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title: Spaces
description: A Space keeps one area of work separate, with its own instructions, memory, tools, access rules, and Job settings.
updated: 2026-09-12
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# Spaces

A Space keeps one area of work separate, with its own instructions, memory, tools, access rules, and Job settings.

## What a Space owns

Every Job belongs to one Space. The Space provides the instructions, memory, Skills, Scripts, Apps, default model, tools, and access rules those Jobs can use.


## General and dedicated Spaces

General stores resources you may want to share. Every other Space is separate and can use those resources only when you allow it.


## Instructions

Instructions work like a system prompt for the Space: every Job in it should follow them. Use them for the Space’s purpose, file locations, terminology, and project-specific rules.


## Who can start work here

Use Accept work from to choose what may start a Job in this Space, such as another Space, an App, a Script, or an Automation. The sender can provide instructions for the new Job, but it cannot browse this Space’s files, memory, or earlier Jobs.


### Control who can start Jobs here

**Context:** Accept work from

The Accept work from setting lists which sources may start a Job here.

- **Accept work from** [active]: Incoming Job policy

## New Job defaults

Choose the starting settings for new Jobs: Standard, Open, Private, or Custom. These presets control access to resources, memory, history, tools, models, and commands. Changing one Job does not change the Space default for future Jobs.


### Choose how new Jobs start

**Context:** How jobs work

New Job shows the Space default, while Current Job shows a temporary change.

- **New Job** [active]: Starts from this Space preset
- **Current Job** [ready]: Can use supported overrides

## Shared access

General sharing has separate switches for reading resources, searching past Jobs, and changing shared memory, Skills, Scripts, or Apps. Allowing a Space to read something does not let it change it.


### General is readable by default

**Context:** Shared access

Shared access shows separate Read and Write permissions.

- **Read** [active]: Enabled by default
- **Write** [waiting]: Disabled by default

## Always-loaded tools

Always-loaded tools are shown to the model on every turn. Keep only commonly used tools there, because the model can read only a limited amount at once. The agent can find other tools when needed.