Getting Started

Agenteous runs as a team of AI agents that work in two places: your Slack workspace and the web app. Each agent watches its area, prepares drafts and recommendations, and asks for your approval before anything goes out. Your job is to review and decide. The agents handle the research, writing, and preparation.

Two Ways to Work

You can work however suits you, and switch between the two at any time.

• In Slack. Post a message or a question, and the agent replies in the same place with a card you can act on. You can also @mention the Concierge from any channel and it will route your request to the right agent.
• In the app. Your home page shows what needs you right now. The Work Queue is your single decision desk: one prioritized list of everything waiting on your approval or a decision, across every agent.

Both views show the same work. Pick whichever you prefer.

A typical Slack interaction looks like this:

@Agenteous Draft a LinkedIn post about our client's product launch next week

The agent reads your request, prepares a draft, and posts it back as a card with action buttons. You review the draft and choose what to do next.

Most agents take requests in their own channel, though channels are configurable and some agents are passive or work only in the app, surfacing their work in the Work Queue rather than pinging a channel.

How Approvals Work Now

When an agent has something for you to approve, it reaches you two ways: as a card in Slack and as an item in the Work Queue in the app. Use whichever you prefer; acting in one clears it from the other. If your team has turned Slack off, the Work Queue is where everything waits. You can Approve, Edit, ask for a Redraft, Skip, or Snooze it for later. Nothing goes out until you approve it.

The Core Model: Watch, Draft, Approve

Every agent follows the same pattern:

1. Watch. Agents monitor their assigned area continuously: inboxes, content calendars, client data, scheduled work.
2. Draft. When something needs attention, the agent prepares a response, a piece of content, or a recommendation.
3. Ask. The agent posts its work as an approval card with action buttons, in Slack and in the Work Queue.
4. Act. Only after you approve does anything leave the system: emails send, content posts, reports go out.

Nothing reaches your clients or any external system without your explicit approval. You can approve, edit, ask for a redraft, skip, or snooze it for later. The choice is always yours.

Outside the working hours you set, routine notifications hold until business hours resume, and response clocks pause so nothing is counted as late on your off-hours.

:::tip Approval buttons Most agent cards include Approve, Edit, Redraft, Skip, and Snooze buttons. Tapping Approve sends the item as drafted. Edit opens a text field. Redraft asks the agent to try a different angle. Skip dismisses the card. Snooze sets it aside and brings it back later. :::

What to Expect on Day One

When you first start, the agents are already active. On your first day you will likely see:

• A welcome message from the Concierge in your main agent channel, confirming the setup is complete.
• Any pending drafts or scheduled items the agents have already prepared.
• Proactive notifications from agents that monitor on a schedule, such as a morning briefing or a content calendar check.

You do not need to configure anything to begin. Start by reading what the agents have posted and responding to any pending approval cards, in Slack or in the Work Queue, whichever you prefer.

First-Day Checklist

• Open the app home page and the Work Queue to see what is waiting on you, or check your agent channels in Slack.
• Respond to at least one approval card (approve, edit, skip, or snooze).
• Ask the Concierge a question in plain language to see how routing works.
• Review the list of agents in the sidebar to understand what each one covers.
• Read Your First Content Piece for a step-by-step walkthrough.

Where to Get Help

If something looks off or a card is not making sense, ask the Concierge directly in Slack. For account or access issues, contact support@agenteous.com.

The rest of this documentation covers each agent in detail: what it does, how to ask for things, what the notifications mean, and how to handle common issues. Use the sidebar to navigate.