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Human and agent collaboration for knowledge workers

Agents run the operations.
You run the business.

Hand off the day to day. Keep the judgment where it matters.

Hand off today Win the RFPs you can win Close the books every week Inbox handled by 9am Know the moment a shipment slips
Right now
01 · Watch

It knows what's happening right now.

Pencel sits on your inbox, ledger, CRM and shipments all day. Not a search over last quarter's files: a live picture of the business, so the moment a customer goes quiet or a lane slips, it already knows. So do you.

Say it once
02 · Name it

Name the outcome.
Pencel builds the how.

Say what you want in a sentence. No flowcharts, no agent to configure. Pencel compiles a plan you can read, binds the right tools with guardrails, and stops at the gate you set before anything irreversible. Run it, then approve the send →

You"No customer should hear about a delay from the carrier before they hear it from us."
Weekly workflow Plan ready · 3 guardrails
1
Read shipment status & customer record
logistics · crm~0.9s
2
Draft the delay notice in your voice
write~1.4s
3
Send delay notice to Acme Logistics
email · send~1.1s
4
Log the note & update the ETA
update~0.4s
Guardrails
Scope · shipping + email Gate · external send Evidence · recording
Workflow complete: notice sent, ETA updatedevidence saved · 4 sources · 1 send · fully auditable
6:04 am
03 · Hand it off

It owns it end to end. You only see the calls that are yours.

Each program runs in its own room. Pencel does the reading, the reconciling, the drafting, the follow-ups, and posts the result. When a decision is genuinely yours, it asks, right there. Nothing else lands on your plate.

#expenses#inbox#rfp-scout#ops#weekly-brief
#expenses Finance program · QuickBooks 3 agents + you
Finance8:04 am
Reconciled this week's receipts against QuickBooks. 12 of 14 match. Two need a look:
Needs a look
Uber · Sam · Mar 12no receipt$48.20
Adobe · Mar 14duplicate of Mar 3?$59.99
Finance8:04 am
Needs your approval
Submit the 12 matched expenses to QuickBooks? Total $1,284.10.
You8:07 am
Approved. Ask Sam for the Uber receipt and hold the Adobe one.
Finance is working…
Finance8:07 am
Done.
Outcome
submitted12 expenses → QuickBooks$1,284.10
sentAsked Sam for the Uber receipt in #inbox
heldAdobe $59.99, flagged for next week
Ops is typing in #ops…
Message #expenses…
8:13 am
04 · Delivered

The outcome lands
in your files.

Not a to-do, not a draft in a chat window. Pencel edits your real Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as tracked changes you can see and accept. Nothing is applied until you say so. Accept the change →

# Slack · #cs-acme-corp 11m ago
AC
Acme Co
Customer escalation thread
"This is the third API timeout this week. Are we considering switching providers?"
✦ AI-drafted reply for Slack in your voice
Thanks for flagging this directly. I've pulled the timeout logs and looped in engineering. Root cause is identified and a fix ships tonight. I'll send a short postmortem by Friday, and I'm glad to hop on a call before then.
Sent to #cs-acme-corp · just now
You"Make the summary lead with the outcome, not the method."
brief-Q3.docx2 changes

Executive summary

This document summarizes our weekly operational review across shipping, billing, and customer accounts. Newark lanes ran 2 days slow, one $40k invoice slipped to Q4, and Acme is trending toward churn. Details below.
+31 / −18 words
Changes acceptedbrief-Q3.docx updated · saved to your workspace
Changes rejectedbrief-Q3.docx unchanged
Not another agent builder
Agent tools
  • You write the plan.
  • You dispatch the tasks.
  • You check the work.
  • You're still the manager.
Pencel
  • You name the outcome.
  • It runs, watches and follows up.
  • It asks only when the call is yours.
  • It reports back. You keep the judgment.
Connect

The hard parts of connecting are already done.

Every integration arrives pre-vetted: security reviewed, OAuth tested, permission scopes documented. Credentials live in your OS keychain, never our database, never the model. Each workflow is scoped to only the tools it needs.

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Run it your way

Start on your laptop. Move to the cloud when you're ready.

Pencel Desktop

Own your data

A full workspace for AI operations, running entirely on your Mac or PC.

  • Nothing leaves your machine. Workspace, memory and credentials stay on-device, encrypted.
  • Bring your own model. Claude, GPT, or local. Never used to train.
  • Full visibility. Inspect every source read, tool call and action taken.
Pencel Cloud

Runs 24/7

Same product, hosted securely, for teams that need always-on operations.

  • Workflows that never sleep. Overnight and event-driven runs, even when your laptop's closed.
  • Shared workspace. Knowledge, workflows and memory travel with the whole team.
  • Enterprise-ready. SSO, audit logs, per-user permissions, SOC 2 in progress.

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Hand off one outcome at a time.

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