How Atlantic works
Atlantic is an operating system for AI agents assigned to company roles. Here is exactly what that means.
from sign-up to deployed agent
production-ready, no config from scratch
An agent OS manages roles, not just tasks
Most automation tools give you a blank canvas. Atlantic structures agents around company roles. Each role has a defined scope, a set of connected tools, and a clear escalation path. The OS manages execution, monitors actions, and surfaces anything that needs a human.
This is the core distinction: when an agent acts within a defined role scope, every action is bounded, logged, and explainable. There's no magic black box. There's a role operating inside a system your team configures.
Every role in Atlantic has an action scope: what it can initiate, what it can only read, and what must be escalated. You configure this in plain language. No workflow builder, no code. Start with a template or build from scratch.
A Finance role might be able to: initiate payment status follow-ups, read invoice data, draft expense summaries. It cannot: approve payments, delete records, or send communications outside your domain. You set those limits. The agent stays within them.
- CAN Send payment follow-up emails
- CAN Read invoices and expense reports
- READ Bank account balances
- ESCALATE Approve any payment above $500
Your SDR agent needs HubSpot access. Your Finance agent needs your inbox and expense system. Atlantic's integration library covers the tools 20-150 person companies actually use. Connect once, and every future action the agent takes flows through authenticated connections you control.
Connections are scoped to the role. Your Finance agent's email access doesn't give it access to your sales team's thread history. Atlantic enforces permission boundaries at the integration layer, not just the role scope layer.
The agent starts running against its role scope. The monitoring panel shows every action taken, latency, success and failure, and escalations. You adjust scope as you see how the agent performs.
Most teams tighten the action scope after the first week. Not because the agent misbehaved, but because they learn where they want human judgment to stay. Atlantic is built to make that adjustment straightforward.
| Role | Status | Last action | Today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operations | RUNNING | 4 min ago | 23 actions |
| Finance | RUNNING | 12 min ago | 11 actions |
| SDR | ESCALATED | 2 min ago | 8 actions |