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Module 1: Foundations: one bot, one job
Name a bot, give it one job and a never-do list, set approvals, keep secrets out of chat and read its reports.
- Naming a bot and writing its job description and “never do” listOutline
A one-paragraph job description and a short never-do list for each bot.
- Approvals and Auto-review: what needs a yesOutline
How approval cards work and how to set boundaries you can live with.
- Secrets: why passwords never go in chatOutline
Vault, Secure Forms and sign-in handoffs instead of pasting passwords.
- Reading a bot’s work: reports with links and PASS/OPEN/UNVERIFIEDOutline
A report format that tells you what’s done, what’s open and what wasn’t checked.
- Naming a bot and writing its job description and “never do” listOutline
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Module 2: Skills
Write good skills, turn wins into skills, share one library across bots and keep skills small.
- What makes a good skill (the 6 parts)Free
The six parts every reliable skill has, with a worked example you can copy.
- Turning a successful task into a skillOutline
The moment to save a skill, and the prompt that does it well.
- One shared skills library for all your botsOutline
House rules every bot loads, and job skills only the right bot uses.
- Teach-by-demonstration: recording a workflowOutline
Show the bot a browser workflow once and review the skill it writes.
- Keeping skills small: versioning, pruning, skill rotOutline
Stop skills from growing stale and contradicting each other.
- What makes a good skill (the 6 parts)Free
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Module 3: Memory hygiene
Know what goes in memory, notes or skills, and keep memory small and current.
- Memory vs notes vs skills: which layer holds whatOutline
A simple rule for where each kind of knowledge lives.
- Keeping memory small and currentOutline
Every loaded note costs tokens; keep only what earns its place.
- Monthly memory audit routineOutline
A routine that reviews memory and proposes cuts for your approval.
- Memory vs notes vs skills: which layer holds whatOutline
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Module 4: Connectors and the computer
Connect apps with least privilege, use the browser safely, handle sign-ins and move files.
- Connecting Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Notion with least privilegeOutline
Give each bot only the apps its job needs.
- When there’s no connector: using the bot’s browser safelyOutline
Let the bot work on websites while you keep control.
- Sign-ins, 2FA and things only you should typeOutline
The sign-in order that keeps your accounts safe.
- Files between your computer and the bot’s computerOutline
Send files in, get results out, and keep a tidy folder layout.
- Connecting Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Notion with least privilegeOutline
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Module 5: Routines
Schedules vs events, a routine brief, safe testing and three starter routines.
- Schedules vs event triggersOutline
When to run on a clock and when to run on a signal.
- Writing a routine briefOutline
Owner, schedule, time zone, input, output, approval and failure plan.
- Testing a routine safelyOutline
A test run does real work, so test with safe inputs.
- Three starter routines: daily brief, weekly digest, monitorOutline
Three routines most people keep forever.
- Schedules vs event triggersOutline
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Module 6: The swarm: one bot per area
Why and when to split work across bots, the chief of staff, handoffs, the shared computer and backups.
- Why split work across bots, and when not toFree
The signs you’ve outgrown one bot, and the cases where one bot is still right.
- The Chief of Staff bot: routing, priorities, reportingOutline
One bot that hands out work and sends you a single brief.
- Handoffs between bots: message format and priority flagsOutline
A handoff format that keeps context and avoids loops.
- The shared computer: browser lock, files, avoiding collisionsOutline
Keep bots from fighting over the same computer.
- Backups and rollback drillsOutline
What to do when work disappears, before it happens.
- Why split work across bots, and when not toFree
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Module 7: Templates
Install templates safely, publish your own and move a bot to a new account.
- Installing a template safelyOutline
Read the details before you click Add Bot.
- Publishing your own template (public vs team)Outline
Share a bot without sharing your secrets.
- Moving a bot to a new accountOutline
Carry instructions, skills and memory across accounts.
- Installing a template safelyOutline
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Module 8: Playbooks: full builds
Complete, approve-first builds for inbox, content, website monitoring and a small business.
- Inbox triage with approve-first repliesOutline
Sort, summarise and draft replies you approve.
- Content pipeline: research, draft, your approval, postOutline
From idea to approved post without copy-paste.
- Website and SEO monitor botOutline
Weekly checks that only bother you when something breaks.
- Launching a small business with a swarmOutline
How a small swarm builds and runs a launch, anonymized from our own build.
- Inbox triage with approve-first repliesOutline
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Module 9: Capstone
Map your swarm and set a 30-day operating rhythm.
- Your swarm map worksheetOutline
One page that shows every bot, its job, its apps and its approvals.
- The 30-day operating rhythmOutline
Daily, weekly and monthly habits that keep a swarm healthy.
- Your swarm map worksheetOutline
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