It slots into what exists
Spoken: “I have an idea about a form I want to create.”
Switchboard
Great — we already have a system for forms. Yours can slot right in.
Build your form →id8 · an Ontario AI Working Group pilot
A place for every idea
We all do different kinds of work, across different domains. This is the place for all of it.
Your idea, in your wordsNo forms, no proposals.
No typingYou say it; the switchboard connects it. (Okay, fine — type if you must.)
Quick answers now, a path forward when you want one
You say it; the switchboard connects it — to an answer, to a person, to the work that already exists. If the quick answer is all you needed, you're done.
Ideas going out
There's a team for that
Spoken: “I have an idea about an asset manager.”
Switchboard
Beautiful — we've got a team working on this. They'd love your ideas. Please join us.
Join the team →Find the person who can back it
Spoken: “I've got a small idea for tracking equipment calibration, but I don't know who'd sign off on it.”
Switchboard
Good one. Calibration sits with your region's quality lead, and they've backed two ideas like this already. Want me to connect you?
Connect me →A question coming in
Already answered — and here's who answered it
Spoken: “I don't know how to reach the right person for this contract-liability question.”
Switchboard
That one's already answered — here's what our contracts lead wrote, because they built the guidance on it. Want more? You can reach them directly.
Read the answer →Somewhere safe to ask when IT can't get to you
A real answer, either way
Spoken: “Does Englobe provide Linux development?”
Switchboard
Not at the moment — here's the policy and the reason, and here's who to talk to if your project genuinely needs it.
See the policy →Here's the safe way
Spoken: “How do I upload HR documents to my personal Copilot account?”
Switchboard
Please don't put those there — here's why. Here's the approved way to do what you're actually trying to do, and who can help.
Show me the safe way →id8 knows Englobe's guidance on a growing list of topics — ask your AI, or browse it yourself.
Guide, not gate
You get frameworks, context, and connections to others working in the same space from the start — so you can build it right the first time.
Collaborate, don't duplicate
See what already exists and who's working on it before you start, then build on it together. A duplicate is an introduction, not a dead end.
Better together
We connect you with the people who share your idea and want to build it — and with the stakeholders it needs to succeed.
Conversations moving things forward
Talk an idea through, and have something come of it.
Good ideas can come from anyone
Leadership sets it up and backs the ideas that earn it; the ideas come from the floor. What moves is what the evidence backs.
Built to scale
Guiding, spotting duplicates and finding the people who share an idea happen automatically, so this works for a whole company — not three people triaging a suggestion box.
You bring your AI. We guide it.
Every connection mediated through the switchboard.
Bring your own AI. We help it understand everything it needs to work with id8.
Outside — your choice
Your AI
- Claude, ChatGPT, or whatever you already use
- or just the website
The one way in
The switchboard
- A standard skill — the instructions your AI follows
- Industry-standard MCP — a self-describing interface
- Verified work-email sign-in on every connection
- Everything checked before it reaches the core
No AI in the core
The id8 core
- Ideas and their lifecycle
- People and the roles they fill
- Matching and duplicate checks
- Standard storage and sign-in
The core is deterministic, standard infrastructure — nothing at its heart can drift when a model changes. AI lives at the edges, where you choose it, and every one of them reaches the core through the switchboard. The same operator that welcomes you is the one that keeps it safe.
16ideas shared
0this week
17people taking part
4additions to others' ideas
A pilot, run by peers
id8 is a pilot of the Ontario AI Working Group. Elliott Smith, Chris Sturt and Thomas Milks are responsible for it. It's an experiment, and these are the questions it's here to answer — you can help answer them:
- Will people actually share ideas?
- Where do people most want their work to get better — and what does that tell us?
- Can we understand people's interests, views and priorities?
- Can we connect people to each other, and help them do more together than alone?
- Does surfacing ideas actually cut duplicated effort?
On the horizon
Could it one day be…
- …a place where an idea goes all the way — captured today, built tomorrow, and one day running for everyone who needs it?
- …a store of every project we've ever done, that anyone's AI could simply ask?
- …a switchboard that connects anyone to anyone, any time?
- …a way to understand what a whole community of builders cares about — and where to put our weight?
- …somewhere even sensitive work is handled with exactly the care it deserves?
- …the place where the one idea that changes the company is first said out loud?
Capture today, build tomorrow. Maybe one day.
Come in
- Pick how you'd like to use id8 — by voice, in the AI you already use, or just the website. The next page shows every path at once, so you know where each one goes.
- Sign in with your work email. We email you a code; there's no password.
- Say your idea, or ask your question. The switchboard connects you.
Think this should be more than a pilot? We'd love to talk about next steps. Questions, feedback, or not ready to join yet — reach the people behind id8 directly.
Reach the developers