Key Concepts.

Understanding the core building blocks of The Intern platform before you build.

Workspace

Every user has a workspace — a set of markdown files stored in the workspace_files table (Neon PostgreSQL). Files include CONSTITUTION.md, IDENTITY.md, NOW.md, THREADS.md, and RECENT.md. The agent reads all active workspace files on every conversation via the /api/workspace endpoint.

Skills

Modular capabilities stored in the skills table. The ecosystem includes 25 tools across built-in and Alpha Engine categories. Each skill has a name, category, emoji, isBuiltin flag, requiresAuth list, and config JSON. The skills manager at /api/skills handles listing, installing, and configuring skills.

Brain-Graph Memory

The agent_memory relies on a Memgraph knowledge graph to store extracted facts with relationships. Memory is retrieved structurally and injected into the system prompt before every response, providing deeper contextual awareness than simple vector retrieval.

Canvas UI

A visual workflow builder that generates state machines. Agents follow these workflows precisely, using intent-matching and tool-calling nodes instead of relying entirely on freeform generation.

Orchestrator & Alpha Engine

The multi-agent router at /api/orchestrator uses Claude to classify intent and route requests to the best-fit agent. The Alpha Engine handles complex, multi-step reasoning for sales, legal, and strategic planning.

Credits

The billing unit. 100 credits = $1 USD. Stored in users.credits. Every AI call, tool execution, and API request deducts credits. All transactions are logged in credit_transactions.