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Overview

Rowboat Studio is your visual interface for building AI assistants — powered by agents, tools, and workflows — using plain language and minimal setup. It brings the process of creating multi-agent systems down to just a few clicks. Workflows created within Rowboat are known as assistants, and each assistant is composed of:
  • One or more agents
  • Attached tools and MCP servers
Once built, assistants can be tested live in the playground and deployed in real-world products using the API or SDK.

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Key Components

Here’s what you’ll interact with in Studio:
ComponentDescriptionHighlights
AgentCore building blocks of your assistant.
Each agent handles a specific part of the conversation and performs tasks using tools and instructions.		• Define behavior in plain language
• Connect agents into a graph
• Attach tools and RAG sources
PlaygroundInteractive testbed for conversations.
Lets you simulate end-user chats with your assistant and inspect agent behavior in real time.		• Real-time feedback and debugging
• See tool calls and agent handoffs
• Test individual agents or the whole system
CopilotYour AI assistant for building assistants.
Copilot creates and updates agents, tools, and instructions based on your plain-English prompts.		• Understands full system context
• Improves agents based on playground chat
• Builds workflows intelligently and fast
Agents are the heart of every assistant. Learn more about how they work in the Agents page.

Agents

Learn about creating and configuring individual agents within your multi-agent system

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Building in Rowboat

1

Describe your assistant to Copilot

Use plain language to tell Copilot what you want your assistant to do. Copilot will auto-generate the agents, instructions, and tools that form the base of your assistant.
2

Review and apply Copilot suggestions

Inspect the created agents — especially their instructions and examples — and refine or approve them before moving forward.
3

Connect MCP servers and tools

Integrate external services, tools, and backend logic into your agents using Rowboat’s modular system. Tools are tied to agents and triggered through instructions.
4

Test in the Playground

Use the chat playground to simulate real-world conversations. You’ll see which agent takes control, what tools are triggered, and how your assistant flows.
5

Deploy via API or SDK

Assistants can be deployed into production using the Rowboat Chat API or the Rowboat Chat SDK. Both support stateless and stateful conversation flows.