What is Proto?
Proto is the AI coworker for ERP•AI: a desktop app that connects to your ERP•AI apps. You describe what you need in plain language, and Proto plans it, does it, checks it, and reports back.
What Proto does
Proto is not a chatbot that only answers questions. It takes action on your behalf:
- Builds and runs ERP•AI apps: tables, columns, views, forms, records, custom pages, dashboards, documents, workflows, roles and publishing.
- Creates business files such as Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoint decks, Excel workbooks and images.
- Reads and cleans your data: exports, spreadsheets, statements and reports.
- Works on websites for you in its built-in browser, including sign-in with saved logins.
- Runs work on a schedule and reports back in the same conversation.
- Handles large, repetitive jobs across hundreds or thousands of items.
What working with Proto feels like
You work with Proto in one conversation thread. You ask for an outcome, not a tool. For example:
- “Build a returns and refunds workflow in this app and test it.”
- “Give me a Q3 supplier scorecard as an Excel file.”
- “Every weekday at 8:30, summarize new MRP exceptions and post them here.”
Proto picks reasonable defaults and keeps going. It only stops to ask when a real choice is needed.
What Proto is good for
| You want to… | Ask Proto something like… |
|---|---|
| Build an app | “Create a field-service app with work orders, parts and scheduling.” |
| Automate a process | “Trigger an approval whenever a PO over $10,000 is created.” |
| Work with records | “Find duplicate contacts by email and merge the obvious ones.” |
| Analyze your data | “Which work centers are the bottleneck by utilization?” |
| Get a file | “Make a 12-slide investor deck on our Q2 numbers.” |
| Work on a website | “Log into our carrier portal and download September invoices.” |
| Schedule something | “Remind me tomorrow at 10 to approve the payment run.” |
| Watch something | “Tell me when this page shows sold out.” |
| Do bulk work | “Do this for all 400 rows and give me one report per row.” |