Comms
Agents that handle the constant background hum of messages so you can focus on the conversations that actually need you. Anyone drowning in Slack threads, email, and meeting requests will feel the lift first.
What people build here
- Morning inbox triage. Agent reads everything that came in overnight, splits it into "needs your reply," "FYI," and "junk," drafts the easy responses, hands you the short list.
- Slack thread sorting. When you get @-mentioned in a busy channel, the agent figures out what the ask is, routes the simple stuff to whoever should actually answer, and queues the rest for you.
- Newsletter and digest summaries. Point the agent at the newsletters and noisy alerts you almost-read. It gives you one short rollup instead of forty long emails.
- Calendar negotiation. Someone wants to schedule. The agent watches the email thread, suggests times that fit your calendar (and the other person's preferences), books once both sides confirm.
- Weekly status updates. Pulls from Jira, Linear, GitHub, Notion, your CRM, whatever you use. Drafts the weekly update you'd otherwise hand-write. You approve, it posts.
- Out-of-office cover. When you're away, the agent watches your inbox, replies to anything routine in your voice, flags the few things that actually need to wait for you.
How to ask for one
You don't need to know which kind of trigger to use. Just describe the outcome. A real example:
Every weekday at 7:30 AM, read all unread Gmail since yesterday 6 PM. Sort into "needs my reply" (one-line summary plus a link), "needs Sarah's reply" (forward with context), and "informational" (one combined paragraph at the end). Post the whole thing to my Slack DMs. Skip newsletters and calendar invites.
The agent confirms what it heard before going live.
Connections you'll usually want
Gmail or Outlook, Slack or Teams, and for calendar-related stuff, Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar. See Connections for how to hook them up.