diff --git a/enterprise/app/jobs/captain/conversation/response_builder_job.rb b/enterprise/app/jobs/captain/conversation/response_builder_job.rb
index b207bd2a4..25832f991 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/jobs/captain/conversation/response_builder_job.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/jobs/captain/conversation/response_builder_job.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@ class Captain::Conversation::ResponseBuilderJob < ApplicationJob
   delegate :account, :inbox, to: :@conversation
 
   def generate_and_process_response
-    @response = Captain::Llm::AssistantChatService.new(assistant: @assistant).generate_response(
-      message_history: collect_previous_messages
-    )
+    @response = if captain_v2_enabled?
+                  Captain::Assistant::AgentRunnerService.new(assistant: @assistant, user: find_conversation_user).generate_response(
+                    message_history: collect_previous_messages
+                  )
+                else
+                  Captain::Llm::AssistantChatService.new(assistant: @assistant).generate_response(
+                    message_history: collect_previous_messages
+                  )
+                end
 
     return process_action('handoff') if handoff_requested?
 
@@ -104,4 +110,17 @@ class Captain::Conversation::ResponseBuilderJob < ApplicationJob
   def log_error(error)
     ChatwootExceptionTracker.new(error, account: account).capture_exception
   end
+
+  def captain_v2_enabled?
+    true
+  end
+
+  def find_conversation_user
+    # TODO: IMPORTANT - The assistant agents are user-facing and their tools should NOT need permission limits.
+    # The tools themselves must be built to ensure they don't perform any wrong/harmful actions.
+    # Currently returning first admin as a temporary solution.
+    # Future: Consider creating a dedicated system user for assistant operations.
+
+    account.administrators.first
+  end
 end
diff --git a/enterprise/app/services/captain/assistant/agent_runner_service.rb b/enterprise/app/services/captain/assistant/agent_runner_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a2dc0e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise/app/services/captain/assistant/agent_runner_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+require 'agents'
+
+class Captain::Assistant::AgentRunnerService
+  def initialize(assistant:, user: nil)
+    @assistant = assistant
+    @user = user
+  end
+
+  def generate_response(additional_message: nil, message_history: [], role: 'user')
+    # Create the assistant agent with scenario handoffs
+    agent = @assistant.agent(@user)
+
+    # Convert message history to proper format for ai-agents
+    formatted_history = format_message_history(message_history)
+
+    # Build context with conversation history
+    context = build_context(formatted_history)
+
+    # Create agent runner
+    runner = Agents::AgentRunner.new(agent: agent)
+
+    # Add context if available
+    runner.add_context(context) if context.present?
+
+    # Get the message to process
+    message_to_process = build_message_to_process(additional_message, message_history, role)
+
+    # Run the agent
+    result = runner.run(message_to_process)
+
+    # Process and format the result
+    process_agent_result(result)
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    Rails.logger.error "[Captain V2] AgentRunnerService error: #{e.message}"
+    Rails.logger.error e.backtrace.join("\n")
+
+    # Return error response in expected format
+    {
+      'response' => 'conversation_handoff',
+      'reasoning' => "Error occurred: #{e.message}"
+    }
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def format_message_history(message_history)
+    # Convert OpenAI format to a more readable format for context
+    message_history.map do |msg|
+      content = msg[:content]
+      # Handle multimodal content
+      if content.is_a?(Array)
+        text_parts = content.select { |part| part[:type] == 'text' }.pluck(:text)
+        content = text_parts.join(' ')
+      end
+
+      "#{msg[:role]}: #{content}"
+    end.join("\n")
+  end
+
+  def build_context(formatted_history)
+    {
+      conversation_history: formatted_history,
+      account_id: @assistant.account_id,
+      user_id: @user&.id,
+      assistant_id: @assistant.id,
+      assistant_config: @assistant.config,
+      timestamp: Time.current.to_i
+    }
+  end
+
+  def build_message_to_process(additional_message, message_history, _role)
+    return additional_message if additional_message.present?
+
+    extract_last_user_message(message_history)
+  end
+
+  def extract_last_user_message(message_history)
+    last_user_msg = message_history.reverse.find { |msg| msg[:role] == 'user' }
+    return '' unless last_user_msg
+
+    extract_text_from_content(last_user_msg[:content])
+  end
+
+  def extract_text_from_content(content)
+    return content unless content.is_a?(Array)
+
+    text_parts = content.select { |part| part[:type] == 'text' }.pluck(:text)
+    text_parts.join(' ')
+  end
+
+  def process_agent_result(result)
+    # Log the result for debugging
+    Rails.logger.info "[Captain V2] Agent result: #{result.inspect}"
+
+    # Check if there was a handoff to a scenario
+    Rails.logger.info "[Captain V2] Handoff to scenario: #{result.pending_handoff[:agent_name]}" if result.pending_handoff.present?
+
+    # Format the response to match expected structure
+    format_response(result.output, result)
+  end
+
+  def format_response(output, result)
+    response_hash = parse_output_to_hash(output, result)
+
+    {
+      'response' => extract_response_content(response_hash, output),
+      'reasoning' => extract_reasoning(response_hash, result)
+    }
+  end
+
+  def parse_output_to_hash(output, _result)
+    return output if output.is_a?(Hash)
+    return {} unless output.is_a?(String) && output.include?('{')
+
+    JSON.parse(output)
+  rescue JSON::ParserError
+    {}
+  end
+
+  def extract_response_content(parsed_hash, original_output)
+    return original_output.to_s if parsed_hash.empty?
+
+    parsed_hash['response'] || parsed_hash['result'] || original_output.to_s
+  end
+
+  def extract_reasoning(parsed_hash, result)
+    return "Processed by #{result.agent_name}" if parsed_hash.empty?
+
+    parsed_hash['reasoning'] || parsed_hash['thought_process'] || "Processed by #{result.agent_name}"
+  end
+end
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