Digital Humans overview
Halo Digital Humans are AI members on duty: they work on a schedule, take requests in WeCom, Feishu or WeChat, and report back. How they differ from chats.
A Halo Digital Human is an AI member that stays on duty. Give it a job description and it starts work on its own, on a schedule or when something happens. It has its own memory, reports back when it's done, and asks you when it needs a decision. A Digital Human here is an AI that does work, not a video avatar.
How is a Digital Human different from a conversation?
| A conversation | A Digital Human | |
|---|---|---|
| Who starts it | You send a message, then it answers | It starts by itself: on time, when a message arrives, or when something happens |
| Where you find it | Conversation on the left rail | Digital Humans on the left rail |
| Memory | Conversations in a workspace share one memory | Each Digital Human has its own memory and remembers past runs |
| Outside contact | Inside Halo only | Can take requests in WeCom, Feishu or WeChat and post results to a group |
| Best for | One-off tasks: writing, coding, research | Recurring work: daily briefs, scheduled checks, answering colleagues, reminders |
Both use the same AI with the same abilities. The difference is that a Digital Human doesn't need you watching: it has a standing job description and works at its own pace.
What it can do for you
- Every weekday at 9:00, sum up industry news in five points and post them to a WeCom group.
- Check a competitor's website every hour and tell you when prices change.
- Answer colleagues' questions about the expense process in Feishu.
- Every Monday, summarize last week's tickets into an Excel file.
- In its chat, say "remind me about the meeting at 3 pm", and it reminds you on time.
More examples by job are in Use cases. For the recurring office work AI members can take on, see AI digital workers.
How it starts working
One Digital Human can start work in several ways at once:
- On a schedule: every day at 9:00, every hour, or only on mainland China working days. See Schedules and triggers.
- When a message arrives: once a WeCom, Feishu or WeChat bot is bound to it, a message to the bot gets it working. See Message channels overview.
- When you ask: click Run now on its page, or just chat with it.
- Reminders: ask it in its chat to remind you, and it picks up again in the same chat when it's time. See Reminders.
Results show up in its Work activity. Questions that need your decision appear in the Tasks panel and at the top of Work activity, and can also be sent to you in WeCom, Feishu or WeChat. See Runs and management.
Digital Humans run on your own computer, so Halo has to be running for them to work. Closing the window on macOS or Windows is fine; when the computer shuts down or sleeps, they stop. See Keep Digital Humans running.
Where to manage them
Click Digital Humans on the left rail (hover shows "Digital Humans · Extensions"). The page has three tabs:
- My Digital Humans: every Digital Human, grouped as Needs you, Running, Standing by and Paused.
- Teams: teams of several Digital Humans. See Digital Human teams.
- Capability library: the skills and MCP connections Digital Humans can use.
The first time you open Halo, the Halo Workspace already has one Digital Human named "Halo AI 数字人模板" (the name is in Chinese in every language). It has no schedule: you can chat with it right away, ask it for reminders, bind a bot to it, or change it into what you need.
Next steps
- Create a Digital Human: ask Halo to set one up in one sentence, or install a ready-made one from the Store.
- Digital Human teams: let several Digital Humans split up a bigger job.
- Message channels overview: let Digital Humans take requests and report in WeCom, Feishu or WeChat.