The building blocks · with examples
You already know what Typework is. This is the practical map — the eight building blocks you get, what each does, and how you'd actually use it. You assemble a system out of these pieces.
Agents are AI teammates you configure and put to work. Each has a name, a persona and instructions you write, and a type that shapes how it behaves:
You give an agent Skills (reusable capabilities — "collect an application," "book an interview," "send an invoice") and Workflows. Run several agents, mark one as main; incoming messages route to the right one by intent.
The Inbox is the single place your team sees every conversation, from every channel, as one thread per contact:
Example
A "Spark Concierge" (Form agent) on your Apply page collects applications into your datasheet and answers common questions. When an applicant asks something nuanced, it escalates — the thread lands in Urgent and your team replies from the Inbox, on whatever channel they used.
Connections link your outside accounts so your agents can act through them.
WhatsApp. Connect your WhatsApp Business number. Agents chat with people on WhatsApp, and you send Meta-approved template messages to start conversations or reach someone outside the 24-hour window:
Stripe. Connect Stripe and take payments from your people into your account. Agents and skills can:
The agent always confirms the amount before charging. The same layer drives Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Drive, Meet, Maps, LinkedIn, and TikTok — no passwords shared, and anything that sends, charges, or posts waits for your approval.
Example
After an accept decision, an agent creates and sends a Stripe invoice for a program fee. The morning of the Forum, a WhatsApp template reminds every registered guest with their arrival details.
Datasheets are your data as smart tables. You define the columns — text, number, select, date, even map/location — and each row is a record. Then ask in plain language and get a live dashboard back:
Pages build public pages and internal portals on your own address — no separate website tool. A page can read from datasheets (saved queries) and write to them (forms), at an address like pages.typework.ai/artifactfutures/apply. Gate a page to members only and turn on bot protection.
Example
Your Applications datasheet (28 columns) is fed by a public Apply page and read by an internal Review portal that shows the pipeline; a saved query renders the screening funnel as a bar chart your team watches live.
A Workflow is a named, multi-step automation that does real work safely — validate inputs, write data, call a connected app, return a result — as one guarded action with:
Triggered by an agent, embedded on a page, called by API, or run on a schedule. You author them conversationally — describe the step, Typework assembles it from safe building blocks, you test, then publish. Versions are locked.
Example
A "Schedule Interview" workflow takes an application, creates a Google Meet + Calendar event, emails the invite, and records the interview back on the application — one reliable action your Spark agent runs. Another, "Issue First-Cheque Invoice," runs Stripe behind a single confirm.
AI Drive is your organization's knowledge store. Upload documents, files, images, and video — one at a time or in bulk. Add a short description to each, and Typework indexes the title, description, and contents together for meaning — so search finds the right thing even when the words don't match exactly. Your agents search the Drive mid-conversation to answer from your own material.
Example
Upload the three ARTIFACT Journal issues, your Spark thesis, and the Forum brief. When an agent answers an applicant or a prospective contributor, it grounds its reply in what you've actually written.
The Marketing Hub is an AI marketing workspace. Point it at your site and materials, and it runs the loop:
Example
Promote the next London Forum: generate a coordinated LinkedIn + TikTok + email campaign, schedule the posts across the run-up, and watch engagement come back in one place.
People. Add your team and members as internal users — employee, member, or guest — with their email/WhatsApp identifiers and a login.
Roles. Define roles with allow/deny rules over Drive files, folders, and knowledge (a deny always wins). Attach roles to your login methods — password, Microsoft, Apple, Google — where a required role controls who may log in and a default role is auto-assigned to new sign-ups. Then gate pages to specific roles, or make a whole channel internal-only.
Example
Your "ARTIFACT Review Login" gates the Review portal. Reviewers get a Reviewer role that sees applications but not billing; ATF Core gets full access; the public sees only the Apply page.
Typework runs on selectable AI modes, chosen from the mode pill in the composer:
Max is the most capable mode, for real reasoning — triaging applications, analyzing data, drafting in your voice. Generate creates content and runs on a credit balance: you start with a pot of credits, each creation spends some, and anything that fails is refunded. A counter shows your balance.
Example
Use Max to score and summarize your Spark applications; switch to Generate to produce a poster and short teaser video for the Forum — then hand those to the Marketing Hub to publish.
| Agents & Inbox | AI teammates on every channel, in one shared inbox |
| Connections | WhatsApp, Stripe, Google, and more — driven by your agents, with approval |
| Datasheets & Pages | Your data as smart tables, and public/internal pages built on top |
| Workflow | Safe, auditable multi-step automations |
| AI Drive | Your knowledge, searchable by meaning and used by your agents |
| Marketing Hub | Research → create → publish → measure, across channels |
| People & Roles | Team accounts, gated portals, precise access |
| Max Mode | Deep reasoning, fast turns, and content generation |