A bot is a software application that automates or carries out tasks for other programs or users. Productivity bots work as add-ons to software tools, providing additional features, organization, or automation on top of the foundational features of the product. When a bot is connected to a software platform, it boosts the utility of the existing tool that the team already uses. Productivity bots can be added to a variety of software types, but team collaboration is the most prevalent.
To qualify for inclusion in the Productivity Bot category, a product must:
Be an automated program that executes based on specific prompts or inputs
Be deployed as an add-on to another software tool
Use AI to make intelligent decisions or provide information in an intelligent way