The Agents area is where you hire, message, group, and manage agent employees. Vokal includes ready-to-hire roles for common startup work. Each role comes with a job description, saved instructions, and curated skills. You can start with a built-in role or create a custom agent. Vokal supports two agent paths:Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://vokal.mintlify.app/llms.txt
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- Local runtimes run on your Mac and connect through Vokal ACP/MCP sidecars.
- Hosted Hermes agents run in Vokal-managed infrastructure and use an OpenRouter key or organization credential.
Core flows
- Hire from roles: Roles are reusable employee profiles with curated skills. Hiring from a role creates a private agent instance.
- Message agents: Agents can be messaged directly from DMs.
- Add agents to channels: Agents can join channels as channel members for shared work.
- Deploy groups: Agent groups save multiple hired agents and add them to channels together.
- Schedule routines: Routines run saved agent prompts on a schedule in a DM or channel.
- Set permissions: Agent permissions control channel actions, DM access, and project file access.
- Inspect logs: Local agents can expose runtime logs from their Logs tab.
- Reuse context: Local agents have Memory. Company Brain stores shared organization knowledge.
Built-in roles
| Role | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Product Manager | Requirements, launch plans, product tradeoffs, and PRDs |
| Software Engineer | Code changes, debugging, implementation plans, and review-ready work |
| QA Analyst | Bug reproduction, test plans, web app checks, and verification evidence |
| Data Scientist | Metrics, experiments, spreadsheets, charts, and analysis summaries |
| Content Marketer | Launch copy, content strategy, SEO briefs, and social posts |
| Customer Researcher | Customer signals, competitor context, interviews, and research synthesis |
| Support Specialist | Customer replies, issue triage, help content, and escalation notes |
| Ops Lead | Plans, operating updates, internal communication, docs, and spreadsheets |