From SDD to ADD: A New Era in UiPath Agentic Automation

Description

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ƒ๐ƒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ: ๐€ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐„๐ซ๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

In the RPA world, we used ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ (๐’๐ƒ๐ƒ) to describe step-by-step workflows - every click, condition, and exception.

But with ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, things have evolved.
Weโ€™re now designing ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ - digital teammates that can understand context, make decisions, and collaborate with humans.

Thatโ€™s why UiPath introduced the ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ (๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ).

:puzzle_piece: What is ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ?
ADD is a blueprint that defines:
:black_small_square:How an agent behaves
:black_small_square:What tools and data it can access
:black_small_square:What boundaries and guardrails it must follow
:black_small_square:How its success is measured (KPIs, accuracy, SLAs)

It acts as a ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž between business and technical teams, ensuring everyone understands what the agent does - and what it shouldnโ€™t do.

:blue_book: ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ:
:small_blue_diamond:๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž & ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š - Why the agent exists and how performance is measured
:small_blue_diamond:๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ & ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ - What the agent does and when it involves humans
:small_blue_diamond:๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ - How the agent stays accurate, safe, and compliant
:small_blue_diamond:๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ & ๐„๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ - What systems it connects to and when it escalates tasks
:small_blue_diamond:๐’๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž & ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ - Whatโ€™s included, whatโ€™s not, and how updates are managed

:white_check_mark: Why it matters:
โ†’ Moves design thinking from steps โ†’ behaviors
โ†’ Enables transparency and auditability
โ†’ Keeps humans in the loop
โ†’ Scales easily across departments
โ†’ Reduces risk and hallucination through structured grounding

Download the ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ (๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ) Template here: LinkedIn

In short, ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ƒ๐ƒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ซ๐š - the foundation for designing trustworthy, autonomous, and human-aligned digital agents.

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Date

2025-10-06