Agents: Overview

15Five Agents are AI-powered capabilities built on top of the context layer. They turn your organization's performance data, work signals, and company context into actionable insights, coaching briefs, and AI-assisted review writing — delivered to the right person at the right moment.

Two Agents are available today: Focus Brief delivers personalized weekly coaching briefs to managers and employees. AI Assisted Reviews (beta) helps reviewers write higher-quality performance reviews grounded in real evidence.

Key Rules

  • Agents are configured by HR Admins and Company Admins from the Agents Hub in the left navigation.
  • Work system integrations (Slack, Jira, Google Calendar, etc.) feed real work data into the context layer. Integration data stays private — Agents only surface insights to people who already have access.
  • Focus Briefs are delivered via Slack, Microsoft Teams, or email on a recurring schedule. No action is required from recipients.
  • AI Assisted Reviews is available as an opt-in beta. Non-beta organizations continue using the current AI Assist experience.
  • Context you add — Company Context (set by HR) and My Context (set by individuals) — makes Agent outputs more specific to your organization over time.

Start here by role

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In This Section

Understand Agents and the context layer

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Set up and manage the Agents Hub (Admin)

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Connect work system integrations (Admin / IT Admin)

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Add and manage context (Admin / Manager / Employee)

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Set up and use Focus Briefs (Admin)

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Read and act on your Focus Brief (Manager / Employee)

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Set up AI Assisted Reviews (Admin)

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Write a review with AI Assisted Reviews (Manager / Employee)

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Use the Conversation Guide after a review (Manager)

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