ScoutOS Changelog - page 2

Say goodbye to brittle automation and hello to a smarter way of working! Today, we’re thrilled to introduce AI Agents to the Scout platform—intelligent assistants that adapt, learn, and get your toughest jobs done.

What’s new?

AI Agents: Adaptable, autonomous, always on

• Flexible goal execution: Give agents a plain-English goal—like “Find all customers who haven’t ordered in 90 days and send them a re-engagement email”—and let them figure out the steps.
• Automatic tool integration: Agents connect with your favorite tools (Slack, Google Workspace, CRMs, databases, and more) in just one click. No manual API wrangling required.
• Custom tools in minutes: Build any logic visually in the workflow builder, save it as a tool, and your agent can use it instantly.
• Built-in resilience: Agents handle edge cases gracefully, adapt to unexpected data, and recover from errors—so you don’t have to babysit your automations.
• Personalized behavior: Configure everything from language model to response style, step limits, and visibility. Make each agent fit your team’s exact needs.

Why does it matter?

• Less guesswork, more building: Agents eliminate rigid “if this, then that” flows. Just describe the outcome you want—your agent handles the rest.
• Works everywhere you do: Chat with your agent in the Scout dashboard, embed it in your app (Copilot Beta), add to Slack, or access via API.
• Collaborative by design: Assign specialized agents for research, support, sales, and more. They can even hand off tasks to each other.

Ready to get started?
Build your first agent at studio.scoutos.com/agents/new or check out our quick start guide.

Next up on our roadmap:

• Expanded agent analytics and monitoring
• More integration options
• Smarter self-improving agents

Thank you for being part of the Scout community!

🚀 Introducing Workflow Analytics for Scout

Power users need clarity, not guesswork. Today, we’re launching Workflow Analytics: real-time visibility into your workflows - finally, all in one place.

Are my AI workflows actually successful? Is my RAG context relevant? Why are my costs spiking? Where is latency hurting UX? Scout Workflow Analytics gives you these answers instantly.

What’s New?

• Usage & Health: Track how often a workflow is running, and how many times the workflow is failing.

• Collection Strength: See at-a-glance how well your semantic search is performing and whether your context is actually relevant.

• Latency Metrics: Identify bottlenecks and optimize for speed. See where and why latency jumps, before it hits your end users.

• Cost Controls: Understand which blocks drive cost spikes.

Why does it matter?

Until now, our most advanced users were flying blind - it was difficult to know which workflows are being used, how much they're being used, if they're actually delivering value, where context is breaking, or what’s driving up spend. Workflow Analytics changes that.

Less guessing. More building.

This week was all about the Inbox and major Studio UI enhancements! We launched the beta version of our Inbox, completely revamped the Studio navigation, added tagging functionality, and integrated with Hubspot. These updates make it easier to interact with agents and organize your workflows.

Inbox Beta

• We released the beta version of our new Inbox feature, providing a dedicated space where users can interact with and collaborate with Scout agents.

Revamped Studio Navigation

• We completely overhauled the sidebar navigation and list pages in the Studio.
• These improvements make it easier to navigate through your projects and find what you need quickly.

Tags for Workflows and Collections

• We added the ability to tag collections and workflows.
• This new organizational feature helps you categorize, filter, and manage your projects more efficiently.

Inbox Conversation Search

• We've added search functionality to the Inbox, allowing you to quickly find past conversations with your agents.
• This makes it easier to reference previous interactions and maintain continuity in your work.

Hubspot Integration

• We added a new Hubspot integration that allows Scout AI agents to access your connected Hubspot account.
• This integration enables your agents to work directly with your CRM data, opening new possibilities for sales and marketing automation.

Next Up

We're excited about what's next on our roadmap:

• Inbox Tool Palette: Toggle agent tools on and off
• Workflows as Tools: Expose workflows as tools to Scout agents
• Create Your Own Agent: Customize agents for your specific needs

This week, we've introduced several exciting updates to enhance your experience with Scout. From new integrations to improved user experiences, these changes are designed to streamline your workflows and provide more powerful tools at your fingertips.

Improved Monitoring & Security

• Enhanced monitoring and observability features to ensure better system performance and reliability.
• Implemented penetration testing improvements to bolster security measures.

Added Hubspot Integration

• Introduced Hubspot integration with three new blocks:
  • Get contact with activities.
  • Query contacts with filters.
  • Create contact.
• This integration allows AI developers to manage Hubspot data, enrich information, and build AI-enhanced Slack channels.

Added Exa.ai Integration

• Users can now leverage Exa.ai search results within their workflows.
• Enables AI agents and workflows to access powerful internet search capabilities with live crawling and cached results.
• Check out our template for generating expert stock analysis reports using AI: AI Stock Analysis Template.

Simplified Onboarding

• Refactored the onboarding experience by removing unnecessary steps to help users get started with Scout more quickly.

Improved Initial Workflow State

• Added a button to browse templates or pick a trigger in the blank workflow design.
• Provides a more intuitive first experience when building a workflow.

New Tutorial: Web Scraping with LLMs using GPT-4o, Deno & Scout SDK

• Learn how to automate web scraping with LLMs using Deno, Scout SDK, and GPT-4o.
• Scrape entire sitemaps, extract structured JSON, and process web content efficiently.
• Perfect for AI and data pipeline workflows. Read the tutorial.

Stay tuned for upcoming improvements in collections performance, onboarding experiences, and the integration of Copilot configuration into the workflow builder.

This week, we've introduced exciting new features to enhance your experience with Scout. From the release of the Scout CLI and AI Workflows as Code to improvements in environment variables and collections performance, these updates are designed to streamline your workflow management and boost productivity.

Scout CLI and AI Workflows as Code

• Collaborate Effectively: Treat AI workflows like any other piece of code in your repository. Use familiar tools like Git for version control, collaboration, and peer reviews.
• Automate with Confidence: Leverage CI/CD pipelines to test, validate, and deploy AI workflows, ensuring they are production-ready at every step.
• Streamline SOPs: Align AI workflow development with your standard operating procedures (SOPs), creating a unified and efficient development lifecycle.

The Scout CLI is the ultimate tool for managing and deploying AI workflows programmatically, giving engineering teams the flexibility they need to scale their AI applications while maintaining precision and control.

Secrets / Environment Variables

• Enhanced Workflow Integration: Environment variables and secrets are now exposed for use in workflow runs, allowing for more dynamic and secure workflow configurations. This update simplifies the management of sensitive data and configuration settings across your workflows.

Collections Performance Improvements

• Increased Reliability and Speed: We've made significant performance and reliability improvements to collections, ensuring faster and more dependable data processing. This enhancement is crucial for users managing large datasets and complex workflows.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to focus on improving the onboarding experience and integrating Copilot creation into the workflow builder for a more seamless user experience.