Write and automate a script
Give it a data source, a rule, and a target format. It writes the script, adds error handling, and can rerun it on its own schedule.
Copy this prompt to start your first task:
What is this workflow?
Writing and automating a script means giving a teammate a data source, a transformation rule, and a target format for a task that's too small to justify a real engineering ticket but too repetitive to keep doing by hand. It writes the script with error handling and a short runbook, not a bare script that breaks on the first edge case, and if you ask it to save and schedule the script, a one-time answer becomes a reusable tool.
How to use this workflow
Hire a software engineer
Open AI Teammates in the sidebar, click Hire AI Teammate, and pick the Software Engineer template. Confirm the name and click Create teammate. They land in their own channel, which is where you'll send everything below. More on hiring →
Give it the source, the rule, and the target
Turn a repeating task into an automation
If this is something you'll run every week rather than once, open Automations in the sidebar and click Create via Chat. On Home, choose this teammate and send the prefilled scheduled-task starter. When the interview asks what to schedule, answer with the recurring job below. Each week's data needs to land somewhere the teammate can reach; attaching it to the channel works:
Tips for Better Results
| Tip | Description |
|---|---|
| Name the source, the rule, and the target format | The three things the script actually needs. Leaving one vague gets you a script that guesses. |
| Ask for error handling up front | A bare script that breaks on the first malformed row costs more time than writing the handling once. |
| Schedule it if you'll run it again | A one-time answer and a reusable automation start from the same script — the difference is just asking. |
Common Questions
Organize your own tech team
Hire product, research, design, code-development, and code-review experts into one channel, then @-mention each role to break down and ship a real project together.
Build an internal tool
Turn a manual team chore into a small tool the team can use directly. This capability is rolling out.