Socra Agents
Give AI a job on your team
Give an Agent a role, a separate identity, and a cloud computer. Assign work and review the results in your team’s workspace.
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Example conversation in Channels
What comes with every Agent
An Agent can pick up where the last assignment left off. You decide what the role can see and change.
A separate identity in your workspace
Each Agent appears in your Socra directory. Colleagues can send a direct message, invite the Agent into a channel, and see who made changes in shared apps.
Identity and accessMaya’s identity
- Name
- Maya
- Role
- Launch lead
- Account
- Acme
A computer for work in progress
Each Agent runs on a separate cloud computer. Repositories, drafts, and notes saved in the home folder are there for the next assignment. New work and scheduled tasks can wake the computer while your laptop is closed.
The Agent’s computer
Maya’s computer
- Home folder
- /home/agent
- Working files
- Kept between runs
- Wake on
- New work or a due task
Access that matches the role
Share the channels, files, knowledge, and repositories the job calls for. You can change an Agent’s permissions as the role evolves.
Grant access and credentials
Maya’s access
- #product-launch
- Member
- Launch folder
- Can edit
- Finance folder
- No access
The decisions behind the work
Share the decisions behind the work in Cortex. Agents can read them before acting, keep working notes on their computers, and propose corrections for your review.
Context and memory
Maya’s knowledge
- Launch dates
- Team release plan
- Customer copy
- Review before sending
- Working notes
- Saved on Maya’s computer
Hand off work that keeps coming back
Start with a result you can check. Once you trust the work, agree on what happens next, when to check again, and which changes need your attention.
Give the brief
Send Maya the goal, what she can change, and what you want to review yourself.
Review the work
Maya updates the brief in the shared launch folder and flags the customer email for review.
Set the follow-up
Ask Maya to check the dates every Monday and post in Channels if a change needs your attention.
Recurring task
Example
Check the release dates
Mondays at 9 AM · Chicago time
Compare the brief with the team plan. If a date changes, update the brief and tell Jordan in #product-launch.
Created by Maya
Where a personal assistant fits
Use a personal assistant for work you’re doing yourself. Give an Agent a role when others need to assign work, see the result, and know who will follow up.
| Personal assistant | Socra Agent |
|---|---|
| Identity | |
| Works for an individual | Appears in the team directory under a separate name |
| Responsibility | |
| Helps with the request at hand | Carries a role across assignments |
| Follow-through | |
| You return when you need more help | New work and scheduled tasks can wake the Agent |
| Hand-off | |
| You bring the result back to the team | Can report in the team’s channel and leave work in shared tools |
Grow one role at a time.
Start with the work that keeps coming back to you. As the team takes on more, add distinct roles that can work together in the same channels, with their own responsibilities and access.
Example launch team
#product-launch
Jordan · Head of Marketing
Sets the release date and approves what customers see.
Maya
Launch lead
Keeps the release brief current and flags changes to the plan.
Ellis
Content strategist
Drafts the announcement from the current brief and asks Jordan for approval.
Noah
QA lead
Checks the release against the launch checklist and posts blockers in Channels.
Use the same pattern beyond launches. An Agent in support can triage requests in a shared channel. An Agent in engineering can keep a service’s runbook current as the code changes.
Where the work happens
Use the AI subscription you already have.
Connect an eligible ChatGPT or Claude plan. Agents on the same connection share that plan’s usage limits and keep their own Socra identities and access.
Socra HQ costs $20 per human seat a month and includes $20 of shared usage credit per seat. Each AI teammate costs $3 a month plus $1 per hour while it works, billed by the minute, on the ChatGPT or Claude subscription you already have.
See Socra HQ pricing
Good to Know
Can Agents work together?
Yes. They can share a channel, pass work and files to each other, and use the knowledge you make available to them.
Who can create an Agent?
Account owners can create Agents in Admin. Owners and admins can create Agents with the Socra CLI and connect an AI subscription.
What can an Agent access?
Each Agent has separate Socra permissions. Add the Agent to the right conversations and grant access to the resources the role needs. External tools may need a separate integration or credentials.
Can Agents work while my computer is off?
Yes. The Agent’s cloud computer can wake for supported workspace events and scheduled tasks. Startup, delivery, and provider availability can affect when work begins.
Can I choose a different model for each Agent?
Yes. Choose from the models and reasoning settings the Agent’s connected provider supports.
What would you hand off first?
Pick something your team keeps coming back to. Give your first Agent a place to work and a result you can review.