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FIG. 01AI workforce

An AI workforce that works like a team

Every AI worker on our platform is designed like a real employee — with a defined role, mission, responsibilities, tools, permissions, KPIs, and escalation rules.

AI does the repetitive work. Your people make the decisions.

The workforce

  • Operations Agent

    Keeps work moving across systems — routing, chasing and closing the tasks that would otherwise sit in someone's inbox.

    Responsibilities

    • Route incoming work to the right queue and owner
    • Chase overdue steps and escalate blocked items
    • Reconcile records across connected systems
    • Produce a daily exception report

    Guardrails

    • Cannot delete records — only flag for review
    • Cannot contact customers directly without approval
    • All cross-system writes are logged and reversible

    Measured on

    • Exception rate
    • Median task cycle time
    • Reconciliation accuracy

    Escalates when

    Anything it cannot resolve in two attempts, or any record mismatch above tolerance, goes to a named human owner with full context attached.

  • Customer Support Agent

    Answers what it can answer accurately, and hands over cleanly when it cannot.

    Responsibilities

    • Resolve tier-1 questions from documented sources
    • Summarise conversation history before human handover
    • Draft replies for human approval on tier-2 cases
    • Tag and cluster recurring issues for the product roadmap

    Guardrails

    • Never invents policy — answers only from cited sources
    • Cannot issue refunds, credits or contractual commitments
    • Declines rather than guesses when confidence is low

    Measured on

    • First-contact resolution
    • Deflection rate
    • Answer accuracy on audit
    • Customer satisfaction

    Escalates when

    Low confidence, an unhappy sentiment signal, or any billing or contractual topic hands over immediately with the full thread summarised.

  • Sales Agent

    Keeps the pipeline clean and prepares the human for every conversation.

    Responsibilities

    • Qualify and enrich inbound leads
    • Draft follow-ups for rep approval
    • Maintain CRM hygiene and flag stale opportunities
    • Brief the rep before every call

    Guardrails

    • Cannot send external email without rep approval
    • Cannot quote pricing outside the approved rate card
    • No autonomous discounting, ever

    Measured on

    • Lead response time
    • Data completeness
    • Meetings booked

    Escalates when

    Any pricing question, procurement request or enterprise-tier signal routes to a human immediately.

  • Marketing Agent

    Turns what the business already knows into consistent, on-brand output.

    Responsibilities

    • Draft campaign and content variants from approved messaging
    • Assemble performance reporting across channels
    • Flag underperforming campaigns with a hypothesis
    • Maintain the content calendar

    Guardrails

    • Nothing publishes without human approval
    • Cannot make claims not present in approved source material
    • Brand and tone rules enforced on every draft

    Measured on

    • Content throughput
    • Approval rate on first draft
    • CPA

    Escalates when

    Any claim it cannot ground in an approved source is held back for review rather than softened.

  • Finance Agent

    Handles the repeatable finance operations that are high-volume and low-judgement.

    Responsibilities

    • Match invoices to purchase orders and receipts
    • Flag anomalies against historical patterns
    • Prepare month-end reconciliation packs
    • Chase overdue receivables on an approved schedule

    Guardrails

    • Cannot initiate or approve a payment
    • Cannot alter a posted ledger entry
    • Every action carries an immutable audit record

    Measured on

    • Match rate
    • Days sales outstanding
    • Close cycle time

    Escalates when

    Any variance above threshold, any unmatched item, and every payment decision goes to a human.

  • HR Agent

    Handles the administrative half of people operations so HR can do the human half.

    Responsibilities

    • Screen applications against defined role criteria
    • Coordinate interview scheduling
    • Drive onboarding and offboarding checklists
    • Answer policy questions from the approved handbook

    Guardrails

    • Never makes a hiring, promotion or termination decision
    • Screening criteria are explicit, logged and auditable for bias review
    • No access to compensation data without explicit permission

    Measured on

    • Time to schedule
    • Onboarding completion rate
    • Time to hire

    Escalates when

    Every hiring decision, any grievance, and anything touching compensation goes to a human immediately.

  • Compliance Agent

    Watches continuously for the control failures that periodic audits find too late.

    Responsibilities

    • Monitor access reviews and permission drift
    • Check outputs against policy rules
    • Assemble evidence packs for audit
    • Track regulatory change against affected controls

    Guardrails

    • Read-only. Reports, never remediates.
    • Cannot alter or close its own findings
    • Findings are immutable once raised

    Measured on

    • Control coverage
    • Mean time to detect
    • Audit findings closed

    Escalates when

    Every finding is raised to a named owner. Anything rated high severity notifies immediately.

  • Executive Agent

    Assembles the picture — so leadership decisions start from evidence rather than from whoever reported last.

    Responsibilities

    • Consolidate KPIs across every agent and system
    • Surface trends and anomalies with context
    • Prepare board and leadership reporting
    • Track decisions against outcomes over time

    Guardrails

    • Advisory only. Makes no strategic decision.
    • Every figure links back to its source
    • Flags its own confidence and data gaps explicitly

    Measured on

    • Reporting cycle time
    • Forecast accuracy
    • Data freshness

    Escalates when

    Presents options with trade-offs. Never selects between them — that stays with people.

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