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AI workforce for IT Services Engineering

AI agents for engineering teams in IT services

Actionist is an AI automation tool whose agents operate the repos, pipelines and migration consoles your MSP engineers already use, from rebuilding a cutover status by hand to a single page that is already assembled.

Script reviews, migration batches and change evidence tracked across every client project, ready before the stand-up.

Your AI workforce
26 hrssaved on avg per person / month
$1,248avg saved per person / month
26avg scheduled jobs a week
Operates your stackActionist App Store
How it works

AI Employees for IT Services Engineering in 4 simple steps

  1. Manual Time

    We'll go over where you currently waste your time doing manual tasks.

  2. Actionist Automations

    We'll show you exactly how Actionist can automate these manual tasks.

  3. Your Benefits

    How much time and money you'll save by onboarding AI agents.

  4. Easy to use

    We'll show you how easy it is to enable AI across your business.

01

Where you spend your time

Why IT Services Engineering teams switch

We know how your week actually goes

What matters to you
  • Script changes reviewed and released
    Pull requests on the shared library never sit unseen, and each release is tagged.
  • Migrations tracked to cutover
    Batch results, failed mailboxes and client approvals sit in one status view.
  • Changes backed by evidence
    Pilot results, config diffs and rollback packages are gathered before the window.
  • Monitoring noise trimmed
    Flapping monitors and ignored alerts are listed for tuning, not endured.
  • Firmware and cloud drift caught
    Advisories are matched to client devices and exposed keys or buckets are listed.
  • Incidents documented properly
    P1 timelines, runbook updates and problem records are drafted while memories are fresh.

And hundreds of other tasks you do manually..

An agent can take a lot off your team's plate. Take a look below to see the time and cost you could save by adding AI agents to your IT Services Engineering team's day.

The problem

Where the hours go

  • A script fix for a broken client policy sits in a pull request for three days because the one engineer who owns the module is on a project, and nobody chases, so the clients stay broken.

    An agent watches the repos, names each change waiting past a day, and nudges the module owner in Slack with the client impact attached, so reviews stop blocking releases.

  • On cutover weekend the project lead has to ask three people for mailbox batch status, failed items and client sign-off, and compile the answer from memory and half-finished notes.

    An agent reads the migration console on a schedule, groups failures by cause, tracks the client approvals, and keeps one status page current for the lead.

  • A critical firewall advisory is read on Monday, but working out which clients run the affected firmware takes until Wednesday, because each device list has to be opened one by one.

    An agent matches each advisory to the client device list as soon as it appears, ranks clients by exposure, and drafts the notes for an engineer to approve.

  • After a P1 the engineers piece the timeline together from alerts, ticket notes and chat scrollback, and the root cause write-up slips for weeks, so the same fault repeats at another client.

    An agent gathers the alerts, notes, chat and change records into an ordered timeline and drafts the root cause note, leaving the conclusions to the engineers who handled it.

02

Actionist Will Automate

Anatomy of an automation

What one automation looks like

Trigger·When a reviewer approves a change to the shared script library
Trigger
Step 1
Actionist
A script change is approved in the repository and queued for a change window
Confirmation
Step 5
Human
An engineer reviews the evidence summary and decides go or no-go for the window
Saved per run
50 min
Runs / week
~1×
Every change window starts from one page of evidence, and the go or no-go decision is never made from memory
A week in the life

A week with your IT Services Engineering agents

26Scheduled jobs
6Agents at work
24/7Always on
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Apps

Some of the apps for your IT Services Engineering team

Some of the apps your engineering agent operates for you. Hundreds more are in the Actionist App Store.

Triggers

Your Agent wakes up Automatically whenever something happens

Your agents watch the apps you already use and act the moment something happens, usually within about a minute, handle it based on your instructions, 24/7.

WhenA script pull request has waited a day for reviewfires within about a minute
The agent automatically

Within about a minute of the one day mark passing, the agent reads the pull request, finds which clients' policies call the changed script, and posts a targeted nudge to the module owner in Slack. It never approves or merges the change. If the owner is away, it lists the next reviewer for the team lead to assign.

Receives this trigger from
What it automates

Use cases for this team

03

Your benefits

Manual vs agent

Where the time goes back

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Engineering
    70 min / week
    Chasing reviews on the script library

    Scrolling the GitHub and GitLab pull request lists, working out who owns each module, and messaging reviewers one by one while clients wait for a fix.

    Engineering Agent
    0 min
    Agent names stalled changes and nudges owners

    An agent finds each change waiting past a day, adds the clients it affects, and nudges the module owner in Slack. Merging remains an engineer's decision.

  • Engineering
    90 min / week
    Reading pipeline failures

    Opening each failed run, scrolling to the lint or test error, and guessing whether the runner or the commit caused it.

    Engineering Agent
    0 min
    Agent reads the log and names the failing test

    An agent reads the failed log within about a minute, separates a flaky runner from a broken change, and posts the failing test with its likely owner.

  • Engineering
    240 min / week
    Tracking a tenant migration

    Opening the migration console several times a day, copying batch results into a sheet, and asking the client for DNS and cutover approvals by email.

