AI Assistants is the lay people’s term. Most use the term Agents. Nonetheless, whether you say Agents or Assistants, it really means an LLM trained on a specific task. It can and must be able to execute as well otherwise it’s just a listener. It must take action and automate a lot of the work you do.
So, with that, I’ll stick with AI Agents rather than Assistants. So, are there even AI Agents for worship leaders?
As of now, there is just one true AI agent for worship leaders. If you have to fill in a form, it’s not an agent.
So, what is an AI Agent?
AI agent is an autonomous software system that uses artificial intelligence to perceive its environment, make independent decisions, and execute complex, multi-step tasks to achieve a specific goal with minimal human intervention.
Unlike basic chatbots or traditional software that follow rigid, predefined rules. AI agents can think, learn, and operate on their own. They can be coached on a topic by uploading docs and you can give them the freedom of operating strictly within it’s uploaded knowledge base, or to browse the internet and find answers.
So – with that in mind. Is there a conversational AI agent for worship leaders where a leader can speak with an agent and then have it go and do stuff? Yes. Just the one.
Are there other apps with more AI infused intelligence, yes, there are quite of few of those, but those generally require you to fill in forms, do all the grunt work and then AI will manipulate and give you data.
Nova the Worship Planning AI Agent from Worship Team
Nova is the only worship planning AI agent right now. Everything about your team, their schedule and frequency settings, the instruments they play, your church, your entire set list history, is in Nova’s knowledge base accessible only to you and it can do almost anything you want.
Nova is a conversational AI agent that can save worship leaders hours each week. It took me about 2 – 3 minutes to research what songs were played recently, if a song was ever sung in the past, checked availability of all my team members, created the set list and sent invites out to the entire team.
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This is more of a feature of WorshipTeamAI, but Nova takes full advantage of – because WorshipTeamAI is also a community of worship musicians, some of whom are open to volunteering and helping the local church, Nova can search for vetted musicians in your zip code to help you fill in missing slots.
For example, if someone were searching for an electric guitarist in the 30102 zipcode, they might find me.
I have a home church, I have a demo reel, you get to see capabilities, removing any unnecessary awkwardness, other short form videos for a quick theology check, my rig, and also recommendations. Someone write a recommendation for me – for crying out loud. Hah.
By vetted – I mean, they must have a home church and also peers have written recommendations. At the very least, these are good signals before you message them.
Asaph
Asaph is a splendid worship planning tool. It also integrates with Planning Center. However Asaph’s role is to not be an AI agent. It does a lot of things really well but it’s mostly after the fact. By this I mean, you still do the old school search for songs, and build your set list and fill in forms.
Once you are done with that, AI will give you intel about the songs as far as themes etc. This is more of a sprinkles on the cake.
Nova however is the best chef you will know. It can make you the cake.