# 19 December 2025

#### 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.

#### 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.