The Neuron: AI Explained BONUS: OpenAI Workspace Agents 101: Build, Run, and Scale AI Workflows
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May 1, 2026 A hands-on walkthrough of OpenAI’s new Workspace Agents and how they plug into team workflows. Demos cover building email-summarizers, newsletter processors, and a pizza-ordering flow. Discussion of connectors, scheduling, multi-account setups, model and cost tradeoffs, testing pitfalls, and publishing custom integrations for repeatable AI-powered processes.
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Automate Agents With Scheduled Runs Not Manual Babysitting
- Schedule agents for automated runs instead of babysitting them; set cadence, timezone, and different instructions for scheduled vs manual runs.
- Corey demos setting daily/weekday schedules and routing outputs to Slack, Gmail, or ChatGPT automatically.
Duplicate Agents To Manage Multiple Accounts
- Duplicate agents when you need multiple connector accounts (e.g., multiple Gmail addresses) and connect each duplicate to a different account.
- Grant explains using separate Chrome profiles or windows to authenticate different Gmail accounts for each agent.
Newsletter Writer Worries An Agent Will Steal Their Readers
- Grant joked about making an agent that finds recurring newsletters and summarizes them, while Corey warned as a newsletter writer it's 'a terrible idea.'
- This shows real tensions: agents can cut reading load but threaten creators' traffic.