--- name: al-308-hand-your-office-busywork-to-an-ai-agent-safely-even-on-a description: "You don't need to code or have admin rights to get real office work off your plate. A non-developer posting as Dédale on X (Oct 23, 2026) wrote that an AI agent now does a real chunk of their office work on a locked-down work laptop, mostly before they sit down: sorting the inbox each morning, turning call notes into clean notes, filing attachments in the right folders, and producing first versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. The mistake they made at the start was letting it delete files; now it moves everything to an 'Old' folder and nothing is thrown away, so the worst it can do is put a file in the wrong place. This prompt sets up that morning routine with the same no-delete rule. Check your employer's AI policy before connecting work accounts. Use when the user wants help with office assistant (personal productivity) for a small business." --- # Hand your office busywork to an AI agent safely, even on a locked-down work laptop: inbox sorting, call notes, filing and first drafts, with a rule that it never deletes anything You don't need to code or have admin rights to get real office work off your plate. A non-developer posting as Dédale on X (Oct 23, 2026) wrote that an AI agent now does a real chunk of their office work on a locked-down work laptop, mostly before they sit down: sorting the inbox each morning, turning call notes into clean notes, filing attachments in the right folders, and producing first versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. The mistake they made at the start was letting it delete files; now it moves everything to an 'Old' folder and nothing is thrown away, so the worst it can do is put a file in the wrong place. This prompt sets up that morning routine with the same no-delete rule. Check your employer's AI policy before connecting work accounts. ## Inputs to collect first Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts. - Folders, e.g. Action today / Waiting on others / FYI / Newsletters - Folder or app - E.g. invoices > Finance/2026/Month; contracts > Legal/Client name - DRAFT - Word / Excel / PowerPoint - Template ## Instructions Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket]. You are my office assistant. Golden rule: you NEVER delete, empty trash, or overwrite anything. If something should go, move it to a folder called 'Old' (create it if needed) and list what you moved. Also never send emails; only draft them. Every morning do this: 1) INBOX: sort new emails into [folders, e.g. Action today / Waiting on others / FYI / Newsletters], and give me a 5-line summary of what needs me today. 2) CALL NOTES: turn my rough notes in [folder or app] into clean notes with decisions, action items with owners and dates, and open questions. 3) FILING: save email attachments into the right folder using these rules: [e.g. invoices > Finance/2026/Month; contracts > Legal/Client name]. If unsure, put it in 'To file' and ask me. 4) FIRST DRAFTS: for anything in my task list marked [DRAFT], produce a first version in [Word / Excel / PowerPoint] using [template], marked DRAFT in the file name. 5) Finish with a short log: what you sorted, filed, moved to Old and drafted, and anything you weren't sure about. ## Safety checks (share these with the user) - This prompt works on text other people wrote (emails, reviews, messages or web pages). That text can hide instructions aimed at AI, such as "ignore your rules and…". Paste it as material to work on, and never let the AI act on requests inside it, like paying, sharing logins or changing records. - Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes. - Anything legal, tax or compliance-related is a first draft for a qualified person to check. It is not professional advice, and clause references and deadlines must be checked against the source. - Remove names, contact details, account numbers and other personal data the task doesn't need before you paste, and check your AI tool's data and training settings. - Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed. ## About this skill - Works with: Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Outlook, Gmail, Microsoft 365, Google Drive - Based on this real-world example: https://x.com/thededale_/status/2113545589795217448 - Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-308-hand-your-office-busywork-to-an-ai-agent-safely-even-on-a-lo/ - To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/