Notes on delegating work to AI
Practical notes on handing real work to an AI operator: what works, what to watch, and how to stay in control.
- Best personal AI agents (October 2026)Compare personal AI agents by background work, channels, model choice, approvals, memory export and published price. Checked 2 October 2026.
- AI agent scheduled tasks compared, vendor by vendorHow ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok Bot handle scheduled and recurring AI tasks, checked against each vendor's own documentation on 27 September 2026.
- Build a press list with an AI agent, overnightBuild a press list with an AI agent overnight: verification rules, tone memory, your own model key, and every pitch held for approval before it sends.
- ChatGPT Plus vs Claude Pro vs Google AI ProCompare three $20 AI plans by model access, usage limits, research, agents, media tools, storage and extras before you renew.
- How to set up an AI morning brief worth readingA useful AI morning brief has a fixed structure and a 200-word limit. The template, setup steps for ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, and honest limits of each.
- How to switch from ChatGPT to Claude without losing your contextWhat a ChatGPT export contains, what Claude can import automatically, what you rebuild by hand, and a step-by-step checklist for the move.
- Meta Muse vs Grok Bot: which personal AI agent fits your work?Meta Muse suits personal errands; Grok Bot suits delegated work across apps. Compare access, approvals, memory, model choice and cost as of September 2026.
- Self-hosted vs managed AI operators: how to chooseA neutral guide to choosing between a self-hosted AI agent and a managed AI operator, with a decision table and a hardening checklist if you self-host.
- Set up overnight AI competitor monitoringSet up AI competitor monitoring that runs overnight, checks the right pages on schedule, and brings a sourced brief with one action drafted for approval.
- What an AI operator can finish overnightThree worked examples of overnight AI operator tasks, with the trigger, the steps taken, where it paused, and what was ready by morning.
- When should an AI agent ask for approval?A practical decision matrix for which AI agent actions should require approval, from reading and drafting to sending, booking and paying.
- What an AI agent receipt should showWalk through one AI task record end to end, including an uncertain step, to see what a useful AI agent receipt needs to include.
- Personal AI agent vs. AI employeePersonal AI agent and AI employee get used interchangeably, but they describe different units of work, ownership and buyer fit. Here's the actual distinction.
- How much should a personal AI agent remember?A practical framework for what a personal AI agent should remember, what it shouldn't, and how to keep its memory correctable rather than merely growing.
- Choosing the right AI model for each taskDifferent AI models suit different work. Here's a practical framework for matching a task to a model, with a worked example routing four real requests.
- Why recurring AI tasks failRecurring AI tasks tend to fail quietly, not loudly. Here's a framework for the common failure modes and how to catch them before they cost you.
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