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<a name="kanchor621"></a>ISYS Intelligent Agents
Agents provide users with the ability to receive notifications when new material appears that match given criteria. That is, material which has entered the ISYS arena that the user has not seen before.

When using agents inconjuction with ISYS:web, ISYS:web will automatically check and update your agents.

When using agents without ISYS:web, you must periodically launch the checking process which will check your agents for updates. To do this:

ISYSCOM.EXE /CheckAgents

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Implementing AgentsISYS stores the agent data for each user in a separate folder. When designing your agent implementation, you will need to plan where this data is kept and how security is enforced