DeskFerry Blog
103 articles in AI Agents.
Archive
Tasks is an AI task manager that does the tasks too. Plan work on a board, assign it to AI agents, and watch it get done across 1,500+ apps.
The AR automation playbook: three workflows to hand to an AI agent first, how invoice chasing works at scale, where approval gates go, and a two-week pilot that proves the ROI.
What AI agents for business actually do, 12 use cases by function with approval points, a small-business starter plan, and a two-week pilot to prove the first one.
How finance teams use AI agents in 2026: 8 workflows for close prep, AP, collections, expenses, and reporting, the 8 best tools with pricing, and the controls.
How HR teams use AI agents in 2026: 8 workflows for onboarding, policy Q&A, leave, reviews, and offboarding, the 8 best tools with pricing, and the guardrails.
How project managers use AI agents in 2026: 8 workflows from status roll-ups to portfolio reports, the 8 best tools with pricing, and the approval rules.
How recruiting teams use AI agents in 2026: 8 workflows with approval points, the 8 best tools with pricing, and what NYC Local Law 144 and the EU AI Act say.
What a digital worker is, per IBM, Salesforce, and Blue Prism; how it differs from RPA bots, AI agents, and AI employees; and six day-to-day examples.
An AI assistant answers when you ask; an AI agent finishes the job across your tools. Definitions, 8 real scenarios, 2026 data, and a checklist for choosing.
What AI agent workflows are, how they differ from automation, the 6 patterns behind them, 2026 reliability data, and 12 trigger-to-output examples to copy.
Create an AI agent in 9 steps: define the job, pick the trigger, choose a platform, connect tools, add approval gates, test, deploy. No-code and code paths.
25 AI agent use cases across sales, support, marketing, finance, and ops — each with its trigger, a worked example, and a framework to pick your first.
Chatbots wait to be asked. AI agents act on schedules and triggers and come back with work done. Full comparison across 7 dimensions, with examples.
How businesses use AI agents to automate sales, support, and operations — 14 real examples, the ROI math behind 43 saved hours a month, and a 2-week pilot plan.
40+ real AI agent use cases by industry — sales, support, marketing, finance, HR, legal, e-commerce, real estate, insurance, healthcare, and operations.
