Platform

Agents

The three agent roles in Autodeck and how they behave inside a Deck.

Autodeck uses different agent roles instead of pretending every AI interaction is the same. Those roles are usually encountered inside a Deck.

Assistant

An assistant is a conversational helper attached to a Deck or workspace surface.

Typical use:

  • explain a result
  • answer a question about the current page
  • guide a user through the next step

The assistant acts as an advisor, not as an invisible system with unlimited power.

Specialist

A specialist is still conversational, but it is closer to the core product experience.

Typical use:

  • Deck-specific workflows where the AI is the main interface
  • guided creation or review flows
  • focused domain interactions with a narrower toolset

Worker

A worker handles background execution.

Typical use:

  • jobs that do not need a live conversation
  • scans, exports, processing tasks, or longer-running actions
  • execution that should be auditable and resumable

Why this split exists

The role split helps the product stay understandable:

  • users know what kind of behaviour to expect
  • Decks can adopt the right interaction pattern
  • governance stays clearer because the execution model is explicit

Autodeck treats agents as named system actors with permissions, scope, and audit trails. They are not anonymous scripts hidden behind a chat box.