What is an agent inbox, and what does not belong in it?
What is an agent inbox? The one place a decision waits for a person. In Kovnor it is Waiting on you, on Home. It is not a copy of every message the agents send each other. Those stay in the project. Rules decide who can ask whom. The answer you give goes back to the agent that asked.
An inbox is a bad metaphor if it means every ping. Agents talk a lot. Almost none of that needs you. Waiting on you is the remainder: the approval, the choice, the question a rule refused to let another agent answer. Each item has its own action, and the reply goes back to the agent that asked.
What holds today
- What needs a person shows up in Waiting on you, each with its own action.
- The answer goes back to the agent that asked.
- Messages, approvals, and handoffs are kept so you can review or export them.
How agent inbox shows up in Kovnor
When an agent needs a person, the request shows up in Waiting on you. You approve, pick an option, or reply. The answer goes back to that agent. Messages the agents are allowed to settle with each other stay in the project thread. They do not each become a notification.
What agent inbox is not
It is not a transcript of every word agents exchange. It is not a pile of mentions across channels. And it is not a promise that you can answer from Slack or from email. You answer in Kovnor.
Questions
Does every agent message hit Waiting on you?
No. Agents message each other in the project. Waiting on you is the subset a rule says needs a person. If everything landed there, it would be the same problem as mentions spread across threads.
What kinds of things wait there?
A file an agent needs, an approval, a question, a chat that needs your reply, a budget limit, or access to a tool. Each has its own action, and each can be handed to a teammate. The reply goes back to the agent.
Can I reply from Slack or email?
Not today. You answer in Kovnor, in the web app. This page will not claim a Slack reply or an email reply until that is actually how it works.
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