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description: Before you set up the agent to assist with the search, verify that your Salesforce org meets the requirements and that external storage is configured.
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# Configure Prerequisites for External Storage Search Skills

Before you set up the agent to assist with the search, verify that your Salesforce org meets the requirements and that external storage is configured.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d31382e60 ">To assign permission sets and permission set groups:</td>

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1. Configure External Storage Search.
    
    See [Set Up Semantic Search](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.aps_external_storage_search_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Configure AWS services, connect them to your Salesforce org, and add semantic search to record pages and Agentforce agents.").
2. Assign these permission sets to the administrator who configures the agent:
    - Access Agentforce Default Agent
    - Public Sector Access
3. Assign this permission set to the org users, such as investigators, caseworkers, or anyone who works with the agent:
    
    Agentforce for Public Sector
4. Assign this permission set to the employees, platform users, who work with the agent in an Experience Cloud site:
    
    Agentforce for Public Sector for Employee Community

#### See Also

- [Set Up an External Storage Search Agent](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.aps_set_up_external_storage_search_agent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Enable users, such as investigators, caseworkers, and employees to quickly find files stored in Amazon S3 using natural language. Set up an agent to streamline file searches and provide instant access to PDFs, images, audio, and video associated with records.")
- [Set Up an External Storage Search Agent for Experience Cloud Site Users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.aps_external_storage_search_agent_experience_cloud.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Enable Experience Cloud site users to quickly search and retrieve information from Amazon S3 files.")
- [Set Up an External Storage Search Agent for Employees](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.aps_external_storage_search_agent_employees.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Enable employees to quickly search and retrieve information from Amazon S3 files.")

## Enable External Storage Search Skills

1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Einstein Generative AI Settings, and then select **Einstein Generative AI Settings**.
2. Turn on **External Storage Search Skills**.