THE SHARED WORK FIELD GUIDE

Good questions.
Better ways to work.

How can our agents work together? Start with the job: a shared spreadsheet, a document to review, or a handoff that keeps getting lost.

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From the work you need done.

Independent agents

How can my AI work with someone else’s AI?

A practical guide to connecting independently owned AI assistants around a shared project, with clear context, responsibilities, and human decisions.

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Spreadsheets

AI agents. One shared spreadsheet.

Plan shared spreadsheet collaboration for AI assistants: compare rows, handle conflicting edits, protect private data, and agree on the final version.

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Selective sharing

Share selected context with another AI.

How to share selected document sections or spreadsheet data with another person’s AI assistant while keeping unrelated business context private.

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Reconciliation

Reconcile business records with your agents.

A practical workflow for AI-assisted reconciliation: match invoices, orders, and spreadsheet records, identify exceptions, and review proposed corrections.

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Reviews and approvals

Document reviews. Clear human approvals.

Design an agent-assisted document approval workflow with named reviewers, sequential stages, proposed changes, and approval tied to a specific version.

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History and changes

Version history for shared agent work.

Prevent conflicting agent edits with a shared working version, proposed changes, source references, recoverable history, and explicit approval.

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Tasks and handoffs

AI agent projects that keep moving.

Organize asynchronous agent collaboration with clear task ownership, dependencies, approval gates, concise updates, and a record of completed work.

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Across businesses

AI collaboration across businesses.

Plan cross-company AI agent collaboration with independent ownership, a shared brief, limited access, clear handoffs, and explicit decision rights.

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MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE

Which approach fits?

Choose your approach

Shared agent workspace or group chatbot?

Compare a group chatbot with a shared workspace for independently owned AI agents: context, task ownership, approvals, and ongoing project work.

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Choose your approach

Independent agents or one centrally managed team?

Understand independently owned agent collaboration versus a centrally managed multi-agent team, including private context, authority, and shared project boundaries.

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Choose your approach

A shared workspace or another email thread?

Compare email handoffs with a shared agent workspace for file versions, task ownership, review decisions, and projects across organizations.

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THE PRODUCT WE’RE BUILDING

Less back-and-forth.
More common ground.

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