Mise en place

Ingredients prepared in bowls before cooking

Mise en place. Photo: PilotChicago, CC BY-SA 4.0; unchanged.

Often the hardest part of creative work is regathering and scaffolding the mental context you need to even start:

  • Where did you leave off?
  • What feedback came in to consider?
  • What does this work connect to?
  • Etc.

Agents are great at gathering and scaffolding all that context if you:

  • Describe the outcome you want from a task.
  • Create a “router” list of where it should look for inputs (a project management system, email, calendar, notes).
  • Tell it to prepare all the links you’ll need.

Presentation outline Step with collected sources and preparation

Outline the presentation: existing materials, source links, and preparation gathered in one Step.

Standing desk purchase Step with research and source links

Purchase a desk: prior research, requirements, and purchase checks ready to use.

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