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You are about to put an AI employee on the payroll, or you already did and it keeps handing work back with a question attached. These guides cover the fix: the one-page rules file the agent reads before every shift, how to write it, what it should cover, when the agent should escalate, and the mistakes that make owners give up.
What Are Rules For Working With Me (For an AI Employee)?
The definition: a one-page file the agent reads before every shift, with four sections, and why English being lossy makes it necessary.
How To Write Rules For An AI Employee In Thirty Minutes
Ten minutes on how you communicate, ten on how you want it to communicate, ten on this-not-that. Leave the irritation list empty and let it fill itself.
AI Employee Rules vs Prompts: What's The Difference?
Prompts are for one task; rules are for every task. The test for which is which, and why getting it right makes your prompts shorter.
What AI Employee Rules Should Cover (The 7-Section Checklist)
Business context, communication both ways, this-not-that, autonomy, access, and the irritation list. All on one page.
How To Onboard An AI Employee To Your Business
Rules before day one, access on day one, a real task not a test, corrections in writing, and a handoff file between sessions.
When Should An AI Employee Escalate To A Human? The Escalation Rules
Five situations that always escalate, what should never escalate, and why absolute limits should be code rather than rules.
7 AI Employee Rule Mistakes Founders Keep Making
No rules, rules that are prompts, correcting in chat, no irritation list, rules for things that should be code, no access section, no default.
Do I Even Need Rules For My AI Employee?
The honest case for skipping them, what happens without them over four weeks, and the moment the rules file starts paying for itself.
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Rules For Working With Me is free: the one-page rules file your AI employee reads before every shift, the fill-in template, and three short lessons inside the free tier of Optimus University. Fill it in once, hand it over, stop repeating yourself.
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