Mr. Loop: Intelligent Onboarding Agent
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Mr. Loop - An agent that streamlines onboarding and guides teammates back after a break.
Mr. Loop helps new and returning teammates get up to speed through one intelligent flow — replacing days of fragmented onboarding with guided, role-aware context.
Results
Designed and built a role-aware onboarding and re-onboarding AI agent
Developed contextual knowledge retrieval across Slack, Notion, GitHub, and Figma
Created structured catch-up flows with human-in-the-loop escalation logic
Prototyped an AI-native knowledge agent within Notion using conversational design, prompt architecture, and integrated workflows
Watch our launch video here!
The Problem
People rarely come back from time away and need all the information — they need the right information.
But onboarding new teammates or helping someone ramp back in after a break often means pulling multiple people into repeated walkthroughs, chasing context across tools, and relying on whoever happens to be available to fill in the gaps.
Knowledge lives everywhere — Slack threads, Notion pages, GitHub decisions, Figma files — but rarely in a form someone can quickly understand.
The result is a process that is time-intensive, hard to scale, dependent on people across time zones, and often inconsistent for the person trying to get back up to speed.
The gap: company knowledge exists, but contextual onboarding doesn’t.
Agent build & design process within Notion
The Solution
Mr. Loop reimagines onboarding and re-onboarding as a conversational, role-aware agent experience.
Embedded inside the company knowledge ecosystem, Mr. Loop doesn’t just retrieve information — it reconstructs what happened while you were away, surfaces what matters to your role, and helps you understand where things stand and what to do next.
Instead of a data dump, teammates get:
Structured catch-up with chronological context and priorities
Grounded answers sourced from tools like Slack, Notion, GitHub, and Figma
Role-aware guidance tailored to what each person actually needs
Human-in-the-loop escalation when judgment or collaboration is needed
Actionable next steps to accelerate the first days back
The goal is simple: replace days of fragmented onboarding with one intelligent flow that gets people back to meaningful work faster.
Build Methodology
Conversation Design × Knowledge Systems × Human-in-the-Loop AI
The product was shaped & built directly in Notion through:
Intent-first conversational design
Systems thinking across fragmented knowledge sources
Role-based personalization
Retrieval + orchestration design
Human-in-the-loop escalation patterns
Service design for onboarding as an end-to-end journey
Mr. Loop in action - running a conversational flow with a user
Future Direction
Deeper enterprise integrations (Jira, Linear, Confluence, Drive)
Team memory and decision timeline reconstruction
Personalized onboarding paths by function or seniority
Agentic task assistance (“help me restart this project”)
Proactive onboarding copilots for managers and teams
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Posted Apr 29, 2026
Mr. Loop - AI onboarding agent turning scattered team knowledge into personalized catch-up, helping teammates ramp up faster with context, guidance, and action.
