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Start with a Brain Dump, Then Ask for Routines

After a week of use, Alex Finn recommends giving the system broad context about your work and life before creating individual bots.

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What happened

The onboarding prompt is intentionally open: explain what you do, what repeats, and what drains time, then ask which tasks or routines the system could improve. The result is a more relevant first roster than copying a generic template.

Editorial use

Why this belongs in the atlas

Use this field report as workflow inspiration, then verify the source before copying sensitive steps.

Research provenance

Compiled from the linked source and archived research notes on September 2, 2026.

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Before you automate

Read the failure modes

Persistent agents gain leverage from access. These field notes help you set narrower permissions and human approval gates first.