> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wayak.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Why Wayak

> An agentic platform for organizations that run on data

Large organizations sit on enormous amounts of data spread across dozens of systems — databases, data warehouses, SaaS tools, file shares, internal wikis. The people who need answers from that data rarely have direct access, and when they do, it takes too long.

Wayak changes that equation. It connects an AI agent to all of your company's data — structured and unstructured — and gives it the business context to navigate that data the way your best people do.

<Frame caption="The Wayak data platform — connect, analyze, and query from one place">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/wayak/SyWPcqQONHnC0uoc/app-screenshots/Data%20Platform%20Overview.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=SyWPcqQONHnC0uoc&q=85&s=b572561445caeca881a6da7a97727c17" alt="Wayak data platform overview" width="4236" height="3548" data-path="app-screenshots/Data Platform Overview.png" />
</Frame>

<Info>No tickets. No waiting. No SQL. Just ask.</Info>

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## Who Wayak is built for

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Data is everywhere" icon="database">
    Spread across multiple databases, APIs, SaaS tools, and document repositories.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Teams need answers fast" icon="clock">
    Decisions can't wait for a data team backlog.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automation is a priority" icon="rotate">
    Recurring reports, alerts, and workflows consume too much manual effort.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI adoption matters" icon="microchip">
    Leadership wants AI that creates real operational leverage, not just novelty.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

***

## What makes Wayak different

Most AI data tools do one thing — answer a question from a single database. Wayak is a full platform.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Data platform" icon="database">
    Connect every data source your organization uses into one place.

    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Databases" icon="server" href="/concepts/data-platform/databases">
        PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, Snowflake, and more.
      </Card>

      <Card title="API connections" icon="plug" href="/concepts/data-platform/api-connections">
        Pull data from any REST or GraphQL API.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Lakehouse" icon="upload" href="/concepts/data-platform/lakehouse">
        Upload CSVs, Excel files, and other flat files directly.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Knowledge bases" icon="book-open" href="/concepts/data-platform/knowledge-bases">
        Upload PDFs, docs, and presentations for RAG-powered search.
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Ontology" icon="brain">
    Encode your business logic so the agent answers with precision.

    <CardGroup cols={3}>
      <Card title="Objects" icon="cube" href="/concepts/ontology/objects">
        Core entities — customers, orders, products.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Metrics" icon="chart-line" href="/concepts/ontology/metrics">
        Calculations — revenue, churn, conversion.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Dimensions" icon="layer-group" href="/concepts/ontology/dimensions">
        Attributes — region, status, tier.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Entities" icon="id-card" href="/concepts/ontology/entities">
        Specific instances and identity resolution.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Views" icon="chart-bar" href="/concepts/ontology/views">
        Charts and tables for specific data slices.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Dashboards" icon="grid-2" href="/concepts/ontology/dashboards">
        Collections of views on a single page.
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Agent space" icon="robot">
    Build specialized agents that know your data and execute tasks.

    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Custom agents" icon="robot" href="/concepts/agents/custom-agents">
        Define personas with specific roles, goals, and behaviors.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Skills" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/concepts/agents/skills">
        Procedural instructions that teach agents how to do tasks.
      </Card>

      <Card title="App integrations" icon="plug" href="/concepts/agents/app-integrations">
        Connect agents to the tools your team already uses.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Examples" icon="lightbulb" href="/concepts/agents/examples">
        Browse agent and skill examples by industry.
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Playbooks" icon="clock">
    Automate repeatable work with multi-step workflows.

    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="What is a playbook?" icon="book" href="/concepts/playbooks/what-is-a-playbook">
        Understand how playbooks chain skills and logic together.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Creating playbooks" icon="hammer" href="/concepts/playbooks/creating-playbooks">
        Build your first automated workflow step by step.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Components" icon="puzzle-piece" href="/concepts/playbooks/components">
        The building blocks — triggers, actions, conditions, and outputs.
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

***

## The platform at a glance

```mermaid placement="center" theme={null}
flowchart TB
    team[Your Team] --> agents[AI Agents]

    subgraph intelligence[Intelligence Layer]
        direction LR
        ontology[Ontology\nMetrics · Terms · Joins]
        playbooks[Playbooks\nAutomated Workflows]
        skills[Skills\nReusable Actions]
    end

    agents --> intelligence

    subgraph data[Data Platform]
        direction LR
        db[Databases]
        api[APIs]
        lake[Lakehouse]
        kb[Knowledge Bases]
    end

    intelligence --> data
```

<Tip>Start with the [quickstart](/quickstart) to get hands-on, or explore any section above to go deeper.</Tip>
