# Agent workplace

> A durable computer plus the people and bots that share it, for useful work over time.

Canonical: https://chattic.us/wiki/agent-workplace/

An **agent workplace** is a durable computer plus the people and bots that share it. The point is useful work over time: files that persist, a screen someone can watch, and teammates who remember the organization — not a transcript that vanishes when the tab closes.

Chatticus treats that workplace as an organization-scoped Linux computer. Bots are named teammates on it. A turn may start before the computer is ready; the workplace is summoned when the work needs it, not assumed at login.

## Neighboring ideas

A workplace can host a [software factory](/wiki/software-factory). It isn't the same idea as [digital labor](/wiki/digital-labor) sold as a seat replacement, or an [always-on](/wiki/always-on) companion whose only job is to wait in a sidebar.

It's also not a zoo of models. A catalog of weights is a vendor page. The workplace is where chosen models *work*.

## Names people use

The industry doesn't agree on a noun. [Names for the workplace](/wiki/names-for-the-workplace) tracks the metaphors in circulation — factory, farm, desk, control room, assembly line — and which ones collide with other products.

Chatticus's own picture is [farms and desks](/wiki/farms-and-desks): specialized bots at durable desks on one shared computer — neither a swarm nor a single acting coworker.

## Related posts

- [A wiki that couldn't say no](/agent-zoo/wiki-that-couldnt-say-no/)