Agents Overview

Overview

HockeyStack Agents are AI-powered automations that transform natural language instructions into reliable, repeatable workflows. Instead of manually analyzing data or building complex integrations, you describe what you want in plain English—and the system handles the rest.

Users write a "contract" (natural language instructions), and HockeyStack's AI translates it into a structured, enterprise-grade automation that runs on schedule, on-demand, or in response to events.


The Three Core Components

1. Agent Contract (What You Write)

The contract is your plain English description of what the agent should do. Think of it as giving instructions to a new team member.

Example Contract:

For each company in my target account list:

  1. Fetch their recent website activity and engagement data

  2. Analyze their behavior and assign a score from 1–100

  3. Generate a one-paragraph summary explaining the score

  4. Save the score and summary to the company record

No coding required. The system validates your instructions and highlights any ambiguities before execution.


2. AI Engine

Behind the scenes, HockeyStack converts your contract into a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) — a structured, machine-readable format designed specifically for go-to-market automation.

Why this matters:

  • Reliability — Workflows execute predictably

  • Transparency — Every step can be audited and debugged

  • Scalability — Process thousands of records without manual effort

The DSL supports four step types:

Step Type

Purpose

Example

inject

Add data or constants to the workflow

Load your target account list

for_each

Loop through records

Process each company in a segment

if/else

Make conditional decisions

If score > 80, mark as high priority

agent

Run AI with tools and structured output

Analyze engagement and generate insights


3. Nex-LM

Agents then turn user-generated, natural language Contracts into a multi-agent system to execute.

Nex-LM is an AI model purpose-built for GTM workflows, understanding buyer journeys, buying committees, attribution, scoring, deal stages, and more.

It turns Agent Contracts into multi-step agent outcomes.


Built-In Intelligence

AI-Powered Agent Steps

Each agent step can:

  • Receive data from previous workflow steps

  • Autonomously call tools to query HockeyStack data

  • Return structured output that fits a defined schema

Example:

An agent analyzing a company may fetch visits, evaluate trends, pull associated deals, and then return a scored recommendation.

Example Tools Agents Use

Each agent can use a variety of tools depending on the Agent Contract, including fetching record details, metadata, records, analyzing patterns and buyer journeys, sending data to destinations and more.


Enterprise-Grade Execution

Durable Workflows

HockeyStack ensures:

  • No lost work — workflows resume after failures

  • Long-running support — multi-hour jobs supported

  • Deduplication — prevents accidental double runs

  • Full audit trails — every execution logged

Flexible Triggers

Trigger Type

Use Case

Scheduled

Daily scoring, weekly digests

Manual

One-off analysis or action


Structured, Trustworthy Output

Chat AI output: "The score is probably around 75 or so…"

Agent output: { score: 75,

reasoning: "High engagement...",

nextSteps: ["Schedule demo"] }

This makes the output safe and compatible for CRMs, automation, and downstream tools.

Interfaces

Each agent can use chat, slack, and email as interfaces. Agents that are built for next best steps or tasks can use Rep Cockpit as their interface.

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