JMN Field Manual

02.5 — Building Agents

Settings Reference

Every setting on a property, what it controls, and what it defaults to. Use this page to look something up — for the reasoning behind each one, see the rest of section 02.

7.1
The full property settings panel for an output property

FIG. 7.1 — The property settings panel, top to bottom.

Every property — either direction

SettingControlsDefault
NameThe column header, and what you type after @ to mention it
DirectionInput (a file) or Output (AI/tool/human generated)

Input properties

SettingControlsDefault
Accepted files.pdf, .docx, .txt, .md

Output properties

SettingControlsDefault
ToolWhich model answers the prompt, or which special tool (Export / Python / Web Search / Manual) replaces a model entirelyClaude Sonnet 4.6
Output TypeThe shape the answer is coerced into — Text, Number, Date, Tag, JSON, Table, or FileText
PromptThe question, with @mentions pointing at the files/columns/labels it should readEmpty — required to run (Export and accumulator columns are exempt)
Context ModeSelective (retrieve relevant chunks) vs. Full Doc (send the entire PDF). Claude models onlySelective
Context ChunksHow many chunks Selective mode retrieves per run15
Max Output TokensCeiling on answer length for this column, up to the chosen model's hard cap (see Model Selection Guide)4,096
Tag OptionsThe fixed list of labels a Tag column is allowed to choose fromEmpty until you add some
If no match foundFor Tag columns: leave the cell empty, or fall back to whatever the model returnedKeep empty

Note

Selecting Export as the tool locks Output Type to File automatically. Selecting Manual locks it to Text. Neither can be changed independently while that tool is active.