Module 4: Working by Automation
The automation mode. When work should stop being a conversation and become a repeatable, possibly unattended process. Framed for executives who commission and govern automation, not only for those who build it.
Session structure
The 30-minute peer share is protected in every module, because peer exchange, not formal instruction, is where the learning compounds.
Capstone build step
A scheduled brief, governed by the four-line boundary.
Commissioning and governing automation you did not personally write: what to write down before anything runs unwatched, and how to keep checking it, not how to maintain the pipeline yourself.
Cadence: the brief arrives on its own
Write the four-line boundary, run the brief once by hand, then put it on a Claude scheduled task and decide how you will sample it.
Start building ->The materials
Pre-work
What to have done before we meet: the Module 3 assignment.
Open pre-work ->Session guide
The full run of show: the three blocks, the timings, and the facilitator notes. Sign-in required.
Open guide ->Teaching slides
The 16:9 deck for display during the instruction block. Sign-in required.
Open deck ->Homework
Your brief now runs without you starting it. Next week asks you to stand behind what it produces, so bring the evidence:
Open homework ->Debrief
The recap and the session recording, posted after we meet. Sign-in required.
Open debrief ->Reading
The Five Elements Spine: Personal OS Architecture Guide
The primary reading, and the map you will grade your own system against for the rest of the program.
Think 'Employee', Not 'Tool'
Claire Vo's principles for running AI agents the way you would onboard a new hire: scoped roles, progressive trust, and corrections that persist.
Time to read: about 12 minutes
Agentic email processing
A worked design for email triage, and where its boundaries are set. The session's worked example of the four-line boundary.
Time to read: about 6 minutes
Reference architecture
How the daily brief and the post-meeting sweep in Jay's own system are put together, for those who want the whole picture.
Time to read: about 6 minutes