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Building your HR software by talking to an AI: what People does and doesn't do

Product · 15 October 2026 · 5 min read · peopleOS team

Last reviewed: 12 November 2026 · Editorial review; legal validation pending.

When we say you can build your own HR software by talking, the reasonable question is: what happens if the AI gets it wrong? This is how we've approached it.

People doesn't write code

This is the most important decision. People doesn't generate programs that run in your account. It chooses from a set of bounded, already-tested operations: proposing to install a module, querying data and reports, preparing people without sending emails and proposing time-tracking corrections. If you ask for something outside those operations, it tells you.

Every operation is validated before it's applied

Actions with consequences are stored as proposals that expire after 15 minutes. They only run when you press Confirm and after user, company and permissions are rechecked. These checks don't guarantee legal compliance.

It always shows you what it has done

Before each action with consequences, People shows the details and the Confirm and Cancel buttons. A proposal is not the same as an action already carried out.

It only sees your company's data

Each company is isolated from the others at database level. People works with your company's context and nothing else: none of its queries can cross into another company's data.

What it doesn't do

It doesn't replace an employment lawyer. It doesn't automatically read your collective agreement, although you can tell it about improvements over the legal minimum. It can make mistakes. It answers about Spanish employment law citing the rule, but it is not a substitute for professional advice and offers no legal guarantee.

What it costs to use

People uses credits based on input and output tokens: 1 credit per 1,000 tokens. Chat questions and proposals count; using the modules manually doesn't call the AI. The plan at €99 per company per month includes unlimited users and modules and 3,000 credits every calendar month (Madrid time). Packs of 2,000 credits for €29 never expire and are used after the monthly allowance. Purchases open once payments are activated.

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