Workspace Context for AI
Configure Workspace Context in Settings to share company knowledge and agent guidelines across your entire workspace without repeating information
With Workspace Context, you give your agents shared knowledge about your company, how you work, and your rules.
Key Benefits and Use Cases
Workspace Context is shared background knowledge for all agents in your workspace.
You can use it to define things like:
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What your company does
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What you use the workspace for
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What types of projects you work on
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How you work
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What internal conventions apply
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What rules and guidelines agents should follow
This way, you don't have to describe relevant information separately for each agent.
How Workspace Context Works
Workspace Context is broken down into smaller pieces. Agents can pull the relevant parts whenever they need them.
This lets shared guidelines be applied in different situations.
Example of a workspace rule: Times are generally rounded to the nearest full hour.
When an agent later analyzes recorded times, they can take this information into account in their work.
Workspace Context doesn't expand an agent's permissions. It provides shared knowledge and rules. Which tools and actions an agent can actually use is controlled separately.
Creating Workspace Context
Only users with permissions to edit workspace settings can edit the workspace context.
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Open Settings (gear icon at the bottom left of the main menu).
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Navigate to the AI category and select Workspace Context from the menu.
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In the text field What should every agent know?, write down all the relevant details and agreements.
Keep your text brief and avoid confidential information, since all workspace members can read this content.
Writing Content with an Agent
The awork Agent can help you create workspace context.
The agent can analyze existing documentation and then ask questions to complete the relevant context.
Click the Write with Agent button in the top right above the text field to use the awork Agent to help you create or edit your workspace context.
Adding Project-Specific Context
In addition to shared workspace context, projects can contain their own information for agents.
For example, a project can include a doc called For Agents.
This can include:
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Who's responsible for the project
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How tasks should be handled
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When the project is considered critical or unhealthy
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What rules apply specifically to the project
The agent can then use both the general workspace context and this project-specific context.
Example of a project rule: A project is considered unhealthy if more than 20 hours have been recorded in the current calendar month or a specific task list contains more than five tasks.
The agent can use these project rules together with the workspace context.
FAQ
What is Workspace Context?
Workspace Context is shared background knowledge for the awork Agent and Custom Agents within a workspace.
What information belongs in Workspace Context?
For example, company knowledge, project types, ways of working, internal conventions, rules, and policies.
Does Workspace Context give an agent additional permissions?
No. Workspace Context provides knowledge, but not additional tools or permissions.
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