Answer from your knowledge
Ground responses in managed knowledge pages, synced URLs, and attributed guidance shared by your community.
The agent for communities
Turn every question into action.
Root lives where your community works. It answers with the right context, operates your tools, and brings in a human when judgment matters.
Built with ❤️ by Aviel for fndtns.org and used every day by our own community.
Root command center
Root
Working across your community
Root is checking knowledge and tools
You're in — I've granted you access to the San Francisco space and sent the building's registration invite to your email. Set up your account before Tuesday and your phone will unlock the door.
Case study · FoundationsFrom agent platform to fully fledged community manager.
Root's built-in platform+Foundations community tools
Root was built by and is used every day inside the fndtns.org community. Foundations connected its member system, offices, and operating workflows, turning Root into the conversational front door for the entire community.
“I'm in town next month — can I get access to the SF space?”
Space access
Root grants access in the building's system on the spot and triggers the registration invite to the member's email, so they can badge in before they arrive.
Foundations extension · See how
“Can you set up a guest pass for Richard next Wednesday?”
Visitor passes
Root sees the member's session that afternoon, issues a full-day pass with a door PIN, and hands back the details ready to forward to the guest.
Foundations extension · See how
“Can I book a conference room 1:30–3:30 on Thursday?”
Room booking
Root checks availability, books the right room, and sends the calendar invite — members reschedule or cancel by simply replying.
Foundations extension · See how
“Does Charles still have open office hours this week?”
Office hours
Root finds the open slot, books it on the member's behalf, and sends the invite; hosts manage their blocks the same way.
Foundations extension · See how
“Add sparkling water to the Seattle Costco list.”
Shopping and fulfillment
Members shape each office basket, Root matches real products, and admins can approve and submit the actual order.
Foundations extension · See how
“Who should I talk to about selling to SMBs?”
Community discovery
Search members, companies, investors, and trusted service providers using structured community data.
Foundations extension · See how
“Alert me the moment a slot opens up.”
Proactive follow-through
Root's built-in action alerts watch Foundations tools and send the member a Slack DM when the event happens.
Core + extension · See how
“Let my own AI agent handle this for me.”
Member API and MCP
Members mint personal keys so their agents can use the same approved capabilities with their identity and permissions.
Core + extension · See how
Built in, designed to be extended
A complete agent platform. Made yours.
Every Root starts with the channels, knowledge, memory, access controls, follow-through, and human safety net an agent needs—then your integration turns the systems that make your community unique into agent capabilities.
Search community history
Semantically search indexed Slack discussions and inspect the people, replies, and reactions around a conversation.
Research beyond your walls
Use live web research when freshness matters, while keeping your own knowledge as the primary source of truth.
Remember and follow up
Retain user preferences, schedule reminders, and trigger alerts the moment a matching action happens.
Work safely across channels
Operate in Slack, email, web chat, and APIs with resolved identity, access tiers, and one auditable history.
Bring in a human
When judgment is needed, open a tracked intervention with the request, member, and conversation context assembled.
Root platform
Maintained once and available to every community.
Knowledge & retrieval
Slack, email & web
Identity & access
Memory & follow-ups
Human interventions
Conversation audit trail
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Your integration
Declare tools from the systems that make your community unique.
Member records
Bookings & schedules
Membership & billing
People directories
Events & applications
Any private workflow
Integration protocolExpose signed, tenant-scoped tools with descriptions, schemas, permissions, and channel rules.REST APIRun agent turns, send messages, resolve identity, and manage integrations from your own product.MCP serverLet members use Root and its approved tools from Claude, Cursor, or another MCP client.Core + extensionRoot decides which approved tool fits the request, enforces the user's access, executes it, and carries the result back to the original channel.
Give your team leverage
Your community's next teammate is ready.
Start with Root's built-in agent platform. Then connect the tools that make your community yours—and turn conversation into the work only your systems can do.
Get started with Root