Configure the assistant

This page describes how to configure the assistant's behavior.

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Gemini Enterprise page.

   Gemini Enterprise

2. Click the name of the app that you want to configure.

3. Click Configurations.

4. In the Additional LLM system instructions section, select Customize.

5. Enter the additional LLM system instructions.

   For example:

   Make the summary headings bold
   List the resources as an unordered list
   

6. In the Enable web grounding section, make sure the toggle is switched on and then select one of the following options:

   • Google search (not Data Residency compliant) to use the standard Google Search index for grounding.

   • Enterprise web search (Data Residency compliant) to use the enterprise-grade and compliant web index.

7. In the Default web search state section, use the toggle to define the default behavior for queries:

   • Switch the toggle on to enable web search by default for new queries.

   • Switch the toggle off to disable web search by default.

8. In the Enable location context section, use the toggle switch to enable or disable the feature:

   • Switch the toggle on to allow the Gemini Enterprise app to use location data to improve the quality of responses.

   • Switch the toggle off to disable the use of location context.

     

9. In the Enable Model Armor section, follow the instructions to configure Model Armor and setup the Model Armor templates. For more information, see the Configure Model Armor page.

10. In the Banned phrases section, click add Add banned phrase to add a phrase.

11. In the dialog, enter the banned phrase and choose the match type.

    • Simple string match: This is a substring match. For example, if Hello is a banned phrase, both Hello world and Helloworld are rejected.

      

    • Word boundary string match: This blocks the phrase as a whole word. For example, if Hello is a banned phrase, Hello world is rejected, but Helloworld is accepted.

      

12. After entering the phrase and selecting the match type, click Save and publish.