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HR automation for onboarding, employee requests and policy questions

Onboarding, employee requests and policy questions handled across your HR and IT tools.

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What is HR automation?

HR automation handles the repeat steps of people operations across your HR, IT and messaging tools. When someone joins, accounts, equipment requests and checklists are created. When they leave, access is removed on time. Employees get policy answers with the handbook source linked. HR signs off anything that changes a person’s record, contract or pay.

Onboarding · Elena Park, Product designer

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Manager Jo Hartley · starts in 4 days5/7

  • Employee record created

    BambooHR · E-1182 · starts Mon 3 Nov

    Done

  • Google Workspace account

    Added to design@ and all-staff@ groups

    Done

  • Slack invite sent

    #design, #new-starters, #general

    Done

  • Licenses assigned

    Figma, Linear and 1Password seats

    Done

  • Laptop request

    MacBook Pro 14″ · IT-4471 · ships Thu

    Awaiting IT

  • First-week calendar

    6 intro meetings booked with the team

    Done

  • HR sign-off

    Contract and right-to-work check · Marcus L.

    Needs sign-off

5 of 7 done four days before the start date · reminders set for IT and HR

The problem

HR teams coordinate the same steps for every new hire and leaver across several systems, and answer the same policy questions by email every week.

Our approach

We automate the HR workflows that repeat: creating accounts and tasks when someone joins, collecting and checking documents, chasing sign-offs, removing access when someone leaves, and answering policy questions from your handbook with links to the source.

  • New hires set up on their first day
  • Access removed on time when people leave
  • Policy questions answered with sources

How one run works

Each step is either fixed logic, a model doing the reading or drafting, or a person on your team. You decide which steps wait for approval.

  • Trigger · hris integration

    A new hire or leaver is recorded

  • Provision · ops agent

    Accounts, tasks and requests created

  • Collect · document agent

    Contracts and forms gathered and checked

  • Confirm · your team

    HR signs off the final checklist

HR operations · one run

Illustrative
  1. TriggerA new hire or leaver is recordedHRIS integration
  2. ProvisionAccounts, tasks and requests createdOps agent
  3. CollectContracts and forms gathered and checkedDocument agent
  4. ConfirmHR signs off the final checklistHuman in the loop
New hires set up on their first day

What we build for you

We automate the HR workflows that repeat: creating accounts and tasks when someone joins, collecting and checking documents, chasing sign-offs, removing access when someone leaves, and answering policy questions from your handbook with links to the source..

  • 1

    Onboarding and offboarding

    Accounts, equipment requests and checklists created or closed automatically.

  • 2

    Employee requests

    Leave, letters and changes handled through Slack, Teams or email.

  • 3

    Policy assistant

    Answers from your handbook and policies, with the source linked.

  • 4

    Document collection

    Contracts and forms gathered, checked and filed.

Questions about HR automation

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What is HR process automation?

HR process automation turns a repeatable people process into a tracked workflow: a request comes in, the right systems are updated, owners are asked to approve and the record is closed. Typical candidates are onboarding, leave requests, contract changes, probation reviews and exits. Rules do most of it, an AI step reads documents and answers policy questions, and HR approves anything that changes a person’s record, contract or pay.

Can an AI HR assistant answer employee questions?

Yes, for questions your handbook answers: leave entitlement, expense rules, how to request a letter. An AI HR assistant replies from your approved policies and links the source. It shouldn’t answer from memory on anything legal, and sensitive topics route to HR. It also doesn’t see other people’s records unless you give it a reason and the permission.

What does employee onboarding automation cover?

Everything triggered by a signed offer: the employee record, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account, Slack and app licenses, the laptop request, first-week meetings and the document checklist. HR sees one checklist per hire and signs off the contract and right-to-work checks.

How does offboarding automation remove access?

When a leaving date is recorded in your HR system, the system schedules account suspension, license removal, file transfer and equipment return for that date. Each step is confirmed in a log, and anything it cannot remove, such as an app with no API, becomes a task for IT with a deadline.

Do you automate recruitment?

We automate the admin around it: requisition approvals, interview scheduling, offer letters from your templates and candidate updates. Screening support and hiring decisions are covered in our employee lifecycle blueprint, and recruiters and hiring managers decide who advances.

Which HR systems do you integrate with?

BambooHR, Workday, Personio, HiBob, Rippling and others with an API, plus Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Slack for accounts and messages.

How are sensitive employee questions handled?

Topics such as complaints, health, leave disputes and legal matters go straight to HR. For everything else, the policy assistant answers only from your approved documents and links the source.

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Tell us about your onboarding and HR requests.

A 30-minute call with an engineer. You will leave knowing what a system could do for that workflow and what it would take to build.

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What happens next

  1. 1

    Strategy call

    We learn how the workflow runs today and what a good outcome would be.

  2. 2

    Workflow audit

    We map the process and measure where a system would save the most time.

  3. 3

    Proposal

    A written scope, timeline and fixed price for your first system. No obligation to build.