The shape of person this fits
Hence is for someone who already knows roughly what needs doing and does not want to be the one doing it: logging into four servicers to copy down APRs, working out whether a deferral rate is actually capturing the whole match, filling a distribution form from two recordkeeper portals. That means the first errands assume you have:- Online access to the accounts involved. Hence Assistant signs in as you, through a single-use page you complete yourself. It does not open accounts, and it does not recover logins for you.
- US accounts. The first errands are US consumer credit and US employer retirement plans. Rules, forms and the plan mechanics are jurisdiction-specific, and the errands say so.
- A reason to delegate rather than to do it yourself. If what you want is only an explanation, that is a different job.
Who should not wait for this
- Anyone in an active dispute that has become legal. A debt lawsuit, identity theft or insolvency is a hard stop. Hence Assistant refuses and points you at a professional, and that is the correct answer rather than a limitation to work around.
- Anyone who needs money moved. Hence Assistant does not move money between accounts. Nothing in the current errand set does, and the boundary is structural rather than a missing feature.
- Anyone who needs something signed today. Signatures, elections, spousal consent and identity proofing are yours. An errand can get you to the moment of signing; it cannot take it from you.
Access during the pilot
Access is decided on our side, for your account, at the moment a tool is called — not by who holds an invite link and not by your assistant. The practical consequences:- Adding the connector always works. The consent flow will succeed for any Hence account.
- Running an errand may not. If access is not enabled, every tool refuses cleanly and says so in words. Nothing half-runs, and nothing is started.
- Nothing needs redoing when access arrives. The connection you already made starts working.
Entry to the pilot is by invitation, not self-serve signup. That decides who is admitted; it
does not change the three points above, which hold for any Hence account. The account step on
Connect Claude is where to start.