Work Coordination Agents

Coordinate timing, ownership, and accountability across fragmented workflows—without adding more managers or meetings.

Work doesn’t fail because no one knows what to do. It fails because no one knows when to do it, who is supposed to do it, or whether it’s already been done.

GLIK’s Work Coordination Agents specialize in solving that problem.

These agents don’t own the task itself—but they ensure the task flows through the right people, in the right sequence, at the right time. They coordinate reminders, handoffs, nudges, and escalations—especially in asynchronous, cross-departmental, or deadline-driven environments where human follow-through is inconsistent or delayed.

Copilots vs Agents

Copilot: A collaborative AI assistant embedded into enterprise tools that helps users complete tasks by offering real-time guidance, clarification, and policy interpretation.

• Requires user input

• Embedded directly into UI

• Guides users without replacing them

Agent: An autonomous AI worker that independently executes steps, applies logic, and resolves workflows—often across systems or without user prompting.

• Executes tasks on its own

• Operates in the background or via workflows

• Designed to reduce or replace human labor for routine steps

GLIK Rule of Thumb: Use a copilot when the user is completing the task and needs help. Use an agent when the system can (and should) complete the task independently.

What Are Work Coordination Agents?

Work Coordination Agents act as digital coordinators embedded into workflows. They don’t resolve tasks like Task Resolution Agents. They don’t move data like ERP Agents. They don’t optimize operations like Logistics Agents.

Instead, they ensure:

• Tasks are picked up on time

• Hand-offs don’t stall

• Status doesn’t go stale

• And no one says, “Sorry, I didn’t know that was mine”

They track commitments, trigger actions, and escalate ambiguity—not as a tracker, but as an intelligent actor that keeps the work in motion.

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How They Differ from Other Agent Types

Work Coordination Agents	Task Resolution Agents	ERP/Logistics Agents
Manage ownership, timing, and accountability	Resolve tasks end-to-end with business logic	Move or sync structured data within enterprise systems
Focus on flow control and people handoffs	Focus on outcomes and exception closure	Focus on structured system-to-system transactions
Trigger escalations, reminders, and reassignment	Make policy-driven decisions and execute outcomes	Process receipts, orders, or resource updates
Example: SLA breach escalator, follow-up tracker	Example: onboarding resolution agent	Example: purchase order agent, restocking agent

Enterprise Value

• Eliminate Delays Caused by Handoff Failure Agents ensure work doesn’t get stuck between departments or dropped when roles shift.

• Preserve Accountability Without Adding Overhead Let agents track who’s responsible for what and trigger reminders—without needing a project manager in every process.

• Maintain Workflow Momentum Agents keep multi-actor flows on track by managing state, timers, deadlines, and fallback routing.

• Improve SLA and Compliance Adherence Ensure resolution deadlines are met, escalations happen on time, and tasks don’t slip through the cracks.

• Agentify Cross-Team Coordination Without New Infrastructure Plug into existing systems—Slack, email, ticketing platforms, ERPs—and drive coordination without rebuilds.

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When to Use This Template Genre

Scenario	Work Coordination Agent Solution
A ticket waits for 3 days because no one claimed it	SLA Reminder Agent triggers warning, reassigns, or escalates
Handoff from HR to IT gets lost during onboarding	Handoff Tracker Agent confirms step completion and notifies next team
Compliance reviews miss their internal deadlines	Review Deadline Agent alerts reviewers and flags overdue items
Team members forget to submit expense reports on time	Submission Window Agent reminds based on policy-driven deadlines
Distributed teams can't tell when they're blocking others	Blocking Chain Agent surfaces dependencies and assigns responsibility

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Why Coordination Itself Deserves Agentification

Enterprise execution is increasingly asynchronous, multi-actor, and dependent on timing. But most systems still rely on static workflows and static people—who forget, delay, or miscommunicate.

GLIK’s Work Coordination Agents bring a real-time, persistent awareness layer to your processes. They manage flow—not just tasks.

You don’t need more status meetings. You need agents that can watch the workflow and move it forward.