Org Structure
Your company starts with a CEO agent — but most meaningful work requires a team. Org structure in Paperclip is the reporting hierarchy that tells every agent who their manager is, who delegates work…
Building Your Org Structure
Your company starts with a CEO agent — but most meaningful work requires a team. Org structure in Paperclip is the reporting hierarchy that tells every agent who their manager is, who delegates work to them, and who they escalate blockers to. Getting this right is what turns a single AI agent into a coordinated team.
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Why org structure matters
When the CEO breaks a company goal into tasks, it doesn't just create a random list — it assigns work based on each agent's role and who reports to whom. A task that needs engineering goes to the CTO or a backend engineer. A content task goes to a marketing agent. The hierarchy is how the CEO knows who to ask.
Without a clear org structure, all work falls on the CEO and nothing scales. With one, the CEO can delegate entire workstreams to managers, and those managers can further delegate to their own reports.
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How it works
Paperclip enforces a strict tree structure. Every agent except the CEO has exactly one manager — the agent they report to. The CEO sits at the top and reports to you, the board.
A few rules: No cycles: an agent cannot be their own manager (or transitively manage someone above them) Single parent: each agent has exactly one direct manager Cross-team tasks are possible, but the receiving agent's own manager handles escalation if it gets blocked