Synthetics, Organizations, and Settings
Recruit and commission a Synthetic, understand its lifecycle, create an organization, invite members, and find BYOB and Google Workspace.
We close the series with the pieces that make o42 a true AI Orchestration Layer: Synthetics, which work for you proactively, and Organizations, to bring all of this to your team.
What you need before you start
- A connected AI model.
- A demo organization, if you also want to follow the Organizations block (Organization mode).
Recruiting a Synthetic
A Synthetic is an agent with a heartbeat: it has a schedule and acts without being asked, always within the limits you set. To add one, you recruit it from the catalog, opened with the “+” button on the Constellation panel. Pick a Synthetic — say, a Chief of Staff — and the recruitment wizard opens: six steps with a progress indicator.
1 · Role Confirmation
Define the title of the role it will fill.
2 · Scope Definition
This is where sovereignty lives: its disclosure policy — none, subtle, or full transparency — and its update policy — automatic or requires your approval.
3 · Schedule Setting
Choose how often it acts: presets for four hours, one day, three days, or seven; or a custom schedule like “30m” or “2d.”
4 · Baseline Capture
Tell it how much time this takes you today, in hours per week — so o42 can show you how much it gives back. It’s optional.
5 · Sub-agents and tools
The Synthetic proposes Mental Models and Agents it will use; you review, remove, or add from the library.
6 · Name & Commission
Give it a name, optional custom instructions, accept responsibility, and click “Commission.” It’s born with the rules you defined.
A Synthetic’s lifecycle
Once commissioned, every Synthetic gets its own management page, where you control its lifecycle: deactivate, pause, resume, or decommission.
And this is key to trust: its accountability log. Every action is recorded and filterable; its version history lets you roll back; and if you set “requires approval,” its changes wait for your sign-off. You’re always in charge.
Synthetics also live under Settings › Constellation, where you see everything you’ve provisioned.
Bringing o42 to your team: Organizations
o42 isn’t just individual. From the avatar menu, “Create Organization” opens a form: name, logo, and the EOS concepts — purpose, niche, and core values.
Once the organization is created, its Settings has five tabs: Profile, Teams, Members, Distribution, and Workspace.
- Members — invite people with “Invite Participant” (email and role), or copy an invitation link to share directly.
- Distribution — this is where the BYOB (Bring Your Own Backend) model lives: the organization configures its own server to distribute its EOS data to members. Sovereignty at team scale.
- Workspace — connect Google Workspace: Drive, Sheets, Docs, Calendar, and Meet notes, connecting and disconnecting via OAuth.
The rest of Settings
Don’t forget the rest of Settings: MCP servers to give «o» more tools, and the command-line tools — Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Codex — to integrate them as providers.
That closes the tour of o42: four Planes, your Constellation, Synthetics working for you, and your team orchestrated. All sovereign, all under your control.
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