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19 December 2025

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Overview

This release introduces the first set of foundational capabilities in DE Core, the framework used to build “Digital Employees” as enterprise-ready autonomous workers. DE Core now supports a standardized employee profile, core reasoning to turn requests into actions, execution through integrated tools, outbound communication, and basic multi-agent delegation—helping teams deliver Digital Employees faster and more consistently.

This is an early foundational release of DE Core intended to accelerate building role-specific Digital Employees on top of a standardized base. Additional enterprise governance capabilities (e.g., broader safety, compliance, and oversight mechanisms) will continue to evolve in subsequent releases.

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What’s new

Digital Employee Profile (Identity)

You can now define a Digital Employee with a complete, human-friendly profile so it can be recognized and referenced like a real team member:

  • Name for natural interaction.

  • Corporate email address as its organizational identifier for enterprise workflows.

  • Language setting to ensure the DE understands and responds in the configured language.

  • Job title & job description to clarify scope and support routing/delegation in multi-agent setups.

Operating Guidelines (Job Instructions)

Digital Employees can be configured with explicit job instructions—their “employee handbook”—to define:

  • Allowed vs. prohibited actions.

  • Delegation rules to specialist agents.

  • Escalation conditions.

  • Consistent response templates and boundaries.

Core Reasoning (Cognition)

DE Core now supports baseline reasoning needed for reliable execution:

  • Breaking down user requests into actionable steps.

  • Selecting the appropriate available capabilities to complete each step safely and correctly.

  • Accessing a configured knowledge base to provide fact-based answers (where enabled/configured).

Tools, MCP, and Integration Setup

Digital Employees can now “do work” by executing tools with structured inputs/outputs, including:

  • Support for executing single-purpose actions via tools (with contracts and error handling expectations).

  • Pre-built integrations for common enterprise systems (e.g., email and calendars) to reduce setup time.

  • Default model selection: By default, DE Core uses GPT 5 mini, and the user/client can configure a different model if needed.

  • Tool allowlisting: When an MCP provides a set of tools, the user/client can configure which tools are allowed for the model to use (so the DE only has access to the permitted subset).

Communication

Adds foundational communication support so the DE can send outbound messages using configured channels as part of completing tasks and workflows.

Delegation to Specialist Agents (Multi-Agent)

A Digital Employee can now delegate tasks to subordinate specialist agents and incorporate their results back into the workflow. This includes:

  • Delegating structured tasks to a specialist agent.

  • Receiving results with success/failure status.

  • Safety limits to prevent runaway or looping delegation chains.

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