Circle 2025 Review: How Do Circle's AI Agents Work?

If you’ve built a Circle community and spend way too much time answering support questions, onboarding new members, or helping people get unstuck — this video is for you. In this behind-the-scenes walkthrough, I’ll show you how I’m using Circle’s new AI Agent feature to automate support, onboarding, and lightweight coaching across two communities: MVMP Labs and Unicorn Factory. You’ll learn how to: 1. Set up custom AI chat agents inside Circle 2. Train them using your content, PDFs, and community discussions 3. Control access with tags, segments, and spaces 4. Use “Pause AI” settings to avoid risky responses 5. Evaluate whether AI Agents are worth the upgrade This is the exact setup I use to save hours every week managing my communities — and it’s only getting better. THANKS TO THE SPONSOR OF THIS VIDEO: CIRCLE 🧰 Tools I Mention in This Video Circle (community platform): https://www.connorfinlayson.com/a/circle 🧠 Want to Build a Community-First Directory Like This? Check out my full course → Local Directory Playbook: https://www.connorfinlayson.com/cours... Learn how to go from idea to launched MVP — and automate the boring stuff. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 – Intro 2:42 – What Are Circle AI Agents? 5:16 – Testing AI Agents as a Community Member 7:22 – How I Use AI Agents in MVMP + Unicorn Factory 8:24 – Full Walkthrough of Setting Up Scope Sensei 18:13 – What the Agents Can and Can’t Do 23:02 – Where Circle AI Shines (and Where It Needs Work)