Frequently Asked Questions

AI Agents: Features & Capabilities

What are Hygraph AI Agents and what do they do?

Hygraph AI Agents are intelligent automation assistants designed to handle repetitive content workflows, such as translation, summarization, and SEO optimization. They help teams scale content operations while ensuring quality, consistency, and editorial control. Agents automate routine tasks through workflows, maintain a consistent brand voice, and operate without developer intervention. Source

How do Hygraph AI Agents work?

Hygraph AI Agents are powered by integrated large language models (LLMs) that understand your project's schema and context. Each agent is specialized for a distinct purpose, such as translation, summarization, or SEO, and works according to the configuration you define. Agents can run automatically or be triggered manually, ensuring workflows stay efficient and flexible. Source

What types of AI Agents are available in Hygraph?

Hygraph offers three main types of AI Agents: SEO Expert (generates SEO reports and feedback), Translation Agent (automatically translates content between locales while preserving tone and meaning), and Content Summarizer (generates concise summaries of long-form content). Each agent can be configured for specific workflows and tasks. Source

What are the benefits of using Hygraph AI Agents?

Hygraph AI Agents help teams automate common editorial workflows, saving time on repetitive tasks like generating SEO metadata or translating fields. They maintain tone and structure consistency across multiple locales, automatically summarize long-form content, and operate securely within your content model by respecting roles, permissions, and governance. Source

Setup & Configuration

How do I set up an AI Agent in Hygraph?

To set up an AI Agent, navigate to Project Settings → AI Agents configuration, click Add Agent, choose the agent type (SEO expert, Translation agent, or Content summarizer), configure its behavior, and click Add agent. Each agent can be customized for workflow steps, number of seats, and specific fields or locales. Source

Can I customize the behavior of each AI Agent?

Yes, you can customize each agent's behavior, including the workflow step where it runs, the number of concurrent seats, the fields or locales it operates on, and custom instructions for tone, style, or translation guidance. This ensures agents fit your editorial and localization processes. Source

How do I manage and monitor AI Agents after setup?

After creating agents, you can manage and monitor their configuration and performance directly from your project settings. This includes editing details, deleting agents, and viewing activity history to understand how each agent performs over time. Source

Model Information & Performance

Which AI models power Hygraph AI Agents?

Hygraph AI Agents use the latest Claude models to power tasks such as SEO, content summarization, and translation. These models are selected for their quality, accuracy, and efficiency. Model versions may change over time as newer releases become available, and updates are applied automatically to maintain optimal results. Source

How does Hygraph ensure the quality and reliability of AI Agent outputs?

Hygraph continuously tests new models to improve performance and reliability. Best practices include validating AI-generated content for accuracy, tone, and keyword alignment before publishing, and positioning agents strategically in workflows to operate on finalized content for the most accurate results. Source

Security, Permissions & Compliance

How do Hygraph AI Agents handle user roles and permissions?

Hygraph AI Agents respect user roles and content permissions. Only users with permissions to set up Content Workflows can configure agents. Agents operate securely within your content model, ensuring editorial control and governance. Source

Is Hygraph compliant with industry security standards?

Yes, Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant (achieved August 3, 2022), ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. These certifications demonstrate Hygraph's commitment to providing a secure and compliant platform for its users. For more details, visit the security features page. Security Report

Availability & Access

Who can access Hygraph AI Agents?

Hygraph AI Agents are currently an enterprise feature and available in Early Access. To gain access, contact the Hygraph sales team. Source

What permissions are required to set up AI Agents?

Only users with permissions to set up Content Workflows can configure AI Agents in Hygraph. This ensures that only authorized team members can automate and manage content workflows. Source

Best Practices & Optimization

What are best practices for using Hygraph AI Agents?

To get the most consistent, high-quality results from Hygraph AI Agents, set agent seats based on expected volume, validate AI-generated content for accuracy and tone before publishing, and position agents strategically in workflows (such as during pre-publish or optimization steps). For multilingual projects, pair the SEO expert with a Translation Agent to optimize localized SEO metadata. Source

Use Cases & Customer Success

What problems do Hygraph AI Agents solve for content teams?

Hygraph AI Agents solve operational inefficiencies by automating repetitive tasks, reducing dependency on developers, and streamlining workflows. They help maintain content consistency across locales, accelerate speed-to-market, and support scalable content operations. Source

Who can benefit from using Hygraph AI Agents?

