
* **Working days and hours** determine scheduled hours and the monthly estimate.
* **After Hours Billing** permits work outside the schedule at the after-hours rate.
* **Image and video generation** are usage-based and are separate from the scheduled hourly rate.
* Additional model usage charges may apply under the worker's plan.

Timezone, language, currency display, memory, and security settings do not normally change the hourly quote directly, but timezone determines whether work falls inside or outside working hours.

## Saved quote and system-managed fields

Billing also displays fields that cannot be edited directly in the Settings form:

| Field                  | Meaning                                                                                      |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Service state**      | Whether the worker is active or stopped. Use the worker's pause/resume control to change it. |
| **Price override**     | A custom pricing adjustment, when one applies to the worker.                                 |
| **Rate version**       | Identifier for the pricing terms attached to the saved quote.                                |
| **Publication**        | Identifier for the pricing release used by the quote.                                        |
| **Quote refresh date** | When the current quote was saved.                                                            |

These fields help identify the pricing terms currently applied to the worker. Saving a pricing-sensitive setting refreshes the quote for future work; it does not change charges that have already been finalized.