Autonomous task execution
Describe the task. DutyCaptain does the work.
DutyCaptain plans the steps, carries each one out by the most reliable route — a built-in tool, a connected service, a website, or your own computer — checks that it worked, and stops for your approval before anything that matters.
- to reach any system, simplest first
- 4 routesto reach any system, simplest first
- checked after it is made
- Every changechecked after it is made
- ever shown to the AI
- 0 passwordsever shown to the AI
- to approve, pause or stop
- 1 clickto approve, pause or stop
72%
3 of 5 steps checked
The task view, part-way through a monthly sales report.
One sentence in, finished and checked work out
You see the plan before anything runs, and a record of every step once it has.
- Step 1
One instruction
“Pull last month’s orders from our store, build the sales workbook, and send it to our accountant.”
- Step 2
A plan you can see
Five steps, two of them side by side, one approval before anything leaves the company. The plan is shown before it runs.
- Step 3
Each step, the best route
Orders come through the store’s own connection, the analysis runs in the cloud, and every result is checked before the next step starts.
- Step 4
You approve the send
The email waits with its recipient and attachment. Approve once, for this task, or always — and the task finishes on its own.
Small business & retail
Monthly sales report
Every month someone exports orders from the online store, rebuilds the same workbook by hand, and emails it to the accountant.
DutyCaptain fetches the orders through the store’s own connection, analyses them, builds and checks the workbook, and waits for one approval before emailing it. Scheduled, it runs on the first of each month without being asked.
- 5 steps
- planned from one sentence
- 1
- approval: the email
- Monthly
- on a schedule
- Subject
- Sales report — August 2026
- Attachment
- sales-report-2026-08.xlsx · 3 sheets, checked
- Why it is asking
- Sending email always needs approval
The workbook was reopened and checked before this request reached you. Approving sends it, confirms delivery, and records who approved it and when.
Why not an automation tool, or a chat assistant
Each solves part of the problem. DutyCaptain was built for the whole of it: understanding the task, doing it, and proving it was done.
| Requirement | DutyCaptain | Automation tools | Chat assistants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Does the work, not just the advice | Plans, acts and reports | Only what was built in advance | Explains the steps |
| A new task without building anything | Describe it in a sentence | Design a new workflow | Yes, but you do the work |
| Checks that each step worked | After every change | Rarely | No |
| Stops for your approval | Rules you control | All or nothing | Not applicable |
| Reaches files and apps on your computer | With permission you grant | Separate desktop product | No |
| A record of every action | Full history per task | Run logs | Chat history |
Autonomous, but never unsupervised
DutyCaptain acts only within limits you set, and every action is written down — including the ones it was stopped from taking.
Approval before anything consequential
Sending, paying, deleting and publishing wait for you. Reading and preparing carry on without interrupting.
A record of every step
What was done, by which route, what it cost, how it was checked, and who approved it.
Your computer, on your terms
The companion program reaches only the folders and applications you name, and you can pause or withdraw it at any time.
Task history
Prepare monthly sales report · last 6 events
- 09:25:41Email to accountantconnected servicewaiting
- 09:25:38Format charts in Excelyour computerok
- 09:25:31Check the workbookbuilt-inok
- 09:25:27Build the workbookbuilt-inretry
- 09:25:12Analyse ordersbuilt-inok
- 09:25:03Fetch ordersconnected serviceok
Start with one task you do by hand today
Tell us what it is. We will set it up with you during early access and show you the record of every step.