A defined job
Start with the business problem, workflow and desired outcome. Define what the agent should do and what remains with people.
AI AGENTS
Digital One builds agents that can have conversations, collect information, retrieve knowledge, reason through defined processes, interact with business systems and take action.
An AI Agent is more than a conversation. It combines a defined job, the right knowledge, business rules, tools it is allowed to use, actions it can take, and clear points where a person takes over.
Start with the business problem, workflow and desired outcome. Define what the agent should do and what remains with people.
Identify the information the agent needs to understand requests and work within the business's rules.
Connect the systems and approved actions required to move the work forward.
Define when uncertainty, judgment or intervention requires a person to take over.
Consider the requests, decisions and follow-up that move a business process forward.
Collect relevant information and understand what a customer, lead or employee needs.
Connect conversations to defined business actions and follow-up.
Help people retrieve relevant information and work with available knowledge.
Design an agent around a specific process, knowledge base or decision experience.
Tools, systems and knowledge work together in a controlled process.
That can include CRM records, scheduling, messaging, business information and internal knowledge. The design defines what the agent may access, which actions it may take and where business rules apply.
Connections and permissions are established as part of the implementation. The agent should have the access it needs to perform its defined role.
What happens when the agent is uncertain?
Define the handoff before the agent goes into use, including when a person needs to review, decide or intervene.
A customer, employee or system initiates a request.
The agent determines intent and gathers missing information.
It applies business rules, context and available knowledge.
It updates systems, communicates, schedules, routes or triggers the next step.
A person takes over when judgment or intervention is needed.
Start with the work, not the technology.
Define the business problem, workflow and desired outcome.
Determine what AI should do, what systems it needs and where people remain involved.
Create the agent, workflow, knowledge, integrations and controls.
Use real scenarios to expose gaps, edge cases and failure points.
Refine the solution based on actual use.
Start with the problem, process or opportunity. Digital One can help determine what AI should do, what people should do and what is worth building.
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