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Aident transforms your natural language descriptions into executable workflows powered by AI agents. This page explains the key components and how they work together.

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The Building Blocks

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Aiden

Aiden is your AI assistant throughout the Aident platform. Think of Aiden as your guide who helps you:
  • Write and refine your Playbooks
  • Answer questions about your workflows
  • Suggest improvements and fix issues
  • Coordinate the Agent Team during execution
Aiden is not a team member — it’s the conversational interface you interact with. Your actual workflow is executed by the Agent Team that Aiden helps assemble.

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Playbook

A Playbook is your automation written in plain English. It’s the source of truth that describes what you want to achieve and how. Every Playbook has three core sections:

Objectives

The Game PlanWhat you want to accomplish and what success looks like.

Roster

The TeamThe specialized agents who will execute the workflow.

Collaboration Rules

The Play CallsHow agents coordinate and pass work to each other.

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Example Playbook Structure

## Objectives
Summarize my daily emails and post a digest to Slack every morning.
Success: A concise summary is posted to #daily-digest by 9am.

## Roster
- **Email Analyst**: Reads and categorizes incoming emails
- **Content Writer**: Creates concise, readable summaries
- **Project Manager**: Coordinates the workflow
- **QA Specialist**: Validates output quality

## Collaboration Rules
1. @Email Analyst fetches emails from the past 24 hours
2. @Email Analyst categorizes by priority and sender
3. @Content Writer receives categorized emails and drafts summary
4. @QA Specialist reviews the summary for accuracy
5. @Project Manager posts approved summary to Slack

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Agent Team

When you compile a Playbook, Aident creates an Agent Team — a group of AI agents ready to execute your workflow. Each agent has specific capabilities and responsibilities.

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Mandatory Roles

Every Agent Team includes two essential roles:
RolePurpose
Project ManagerCoordinates the workflow, delegates tasks, and ensures agents work together effectively
QA SpecialistValidates outputs, checks for errors, and ensures quality before final delivery

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Specialist Agents

Beyond the mandatory roles, your Playbook defines Specialist Agents — team members who handle specific parts of your workflow. Specialists are assigned capabilities (skills and integrations) based on their responsibilities.
You don’t need to manually configure agents. Just describe the roles you need in your Playbook, and Aident figures out the right capabilities for each.

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Integrations

Integrations connect your Agent Team to external tools and services. When agents need to read emails, post to Slack, or update a spreadsheet, they use integrations.

Communication

Gmail, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord

Productivity

Notion, Google Sheets, Airtable, Trello

Calendar

Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly

And More

Hundreds of integrations via our platform
Integrations are authenticated once and can be used across multiple Playbooks. Learn more in Integrations.

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Triggers

Triggers define when your workflow runs. Aident supports two types:
Run your workflow on-demand by clicking Quick Run or sending a message to Aiden. Great for:
  • Testing and debugging
  • One-off executions
  • Workflows that need human input to start

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The Execution Flow

Here’s what happens when your workflow runs:
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Trigger Fires

Either you start the workflow manually, or a scheduled trigger activates it.
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Project Manager Takes Over

The PM agent receives the task and breaks it down based on your Collaboration Rules.
3

Agents Collaborate

Specialist agents execute their parts, passing results to each other as defined in your Playbook.
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QA Validates

The QA Specialist checks the output before it’s finalized.
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Results Delivered

Final output is sent to your connected tools — Slack, email, spreadsheets, or wherever you specified.

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Compilation

When you save a Playbook, Aident compiles it into an executable Agent Team. This process:
  1. Parses your natural language into structured instructions
  2. Assigns the right capabilities to each agent
  3. Validates that all required integrations are connected
  4. Generates test cases to verify behavior
If compilation fails, Aiden will explain what’s wrong and help you fix it. Common issues include missing integrations or unclear collaboration rules.

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Compilation Status

StatusMeaning
PendingChanges detected, needs recompilation
SucceededReady to run
FailedIssues found — check Aiden’s feedback

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Next Steps

Create Your First Playbook

Follow our quickstart guide

Explore Integrations

See available connections