Why do so many people stop after day one?
The session went well. Your agent built something, you said “wow”, and you went home. Four days later you open it and have no idea what to ask. The magic is still there. The habit is not.
There are three usual reasons. The first task was too big and gave a half result. The agent did not know enough about you and wrote generically. And there was no routine, so it ended up beside the other tools you never open.
What do I do the first evening?
Summarise what we did today in my own words so I can read it in a month. Write what we built, what I can do myself and what the next step is. Save it as notes in the project.
This week I am going to [write a reply to a client / draft a post about X]. Write a first draft. Ask me first if there is anything you need to know.
I want you to know my work better. I help [who] with [what]. I never write [words or phrases]. I am proud of [one thing]. Write it down and use it every time you write for me.
Which slot should I choose?
Fifteen minutes, the same weekday, the same time. Choose a time when you are fresh and when nobody needs you. Put it in the calendar as a meeting with yourself. In the first week, coming back matters more than getting something big done.
Your fixed slot
Fifteen minutes, same day, same time. Pick yours and get a repeating calendar event.
Opens in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook.
What if the agent writes something wrong?
Correct it straight away and say why: “That is not how I write, I never use the word X.” That is a better correction than rewriting the sentence yourself, because the agent can save the rule and get it right next time. Anything public, like a site or a post, you read first. You decide, the agent suggests.
What becomes possible?
After a few weeks the agent stops being a tool you open and becomes a colleague who knows your work. That is when it starts to suggest things you did not ask for.
- A morning briefing built from your goals, your calendar and your tasks.
- Answers to your ten most common client questions, in your voice, ready to copy.
- Notes from every conversation, sorted, so you remember what was said.
If you were my assistant for the next three months: which ten things would you take over first, and which three would you advise me not to hand over? Ask me what you need to know before you answer.
Questions people ask
How much time does it take each week?
Fifteen minutes is enough for the first weeks. A short fixed slot beats a long one that never happens.
What if I do not know what to ask for?
Start with something you do every week anyway: a reply, a post, a summary. Small real tasks teach you more than invented tests.
Do I need to be technical?
No. You write to it as you would write to a person who is going to help you. The technical part is the agent's job, and I am here to ask.
Sources
Who is writing this
I am Nathaniel, a commercial operator. For twenty years, across four continents and more than fifteen ventures, I have taken research and young companies from idea to customer. Two KTH spin-offs reached joint development agreements with Fortune 500 partners. An indoor farm sold its full production within about ninety days and ended in a joint venture exit. This year I am a commercial expert for the European Innovation Council's Tech to Market programme. Now I build agents, because the hard part of new technology is rarely the technology. It is getting people to want it and use it.
Want to do this together?
In two hours I can build this with you: Your first week.