Business automation is not a new concept. For years, we've relied on scripts and rule-based systems to handle repetitive tasks. But anyone who has managed these systems knows their limitations: they are rigid, brittle, and break the moment a process changes. They follow a script, unable to reason or adapt.
What if your automation could think? What if it could understand your goals, create its own plan, and adapt to unexpected challenges?
This isn't science fiction; it's the reality of agentic workflows, the technology at the core of Ivy, your autonomous digital worker. Let's move beyond the buzzwords and explore what makes this new paradigm of automation so transformative.
Traditional automation is built on if-this-then-that logic. You must meticulously define every single step, every condition, and every possible outcome.
This works perfectly until an email arrives with the subject "INVOICE" or "FW: Invoice". The rigid rules fail. This approach requires you to script the how.
An agentic workflow, powered by an AI agent like Ivy, flips the script. You simply define the what.
"You provide the goal (the 'what'), and Ivy determines the best sequence of actions (the 'how') to achieve it."
An agentic system doesn't just follow instructions; it understands intent. It breaks down a high-level objective into a series of logical steps, selects the right tools for each step, and executes them, even self-correcting if it hits a roadblock.
An agentic workflow is characterized by four key capabilities:
This is the intelligence that separates a mere script from a true digital worker.
Ivy is an advanced AI agent built on the .do platform, designed from the ground up to execute complex agentic workflows. It isn't just a chatbot or a simple task runner; Ivy is a digital team member you can delegate complex operational work to.
Instead of writing a brittle, 500-line script to generate a report, you can give Ivy a single, high-level instruction.
Consider this simple instruction using the Ivy SDK:
import { ivy } from '@do/sdk';
// Instruct Ivy to perform a complex, multi-step task
const quarterlyReport = await ivy.do({
task: "Generate the Q3 financial performance report, including summarizing key metrics and drafting an executive summary.",
parameters: {
quarter: "Q3",
year: 2024,
distributionList: ["ceo@example.com", "cfo@example.com"]
},
onSuccess: (result) => {
console.log(`Report successfully generated and distributed.`);
console.log(`Access Link: ${result.reportUrl}`);
},
onError: (error) => {
console.error(`Ivy encountered an issue: ${error.message}`);
}
});
console.log(`Task initiated. Ivy is on it. Task ID: ${quarterlyReport.taskId}`);
When Ivy receives this task, an agentic workflow kicks off behind the scenes:
This ability to reason and adapt makes Ivy fundamentally more reliable and powerful than traditional automation.
By leveraging agentic workflows, Ivy transforms complex business operations into simple, on-demand services. This is Business-as-Code. The messy, multi-step process of generating a report is now a single, programmable function call: ivy.do().
You can now integrate sophisticated business processes—from managing customer support tickets and orchestrating data pipelines to executing marketing campaigns—directly into your applications with the same ease as calling any other API.
The era of brittle automation is over. The future belongs to autonomous, intelligent digital workers who don't just follow a script but understand the goal. The future belongs to Ivy.
What is Ivy?
Ivy is an autonomous AI agent on the .do platform, designed to function as a digital worker. It can understand complex instructions in natural language and execute multi-step business workflows, from data analysis to system integrations.
How is Ivy different from traditional automation?
Unlike traditional automation that follows rigid, pre-defined rules, Ivy is agentic. It can reason, plan, and adapt to complete an objective. You provide the goal (the 'what'), and Ivy determines the best sequence of actions (the 'how') to achieve it.
What kind of tasks can I assign to Ivy?
You can delegate any digital task that can be described as a process. Common use cases include generating business intelligence reports, managing customer support tickets, orchestrating data pipelines, and executing marketing campaigns.
How do I integrate Ivy into my existing systems?
Ivy is part of the .do ecosystem and is accessible via a simple SDK and API. This allows for seamless integration into your current applications and infrastructure, turning your business logic into programmable Services-as-Software.