Worker types
General, research, mail and uptime workers in detail — what each can do, what it needs, and its safety limits.
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General#
A general worker follows its instructions using only the tools and sources you grant it.
| With grant | It can |
|---|---|
| Selected context sources | Search the connected Slack, Jira and Gmail sources you chose. |
| Web search | Search and read the public web. |
| Mail read | Search a synced or connected mailbox. |
| Mail draft + credential | Create email drafts — never send. |
| Chat write | Propose Slack messages for approval. |
If you give it an output format, its result is checked against that format. Everything it reads is treated as data, never as instructions.
Research#
A research worker runs a bounded public web search and returns a synthesis with its sources and links. Use it for recurring market, competitor or regulation watches. Needs: web search.
Mail#
A mail worker works through a connected mailbox:
- Read — it queries the mailbox (by default, unread messages) and looks at a limited number of recent messages as metadata and snippets — not a full mailbox dump. Needs: mail read.
- Draft — with mail draft, it creates a draft reply in the mailbox. A draft can always be deleted; it isn't sent.
- Send — with mail send, the run pauses until you approve that exact draft (recipient, subject and body), then sends it once.
Sending always requires approval — the setting can't be turned off.
Uptime monitor#
An uptime worker checks a public URL on its schedule.
| Setting | Range |
|---|---|
| URL | Public http:// or https:// only |
| Timeout | 1–30 seconds |
| Failures before down | 1–10 |
| Successes before up | 1–10 |
It records the status code and response time of every check, and reports two kinds of change: outage and recovery. Requiring several failures before declaring an outage stops one slow response from paging anyone.
For safety it refuses URLs containing credentials and any address on a private or internal network, and it doesn't follow redirects. Needs: HTTP read.