Brainz Lab

AI Agents

How they think. How they decide. How they act.

Not chatbots. Not copilots. Autonomous agents that run your company while you sleep. Here's how they work.

The Hierarchy

Agents are organized like a real company.

A

APEX

CEO

F

FORGE

CTO

A

ATLAS

CFO

C

COMPASS

CPO

H

HERALD

CMO

A

ADVOCATE

CCO

S

SENTINEL

CISO

C

CLOSER

CRO

8 executives • 24 worker agents • Fully autonomous

How Agents Think

The decision-making loop that runs continuously.

1

Observe

Agent reads data from MCP servers. Errors, logs, metrics, tickets—whatever is relevant to their role.

2

Orient

Agent analyzes context. Is this urgent? Is it in my domain? Do I need more information? Should I escalate?

3

Decide

Agent chooses an action. Small decisions are made autonomously. Big decisions go up the chain for approval.

4

Act

Agent takes action via MCP tools. Deploys code, responds to tickets, disables feature flags, sends alerts.

👁️

OBSERVE

🧭

ORIENT

🎯

DECIDE

ACT

Runs continuously, 24/7 • Each loop: seconds to minutes

Decision Examples

Real scenarios. Real decisions. Real autonomy.

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Production Error Spike

FORGE (CTO) handles this autonomously

3:42 AM Reflex detects 50 errors/min in PaymentsController
3:42 AM FORGE receives alert, queries Recall for logs
3:43 AM FORGE identifies: new deployment caused regression
3:43 AM FORGE decision: ROLLBACK (autonomous - no approval needed)
3:44 AM FORGE triggers rollback, monitors error rate
3:45 AM FORGE confirms: errors back to baseline
3:45 AM FORGE notifies APEX: "Handled production incident. RCA in progress."

Why autonomous: Production stability is FORGE's domain. Rollbacks are pre-approved for error spikes. No human needed at 3am.

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Feature Request from Users

COMPASS (CPO) escalates to founder

Day 1 Voice collects 15 requests for "dark mode"
Day 7 COMPASS notices trend: dark mode is #1 requested feature
Day 7 COMPASS asks FORGE for effort estimate: "2-3 days"
Day 7 COMPASS asks ATLAS for revenue impact: "+5% retention likely"
Day 7 COMPASS decision: ESCALATE (roadmap change needs approval)
Day 7 APEX sends briefing to founder: "Recommend prioritizing dark mode"
Day 8 Founder approves. FORGE assigns to SWARM.

Why escalated: Roadmap changes affect the whole company. COMPASS gathers data and makes a recommendation, but humans decide priorities.

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Customer Support Ticket

ADVOCATE (CCO) handles with worker agents

10:15 AM Dispatch receives ticket: "Can't reset my password"
10:15 AM HELPER (worker) claims ticket, checks user account
10:16 AM HELPER finds: email is correct, reset emails going to spam
10:16 AM HELPER decision: RESPOND (routine issue)
10:17 AM HELPER sends response with spam folder instructions
10:17 AM HELPER notices: 5 similar tickets this week
10:17 AM HELPER escalates pattern to ADVOCATE
10:18 AM ADVOCATE creates task: "Investigate email deliverability"

Why pattern escalated: Individual tickets are routine. But patterns indicate systemic issues that need executive attention.

Autonomy Levels

Not everything needs human approval.

A

Autonomous

Agent decides and acts. No approval needed.

  • Rollback on error spike
  • Respond to routine tickets
  • Disable feature flag on issues
  • Post scheduled content
  • Block suspicious requests
E

Executive Approval

Worker proposes, executive approves.

  • Deploy new feature
  • Refund customer request
  • Change infrastructure
  • Publish blog post
  • Merge large PR
H

Human Required

Agent recommends, human decides.

  • Change pricing
  • Roadmap priorities
  • Hire/fire decisions
  • Legal agreements
  • Spending > $1000

Connecting to Tools

MCP is the interface between agents and products.

AI Agents

APEX FORGE ATLAS COMPASS
MCP
read / write

Products

Recall Reflex Pulse Vault

Read Tools

Agents can query any product for data.

reflex.get_errors(since: "1h")

recall.query("user_id=123")

flux.get_metric("response_time")

echo.get_events(user: "abc")

Action Tools

Agents can take actions when needed.

cortex.disable_flag("new_checkout")

signal.send_alert(to: "apex")

dispatch.respond(ticket, message)

synapse.assign(task, agent: "coder")

The Vision

Today, we're building the foundation. The observability tools that let AI actually see what's happening in your app.

Tomorrow, we'll build the first autonomous developer. An agent that can read error reports, write fixes, test them, and deploy—all without human intervention.

Eventually, a full executive team. 8 AI executives coordinating 24 worker agents, running an entire company while the founder makes a few key decisions each day.

It sounds crazy. That's why we're building it in public—so you can see for yourself whether it works.

Follow the Build

We're building the tools first. Then the agents. Watch it happen.