Hiring an employee

The full hiring flow, from one sentence on the dashboard to an employee that messages you first.

There are four ways to start a hire: the prompt box on the dashboard, the New Employee button on the Employees page, a template from the Marketplace, or a proposal from Morgan. They all lead into the same flow.

Describe the job

One sentence is enough. Verse works out the role, the likely tools, and what it still needs to ask you. Some examples that work well:

“Handle my customer support inbox and escalate anything about refunds.”
“Research companies that just raised funding and draft outreach.”
“Keep my Notion CRM up to date from my email and calls.”
“Plan my week every Sunday night and protect my mornings.”

The brief

Next, Verse interviews you about the role. Questions arrive one at a time, numbered, and most come with tap to answer options; you can always type your own. Use Back and Next to move around. The interview only asks what it can't already infer from your onboarding answers, so it stays short.

It ends with an overview card that names your new employee, describes the role as understood, and shows their avatar. If the overview misses the point, go back and sharpen an answer. Then hit Setup workspace.

Tip

The brief becomes the employee's working model of the job. Two specific sentences beat five vague ones. There's a whole page on this: Writing a good brief.

Tool access

You'll see connectors recommended for this role, each with a Connect button that opens the app's own sign in. A search box underneath covers the rest of the catalog, over a thousand apps. Nothing here is required: Skip for now is always available, and employees can ask for a connection later, mid task, when they actually need it.

Slack, optional

If you use Slack, you can add the new employee to a channel as their own member. Connect your workspace, pick the channel, and the button becomes Add them to #channel. They'll read and post there like a colleague.

Their workspace

Last, choose what this employee can do. Anything you leave off can be added later.

Capability	What it means	Default
Dedicated email address	Send and receive email as this employee, from their own address.	Off
Browser access	Let them browse the web: research, forms, web apps. Needs the Solo plan or above.	On
Computer	Their own Linux computer: terminal, files, code, and desktop apps. Needs the Professional plan or above.	On
Virtual Wallet	A USD balance they can spend and top up, within your daily cap.	Off
Autonomous mode	They check in on their goals every few minutes and self schedule work instead of waiting for triggers.	On

Generation and welcome

Verse then builds the employee: reading your brief, mapping responsibilities, setting up connectors and the workspace. It takes under a minute. When you see “ready to work,” your new hire has already sent you a first message. Talk to them opens the chat; Go to their workspace opens their overview.

Note

Name, avatar, role title, autonomy, and every toggle above can be changed at any time in Employee settings.