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setting-profile-images

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Sets Letta Desktop and Letta Code agent profile images by writing profile.png into an agent MemFS repository. Use when the user asks to add, change, generate, or fix an agent avatar, profile picture, profile image, or Desktop agent photo.

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Setting Profile Images

Key fact

Letta Desktop displays an agent profile image from the agent memory repository at:

$MEMORY_DIR/profile.png

The Desktop/local backend API reads the same file via:

GET /v1/agents/:agent_id/profile-picture

For local Desktop agents, do not PATCH arbitrary agent metadata for the avatar. Write profile.png into MemFS and commit it.

Workflow

  1. Obtain an image:
    • Use a user-provided image path, or
    • Generate/create an avatar image with another image/art skill, then save it locally.
  2. Convert/crop it to a square PNG using scripts/set_profile_image.py.
  3. Commit the resulting profile.png to the target agent's memory repo.
  4. Verify via the profile-picture endpoint when LETTA_BASE_URL and LETTA_API_KEY are available.
  5. Tell the user to reload/reopen the agent profile in Desktop if the old image is cached.

Current agent quick start

Locate this skill's script if needed:

SCRIPT=$(find ~/letta/skills ~/.letta/skills -path '*/setting-profile-images/scripts/set_profile_image.py' -print -quit)

Set the current agent's profile image:

python3 "$SCRIPT" /path/to/avatar.png

The script uses, in order:

  • --memory-dir, if passed
  • $MEMORY_DIR
  • $LETTA_MEMORY_DIR
  • ~/.letta/lc-local-backend/memfs/$AGENT_ID/memory

Other local agent

python3 "$SCRIPT" /path/to/avatar.png \
  --agent-id agent-local-... \
  --local-backend-dir ~/.letta/lc-local-backend

Useful options

python3 "$SCRIPT" /path/to/avatar.jpg --size 512
python3 "$SCRIPT" /path/to/avatar.jpg --no-commit
python3 "$SCRIPT" /path/to/avatar.jpg --verify
  • --size controls the square output size in pixels. Use 512 unless there is a reason not to.
  • --no-commit writes the file but leaves the memory repo uncommitted.
  • --verify calls /v1/agents/:agent_id/profile-picture after writing, when API env vars are present.

Manual fallback

If the script is unavailable:

cp /path/to/avatar.png "$MEMORY_DIR/profile.png"
git -C "$MEMORY_DIR" add profile.png
git -C "$MEMORY_DIR" commit --author="$AGENT_NAME <$AGENT_ID@letta.com>" -m 'Add agent profile image'

Make sure the image is a reasonably sized square PNG before copying.