What you take on by building your own
Governance and consent gates
You design and maintain the approval flow yourself, and keep it current every time a new tool is added.
Model routing
You wire up provider APIs, choose models per integration, and update that wiring as providers and models change.
Connectors
Each connector is a custom integration your team writes, tests, and keeps working as the external system changes.
Surfaces
Web is one build. Desktop, Slack, and Teams presence each mean a separate integration to design and maintain.
Sidekick vs. a built-in-house workbench
Sidekick is the governed workbench so your team doesn’t have to build and maintain one. It does not replace a bespoke internal service where that service is the product itself, or so specific to your business that it can’t be a shared, company-wide tool. Choosing Sidekick is a decision about a company-wide AI workbench, not a substitute for a system you’re building to sell or to run your core business on.
Where to go next
Governance model
How consent gates and admin approval keep tool calls in bounds.
How work runs
Harnesses, placements, and why the thread stays the record.
Surfaces
One product across web, desktop, Slack, and Teams.
Plan a rollout
Bring Sidekick to a team or the whole company with a staged plan.