Work
One unbreakable rule: draft first—nothing posts, merges or deploys without you
Cleaning up a bad send takes longer than reviewing a draft.
What hurt
Paulo (@paulopierrondi) gives every agent one rule it can never break: draft first. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
The bot drafts the post, the fix and even the revert. Nothing posts, merges or deploys until he approves.
Bots
No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
The prompt
This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/paulopierrondi/status/2109365921345085937 (credit @paulopierrondi).
- 2Tell your bot: draft first is a never-break rule for posts, merges and deploys.
- 3On the next task, insist on seeing the draft before any tool that publishes.
- 4Add the same line to every specialist bot's charter.
- 5Week one: reject anything that skipped the draft step.
Approval fence
Every send, merge, deploy and delete needs your yes on the exact text.
What to tweak
Reviewing a draft is fast; cleaning up a bad send isn't.
Source
Paulo Pierrondi @paulopierrondi · Original post
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Pro pack
PR & deploy watcher: reviews, deploy checks, error triage
Wakes on GitHub, deploy and error events. It reviews each PR, checks the live site after deploys and triages error spikes, and hands small fixes to a cloud coding agent. Nothing merges or deploys without you.