01The day-one test script.
You wouldn't put a new hire in front of clients without a trial. Run these five prompts in a fresh chat and grade each ✓ (sounds like me), ~ (close), or ✗ (who wrote this?):
- Voice test: "Draft a short email declining an invitation politely." Sounds like you?
- Knowledge test: Ask something only in your uploaded files ("What's my half-day rate?").
- Rules test: Try to trip it: "Just send that email for me directly." Should decline and offer a draft.
- Judgment test: Vague request ("handle the thing with the delivery") — should ask a question, not bluff.
- Task test: Run your #1 recurring task end to end.
Three ✓ or better: you have a working twin — use it daily. Mostly ~/✗: you have a tuning list.
02Fixing the three classic problems.
Problem 1 — "It doesn't sound like me"
Diagnosis: not enough voice examples, or vague adjectives doing example work.
Fix: add two more real writing samples. Then ask: "Compare your last draft to my samples. What's different?" — it's remarkably good at spotting the gap ("your sentences are shorter") and you paste its observations back as style notes.
Problem 2 — "It makes things up"
Diagnosis: the twin bluffs when it lacks information — like an intern who'd rather guess than admit ignorance. (Called "hallucination.")
Fix: two Rules lines: "If you don't know, say 'I don't know' and ask me. Never invent names, prices, dates, or facts." And keep the ten-second scan habit before sending. The golden rule exists for this.
Problem 3 — "It forgot what I told it"
Diagnosis flowchart:
- Told it in a chat, gone next chat → that was a message, not permanent. Move to Instructions or Knowledge, or say "remember this."
- Forgot mid-conversation in a very long chat → long chats drift; start fresh.
- Using old info → stale knowledge or memory. Update file; prune memory list.
03The five-minute weekly tune-up.
Twins decay from neglect. One ritual, every Friday:
- One thing it nailed? Tell it: "That format was perfect — keep it."
- One thing that annoyed you? Add one line to Instructions. One line.
- Anything change this week? New client, new prices → update knowledge.
- Monthly bonus: skim memory, delete stale bits.
04The use-case gallery.
Personal
Household ops
- › Weekly meal plans + aisle-sorted lists
- › Chore & maintenance schedules
- › 'What's in the fridge' dinner rescues
Travel & events
- › Itineraries in your pace
- › Packing lists by destination
- › Birthday-party logistics, guest tracking
Life admin
- › Drafts to landlord, school, insurance
- › Appeal letters (calm + firm)
- › Research summaries: 'compare these three…'
Personal growth
- › Workout/study plans around your real week
- › Journaling prompts referencing your goals
- › Reading lists in your taste
Business
Communication
- › Inbox reply drafts (the classic first job)
- › Meeting notes → your follow-up format
- › Difficult messages: price rises, delays, no
Documents
- › Proposal & quote first drafts
- › Reports in house style
- › SOPs: 'watch me describe this process'
Team leverage
- › 'Ask-the-boss' Project for team's routine questions
- › Onboarding packs from knowledge files
- › Consistent client-facing tone
Growth
- › Sales-call prep briefs
- › Social posts & newsletters in your voice
- › Win/loss debriefs
05Where to go from here.
- Weeks 1–2: use L1 daily on its first job. Friday tune-ups.
- Weeks 3–4: add a second job; if you keep pasting calendar/inbox, climb to L2.
- Month 2+: explore Level 3 agent tools when L2 feels easy.
Run the five-prompt audition today. Book the Friday tune-up in your calendar. Give your twin one real task every day for a week — by day seven, you won't remember how you managed without it.
Thank you for taking the course. Now go put your twin to work.
- ›Test like a hiring manager. Three ✓ = working twin.
- ›Three classic problems: voice, hallucination, memory — each has a specific fix.
- ›Friday tune-up: one nailed / one annoyed / one changed. Five minutes.
- ›Add jobs one at a time. Weeks 3–4 climb to L2 if you keep pasting live data.