    Engineering Agent
    0 min
    Agent keeps one status page current

    An agent reads batch results on a schedule, groups failures by cause and updates the project page. Client requests are drafted for the lead to approve.

  • Engineering
    100 min / week
    Matching a firmware advisory to the client estate

    Reading the vendor advisory, opening each client's device list and working out who runs the affected model, usually after the weekend has passed.

    Engineering Agent
    0 min
    Agent ranks clients by exposure

    An agent compares the advisory with every client's device list and ranks clients by exposure, with a drafted note per account engineer for approval.

  • Engineering
    120 min / week
    Reconstructing a P1 timeline

    Piecing together alert times, ticket notes and chat scrollback from four tools, then writing the root cause note weeks later from memory.

    Engineering Agent
    0 min
    Agent assembles the timeline and drafts the note

    An agent orders the alerts, notes, chat and change records, then drafts the root cause note for the engineers to correct and publish.

+ 100s of other automations
Average monthly
24 hrs / person / month
ROI

What that's worth

Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
6 people
Hourly rate
$48 / hr
Hours saved / week
36
Hours saved / year
1,800
Annual ROI
$86,400

Based on typical team usage: the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~6 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

04

How easy it is to use

Automatic onboarding

We'll do all the heavy lifting for you.

From entering your website address to having a working AI team, no effort from you.

  1. Step 1

    Enter your website

    • We'll research your business
    • Automatically configure everything for you
    Try the demo
  2. Step 2

    Actionist Auto

    Optional
    • Watches you work
    • Creates your agents, workflows and schedules
    Get the extension
  3. Step 3

    Marketplace

    • Hundreds of apps, plus agents and workflows
    • Pre-configured by other users
    Browse the App Store
  4. Step 4

    Invite your team

    • We'll automatically onboard them too
    • Focus on the things that matter
    Open Actionist

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See exactly what Actionist would automate for your business.

Trust & control

You stay in control

An agent that reads repos, migration consoles and client configs only earns its place if an engineer decides what ships and what changes. Actionist keeps promotion, deployment and client messages in human hands and logs every read and every draft.

The engineer decides go or no-go

The agent assembles pipeline results, diffs and rollback links. Merging, promoting and deploying a change stays with a person, always.

Client messages wait for approval

Status notes, DNS change requests and advisory notices are drafted for review. Nothing reaches a client contact until an engineer approves it.

Destructive actions always ask first

Deleting a resource, rotating a key or changing a firewall rule stops for explicit approval, whatever autonomy you set for lower risk steps.

Your code and client data stay yours

Scripts, configs and project data are encrypted, never used to train models, and every action is logged. You can self-host Actionist on your own VPS.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Do my engineers need to be technical in a new way to use AI agents for engineering teams?
No. The agent works in the repos, pipelines and consoles your engineers already use, and you describe each job in plain language. Your team coaches it the way it would a junior engineer, correcting the first few evidence packs or status notes until they match how you work. No code is needed to set it up.
How do I get started with Actionist for script reviews and migrations?
Book a free demo and bring the routine that costs you the most time, often the stalled pull request chase or the migration status compile. The team sets up a working example against your repos or a sample project so you see the output before deciding anything.
How do I build a customised AI agent for our engineering routines?
You describe the agent's role, the repos and consoles it reads, and the approval rules for each step. For change evidence you say which results to collect and who decides. The agent applies those rules every run, and you edit them as your process changes.
How quickly can I set Actionist up for our engineering team?
A first agent that nudges stalled pull requests and posts failing pipeline tests can be running within a day of your demo. Routines across several tools, such as migration status, usually take a few days of tuning on one live project before you widen them.
Where do our scripts, client configs and project data live, and is it used to train AI?
Your scripts, configs and project data stay yours. Everything the agent reads and writes is encrypted, none of it trains any AI model, and every action is logged for review. If client contracts require it, you can self-host Actionist on your own VPS.
How does the agent read migration consoles and vendor portals that have no API?
The agent operates the screen of the app, so a migration tool or vendor portal with no API can still be read: it opens the console as an engineer would, copies the batch results and logs them in the project sheet. That needs a machine signed in to those tools.
Will the agent merge code, deploy a change or edit a firewall by itself?
No, not by default. It prepares: the nudge, the evidence page, the diff and the drafted note. Merging, promoting, deploying and changing a client's configuration stay with a person, and destructive steps always stop for explicit approval whatever autonomy you have set elsewhere.
Can it decide whether a change is safe to go ahead?
It cannot, and it is not meant to. It gathers pipeline results, pilot outcomes, diffs and rollback links so the person responsible sees everything on one page. The go or no-go decision stays with your change manager or engineer, and the agent records that decision in the channel.
How does it work when our scripts are split across GitHub, GitLab and Azure DevOps?
You list the repos each agent should watch and who owns each module, and it reads them the same way whichever host they sit on. A single morning list can cover all three, with each stalled change named by client impact and routed to the right owner.
Get started

See an agent gather change evidence and nudge a stalled script review

Book a free demo and watch an Actionist agent read a pipeline failure, track a migration batch and assemble the evidence for a change window, ready for an engineer to decide.