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7/3/2026

Onboard new hires with an HR email agent
Short summary
Nylas Agent Accounts enable a software-owned mailbox and calendar for HR onboarding workflows. The agent sends welcome emails, receives and parses signed form attachments, and books orientation meetings — all tied to a single audit trail. Your app manages the state machine; Nylas handles mail and calendar operations.
- •Agent accounts are real mailbox grants with software identity — the sender is code, not a person
- •Agents can send emails, receive attachments, extract documents, and book calendar events end-to-end
- •State machine lives in your app; Nylas provides the email, attachment, and calendar primitives
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
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