Start of day: the brief is already there
Give Toby a schedule and it runs the job without being asked again, such as a short read at 7:30 on what is on today and anything that moved overnight.
An AI coworker in Slack and Teams
An AI coworker is software that sits in the channels your team already uses and does part of the work. Toby is an AI coworker for Slack and Microsoft Teams. Ask in a thread and it breaks the job into steps, does them in your tools and answers in the same thread. Hosted in Australia.
Start with 2,000 free credits. No card, no sales call. Starter is $25 a month after that.
A day with an AI coworker
One example day. Nothing here is a result, just the shape of the work.
Mid-morning: ask where the work is
Mention Toby in the thread where a customer, a ticket or a number is already being discussed. It works out the steps.
Afternoon: read the result in the thread
The finished work lands in the same thread, so everyone who was in the conversation can see it.
Before it goes out: Approve or Reject
Toby asks before anything goes out under your name. A person makes the last call.
How an AI coworker fits in your channels
You choose which channels Toby can see. When it arrives it posts a short introduction, so nobody wonders who joined.
Everyone in the workspace shares one Toby and one plan. Whoever asks gets the answer, and so does everyone else reading the thread.
- Message it like a colleague, or mention it in a thread
- It works out the steps and uses the tools you connected
- It works the same way in Slack and in Microsoft Teams
- One credit pool covers both, and nobody pays per seat
One thread, two people, one schedule
A Teams channel in the middle of a Thursday morning.
Marcus
@Toby which timesheets are still waiting for approval?
Toby
Two are waiting for approval: Nina Cole for last Tuesday and Jordan Pike for last Friday.
Priya
@Toby post that list in the managers channel every Thursday.
Toby
Done. Each Thursday I will post the unapproved timesheets in the managers channel, so they are cleared before pay day.
What teams hand an AI coworker first
Small jobs that repeat and have a clear finish.
Morning brief
A short read at 7:30 covering what is on today and anything that moved overnight.
Meeting prep
Before a call, Toby writes up the account from HubSpot. You can read it in a minute.
Inbox triage
Ask what needs a reply today. Toby lists the emails that look urgent and the ones that can wait.
Friday digest
Toby lists the pages edited this week in a project area in Notion, with one line on each.
Habits that make an AI coworker useful
Give it one job at a time
“Summarise this week's new contacts” works better than “help with sales”.
Read the first result against what you know
Correct it and ask again. Add a schedule only after the result is right.
Keep Approve for anything that leaves
Anything that goes out under your name or changes a record should wait for a person.
Watch the first week of usage
A job that reads several systems uses more credits than a quick question. The running balance is on your dashboard.
The approve step, in practice
Before Toby sends or writes anything, it shows Approve or Reject. The last call stays with a person.
It works the same way in every connected tool. Toby shows what it is about to do, you press Approve, then it does it.
- A note on a HubSpot record is added once you press Approve
- A new page or an edit in Notion is shown to you before it saves
- A Jira issue is created or changed after you approve
- Moving a file in Google Drive waits for your Approve
Common questions
What is an AI coworker?
It is software that works alongside your team in the apps they already use. It takes requests in plain English, uses the tools you connect and posts finished work where the team can see it. A person still owns the result.
How does an AI coworker work with my team?
You message it like a colleague or mention it in a thread. It breaks the request into steps, does them in your connected tools and replies in the thread. You can give it a schedule so a job runs without being asked again.
Is an AI coworker the same as a chatbot?
No. A chatbot answers you and the work is still yours to do. An AI coworker reads the channels you put it in, uses the tools you connected and finishes the job in the thread where it was asked.
What should I hand an AI coworker first?
One small job with a clear finish, such as a morning summary or a weekly report. Check the first result against what you already know, then put it on a schedule.
How much does an AI coworker cost?
With Toby you start with 2,000 free credits and no card. After that, Starter is $25 a month for the whole workspace, so nobody pays per seat.
Does Toby work in Microsoft Teams as well as Slack?
Yes. Toby works the same way in Slack and in Microsoft Teams. One credit pool and one set of connected tools cover both.
Meet your AI coworker.
Add Toby to a channel, connect a tool if you want to and ask it for something real.
Start with 2,000 free credits. No card, no sales call. Starter is $25 a month after that.