📖Reference: AI Employees

Introduction

AI Employees in Motion are automated team-level agents that can perform tasks, run skills, and interact through chat. Like human teammates, they are governed by workspace roles and permissions (RBAC - Role Based Access Control), and their actions follow system-defined rules for context, connections, and approvals. This reference outlines what AI Employees are, how they operate, and the limits of their behavior.

At a Glance

1. Foundations

• Definitions and terminology → What AI Employees are and how they are named.

• Manual vs. Autonomous → How they work in chat vs. automated tasks.

• Default behavior → What they do automatically without extra setup.

• AI Skills Definitions → Actions available in your skill workflow.

2. Rules & Governance

• Context rules → Clarify whose context an AI Employee runs under.

• System rulebook → Permissions, scope, and operating modes.

• Limitations → Boundaries and unsupported scenarios.

3. Connections & Access

• Connections and approvals → First-use flow for integrations and approving actions.

• Integrations → Supported integrations and how they are authorized.

4. Usage & Design

• One-Pager Library → Concept docs for each AI Employee (purpose, skills, guardrails, workflows).

• Data formats & I/O → What inputs/outputs AI Employees can handle.

5. Lifecycle & Support

• Versioning & lifecycles → Updates, maintenance, and deprecation.

• Troubleshooting → Fixing blockers like permissions or missing connections.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this reference, you’ll understand how AI Employees function as team-level agents in Motion. You’ll know the rules that govern their permissions, context, connections, and modes of operation, as well as their data inputs and outputs, limitations, and lifecycle.

Summary

AI Employees are team-level agents in Motion that operate under workspace permissions to run skills, respond in chat, and connect with external services. This reference defined their system rules — from roles, modes, and context, to integrations, data formats, limitations, and lifecycle updates. Together, these details serve as the rulebook for what AI Employees can and cannot do inside Motion.