Content teams, marketing teams, and enterprises managing multilingual or large-scale content operations benefit from Hygraph AI Agents. They are ideal for organizations seeking to automate editorial workflows, maintain brand consistency, and scale content delivery efficiently. Source

Support & Resources

What support is available for Hygraph AI Agents?

Hygraph provides 24/7 support via chat, email, and phone, as well as real-time troubleshooting through Intercom chat. Extensive documentation, webinars, live streams, and how-to videos are available for onboarding and technical guidance. Enterprise customers receive a dedicated Customer Success Manager for personalized support. Documentation

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#AI Agents

AI Agents are Hygraph's intelligent automation assistants designed to handle repetitive content workflows, such as translation, summarization, and SEO optimization. Powered by integrated large language models (LLMs), agents understand your project's schema and context, applying automation to specific fields or entries based on the configuration you define.

Instead of manually handling routine editorial tasks, you configure an agent once and let it run automatically at the right stage of your content workflow. Tasks that previously required manual effort, such as generating SEO reports, translating content across locales, or condensing long-form copy, can now be handled with a single workflow step.

#Key benefits

  • Workflow automation at scale: Automate repetitive tasks like SEO analysis, translation, and summarization without developer intervention or one-off scripts.
  • Consistent brand voice: Agents apply your custom instructions on every run, maintaining tone and structure consistency across all content and locales.
  • Editorial control: Agents integrate into your existing content workflows, so automation happens at the right stage.
  • Permission-aware by default: Agents respect your project's existing roles and content permissions, ensuring automation stays within your governance boundaries.
  • Flexible triggering: Agents can run automatically as entries move through workflow steps, keeping your pipeline efficient without manual intervention.

#What you can do

#SEO expert

The SEO expert agent can:

  • Review all entry fields automatically, including nested components.
  • Generate a structured SEO report with feedback on content optimization.
  • Post the report as a comment on the entry for editorial review.
  • Run at any configured workflow step, such as pre-publish or review.

#Translation agent

The Translation agent can:

  • Translate content fields into one or more target locales.
  • Preserve tone, structure, and meaning across languages.
  • Apply custom translation instructions, such as formality level or untranslated terms.
  • Run automatically when entries reach the configured workflow step.

#Content summarizer

The Content summarizer agent can:

  • Generate concise summaries from one or more long-form source fields.
  • Write the output directly into a target field on the same entry.
  • Apply a specified tone and follow custom instructions for length or focus.
  • Run automatically at the configured workflow step.

#Permissions

Agent access is governed by your project's existing role and permission configuration. The table below summarizes what is required.

ActionRequired permission
  • Create, edit, or delete an agent
  • View agent activity logs
Permission to set up Content Workflows.
Trigger an agent runGoverned by the workflow step permissions.

#Availability and token usage

AI Agents is available on the Enterprise plan only. Each project receives a set number of AI tokens per billing period. You can view your current usage and limits at any time on the Billing page.

#Model information

Hygraph uses the latest Claude models to power AI tasks such as SEO analysis, content summarization, and translation. These models are selected for their quality, accuracy, and efficiency.

We are continuously testing new models to improve performance and reliability. Model versions may be updated over time as newer releases become available. Updates are applied automatically to maintain optimal results.

#Example use cases

SEO optimization:

  • Automatically review every blog post before it moves to the publish step and receive a structured SEO report as an entry comment.
  • Identify missing meta descriptions or weak heading structures across all entry fields.

Translation:

  • Translate all localizable fields into French, German, and Spanish as soon as a content entry is approved in the source locale.
  • Apply custom instructions such as Keep product names untranslated to ensure consistency across all target languages.

Summarization:

  • Generate a 2–3 sentence excerpt from a long-form article body and write it to the summary field automatically.
  • Produce concise overviews of product descriptions for use in listing pages or meta descriptions.

Combined workflows:

  • Run the Content summarizer to generate a short excerpt, then pair it with the SEO expert to validate the metadata before publishing.
  • Use the Translation agent after the SEO expert to ensure localized content benefits from the same SEO feedback as the source locale.

#Safety guardrails

AI Agents are designed to support, not replace, editorial review. The following guardrails are built in to prevent unintended changes:

  • Agents only write to the fields and models you explicitly configure.
  • Agents cannot delete entries, unpublish content, or modify schema elements.
  • All agent runs are logged and visible in the Recent activity panel on each agent card.
  • Agents only trigger for entries that move through the specific workflow and workflow step you configure.

This ensures that AI-assisted automation cannot unintentionally remove or overwrite content outside of its defined scope.

#Next steps

Ready to configure your first agent? See the AI Agents setup guide.