# Autonomous

URL: /agents/operating-models/autonomous · Id: `operatingModel:autonomous`

> Autonomous is the operating model with no humans: Agents fill every Role, and one-way decisions wait out a delay window before they proceed.

Autonomous is the operating model with no humans: [Agents](/business/nouns/agent) fill every [Role](/business/nouns/role), and one-way decisions wait out a delay window before they proceed. The officer desk of the [Studio](/business/nouns/studio) signs every act the law reserves for a person.

## Adds
| Kind | Item | From |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change | Agents hold every Role, and no Human holds a seat. | This model |
| Change | The holding Company of the Studio is the owner of record, and its officer desk signs every legal floor step. | This model |
| Change | One-way decisions wait a delay window set by decision class, then proceed unless a watcher pauses, redirects, or cancels them. | This model |
| Change | Agents send as themselves, from the accounts of the Startup, and say they are Agents. | This model |

## Wakes
None.

## Staffing
None.

## Floor
None.

## Controls
None.

## Builders
None.

## Next
- [Single human](/agents/operating-models/single-human)
- [Autonomous data API](/start/templates/autonomous-data-api)
- [Autonomous agent business](/start/templates/autonomous-agent)
- [Agent-run services firm](/start/templates/agent-run-services)
- [Autonomous directory](/start/templates/autonomous-directory)
- [Autonomous storefront](/start/templates/autonomous-storefront)

## Example
An autonomous [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) sells résumé reviews. Its Agent refunds a $45 review at once, because the refund is low stakes. A summer discount on every [Offer](/business/nouns/offer) waits one business day, and a Studio partner lets it pass.