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A colony brings together the conversation, the task plan, and the work produced for one goal. Return to it from Colonies in the sidebar to refine the result or continue the same workflow.
Screenshots show the desktop interface with fictional example data. Names, messages, counts, and connection states are illustrative, not account defaults or evidence of live activity.

Chat: give direction and review progress

State the outcome, answer questions, and send corrections in the colony chat. Follow-up instructions should identify what to keep and what to change:
Hover over the status indicator for a more specific next step. A quiet chat does not always mean nothing is happening: workers may still be running. Check Automation → Workers.

Choose a workspace tab

The panel opens on Data by default and remembers your selected tab for each colony. Drag its left edge to adjust the space available beside chat.

Data: inspect and export results

The Data tab shows tables and data collected for this colony. Select a table to inspect its rows and download it as CSV when needed. If the table you expected is missing, check whether the agent only wrote a response in chat. Ask it to save the result as a table with named columns. Colony data and shared CRM records are different destinations; say which one you want.
Data displays named tables produced by the colony.

Data displays named tables produced by the colony.

Plan: see what is next

Open Plan for the colony’s task list. Use the plan controls to update it and view History. Completed tasks can be archived and restored. Ask for an update when the task changes substantially:
Distill prompt converts a useful workflow into a reusable brief. Review the distilled text for specific customer details before saving or reusing it through the prompt library.
Plan shows example tasks, progress, and a dependency blocker.

Plan shows example tasks, progress, and a dependency blocker.

Automation: schedules, notifications, cloud, and workers

The Automation tab contains four sections: A worker transcript helps explain an unexpected result: inspect the inputs, tool activity, and reported outcome before deciding whether to retry. A successful tool call is not, by itself, proof that the business goal was met.
Automation brings schedules, notifications, cloud execution, and workers together.

Automation brings schedules, notifications, cloud execution, and workers together.

Stop and continue

The running control in the colony header exposes Pause when hovered. Use it to interrupt execution, then send a clear instruction when you want to continue. Scheduled work has its own Stop trigger control; stopping current work and disabling future scheduled runs are separate actions.

Experimental Preview

Preview is hidden by default. The Message preview tab option in Settings → Developer enables an experimental preview of outreach messages. It is not a general website-publishing or artifact-preview guarantee. The exact workspace controls can vary by app version. These instructions describe the 0.3.6 desktop source.