I don't want to teach my AI the same job every week.
When I ask it to help with this newsletter, it needs to know how we publish through Beehiiv and what sounds like me. It needs the right sponsor graphics and the sources I trust.
Those instructions live in a skill file. The agent reads it before we start, so I can focus on what I want to say.
In the solo episode, I put it this way:
When the AI is born, it has knowledge, but not wisdom.
A bot can know plenty and still have no idea how you do things here. A skill is the training manual for a job you want the AI to do again.
Get the job right first
Choose one task you already do regularly, such as a newsletter or a sales-call recap.
Do the work with the bot. Correct what misses the mark. If the tone is wrong, show it what you mean. If a source can't be trusted, replace it. Get to a result you're willing to use.
Then have the AI write down the process that got you there.
Turn the finished work into a skill
Paste this into the conversation and replace the brackets:
Create a reusable skill called [skill name] from the process we completed. Capture the steps and decisions that produced the version I approved. Include the required inputs, tools, output format, and checks.
Write it for an agent that hasn't seen this chat. Ask about missing details. Don't invent facts or links. Require my approval before sending, publishing, purchasing, or deleting.
Show me the skill before saving it.
Read the draft. Every step should tell the next agent what to do or how to check the result.
Approve it, then ask GrokBot to save it as a named skill. If the bot can't find it, open Connect apps, select the connected count, and enable it under Private skills.
I keep workflow files in GitHub so I can track changes. Saving a copy there doesn't automatically make it available to GrokBot. Have the bot confirm it can read the skill and use the tools it names.
Use it on the next job
Next time, call the skill by name and give it new material:
Use [skill name] with [new inputs]. Read the skill before starting, check your work against it, and stop with a draft for my review.
Inspect the result. If it skipped a step or pulled in last week's information, fix the instructions and test it again.
This month, the PFS section below promotes a webinar. A skill that still points to the old promotion needs an update. The same goes for a better source or a new check that catches an error.
The correction needs to survive the conversation.
Ask the bot to show you the proposed change, then approve it before it saves the update.
Try this on one recurring task. On the next run, see whether you're working with new material or explaining old decisions.
I'm bringing solo episodes back
The interviews on Finding Peak are staying. I'm also bringing back solo episodes to work through what I'm learning in my own businesses.
Each week, I want to give you something you can use, drawn from the work itself.
In this first show, I walk through the AI agents behind the sports card business I'm building with my boys, including the skills method above. I also get into owning your audience and why your taste still matters when AI does the production.
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Find the work worth protecting
Use the time you get back for the work you're built for.
I'm writing Easy Mode, planned for September 2027, to help you find your edge, build your life around it, and cut out everything else.
The free Edge Finder gives you a place to start now. Examine four specific activities rather than trying to define your edge by a job title.
Put that work on your calendar before another task takes its place.
This is the way.
Hanley.
