The Future of Work: Building Autonomous AI Agents with @Covalent_HQ ZEE SDK

Imagine a company where no repetitive task requires a human. Where AI agents run workflows, coordinate with each other, and execute complex operations—all while staying auditable on-chain.

That’s the vision of the Zero-Employee Enterprise (ZEE), powered by Covalent’s new Agent SDK.

Why it matters

Traditional businesses rely on employees for routine decision-making, process handling, and data flows. But in the AI + blockchain era, autonomous agents can take over these functions, faster, cheaper, and without downtime.

Covalent’s ZEE SDK makes it simple to:

Spin up agents (LLMs with prompts + tools).

Extend capabilities with external APIs and plugins.

Compose workflows where agents collaborate on multi-step tasks.

Scale seamlessly from one-off inference calls to full multi-agent ecosystems.

What’s inside

LLMs → Unified interface for all language models.

Agents → Each agent = one model + a system prompt + tools.

Tools → Plug in external utilities to extend what agents can do.

ZEE Workflows → Connect agents like Lego blocks to solve complex problems.

Getting Started

Launch your first ZEE agent in minutes:

npx @covalenthq/create-zee-app@latest

This sets up a ready-to-use template, so you can immediately start experimenting with autonomous workflows.

Why it’s different

Most agent frameworks are either too rigid (hard to extend) or too experimental (hard to trust). Covalent’s SDK strikes the balance: composable, flexible, and production-ready.

Think:

AI customer support agents that resolve tickets end-to-end.

Trading bots that interact with DeFi protocols in real time.

Research assistants that summarize and verify data across multiple sources.

The Zero-Employee Enterprise isn’t sci-fi—it’s starting now. And Covalent is laying the foundation for it