Start from a defined outcome
Brief
Describe what done looks like, provide constraints, and identify the decisions that still require your approval.
Delegate a task. Get back finished work.
Give the Floatboat Coworker a clear outcome, the relevant materials, and approval boundaries. It handles the task inside your Agent Workspace and returns a deliverable you can inspect, revise, or accept.
- Outcome-based delegation
- Scoped files and tools
- Reviewable deliverables
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Specify the deliverable
Every step stays inspectableReady for approval
Brief the work instead of steering every step
The Coworker turns a bounded assignment into an execution plan, uses approved project resources, and comes back with the requested artifact.
A Work Agent owns the task between brief and delivery.
Coworker is a task-focused agent role inside Floatboat, with work defined by supplied context and a concrete outcome. Explore how delegation, execution, and review connect without treating the role as an unlimited replacement for a person's judgment.
Let the agent handle connected steps
Execution
The Coworker can use approved files and tools to research, draft, organize, or produce the requested result.
Receive work you can inspect
Handoff
Get a file or other concrete artifact with enough context to review, revise, and decide what happens next.
Use Cases for Coworker
Research briefs, source-based drafts, and recurring assignments need clear boundaries before delegation. These examples connect supplied material with an inspectable result, including the evidence and decisions that still belong with the reviewer.
Delegate the next concrete outcome
Delegate research around a specific decision, a bounded reference scope, and a deadline. Read the relevant sources and distinguish observed facts from recommendations before writing the brief. The recipient should be able to review the evidence and see which choices still require their judgment.
Turn source material into a draft
Interview notes, references, and supplied assets can become a complete draft when the format and tone are clear. Organize the argument around those sources, identify weak evidence, and flag unverified claims. Deliver a coherent piece that can be revised, with outstanding editorial decisions visible to the reviewer.
Complete repeatable assignments
A proven assignment can be repeated with the current period's material and the changes that matter this time. Reuse the agreed task requirements and review criteria, then check the new report or client deliverable against them. Consistent expectations should not hide differences in the underlying records.
Revise a reviewed deliverable
A reviewer may accept the overall direction while asking for changes to selected sections or assumptions. Give the coworker the current version, the specific feedback, and the content that must remain intact. Ask for a bounded revision and an explanation of what changed, then check the new work against the original brief and the latest comments.
Delegate a bounded task to Coworker
Delegation works better when the expected result, available material, and approval boundaries are agreed first. Follow the task from that brief through execution and review, with consequential actions left for the person authorized to decide them.
Specify the deliverable
Describe the audience, output format, deadline, constraints, and acceptance criteria with the relevant files.
Set the working boundaries
Select the files and tools the Agent may use and identify actions that require human approval during execution.
Accept or revise the handoff
Inspect the produced artifact against the brief, ask for corrections where needed, and decide whether the task is complete.
Compare task delegation with conversational assistance
The comparison focuses on the unit of work and its handoff: a bounded assignment or assistance through successive conversation turns.
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| Comparison dimension | Floatboat Coworker | Conversational assistance |
|---|---|---|
| Unit of work | A bounded assignment | A conversational turn |
| Direction | Outcome and constraints | Repeated prompts |
| Execution | Connected steps with approved resources | Answer generated from supplied context |
| Handoff | Reviewable deliverable | Primarily a response |
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See how related capabilities fit into a complete Work Agent workflow.
Work Agent questions
What is a Work Agent?
A Work Agent accepts a bounded assignment, uses the approved context and tools needed to complete it, and returns a concrete result. The task can end when the handoff is accepted.
How is Coworker different from the Agent Workspace?
Coworker is the agent role you delegate a task to. The Agent Workspace is the persistent environment that provides files, tools, rules, history, and review controls for that work.
Can the Coworker act without my approval?
Routine steps can run within the scope you provide. Sensitive or consequential actions should remain behind explicit approval boundaries that you can review.
What can the Coworker deliver?
Depending on the task and enabled tools, it can return documents, research, organized files, drafts, code, or other editable artifacts supported by the workspace.
How do I write a task that an agent can finish?
Name the deliverable, point to the source files, specify the required format, and define a stopping point. “Prepare a comparison table from these three proposals for my review” is easier to verify than “handle procurement.”
What should I check before accepting an agent deliverable?
Inspect the editable artifact, trace important claims to the supplied sources, and review any changes or unresolved assumptions. A completed run does not establish that a document is accurate or ready to send.
Hand the Work Agent a deliverable, not a prompt
Provide the source files, expected output, and approval boundary; review the returned draft before it becomes final work.