Work
One-person shop bot: wake only for money, publish, send-as-you, trades
Always-on agents either spam you or silently spend.
What hurt
Trenchwerk (@c0rtex1100X) built a bot that runs a one-person shop and only wakes for four gates. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Gates: money, publish, send-as-you, trades. Short reports; stalled lanes get a push; nothing spends or posts without GO.
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/c0rtex1100X/status/2108959510404751794 (credit @c0rtex1100X).
- 2Write the four gates into your chief bot's NEVER/ASK list.
- 3Require short reports; silence when nothing changed.
- 4Add a stall push if a lane stops moving.
- 5Refuse any spend/publish/send/trade path that skips GO.
Approval fence
Every gated action needs your explicit GO on the exact item.
What to tweak
Four gates beat fifty vague "ask me" rules.
Source
Trenchwerk @c0rtex1100X · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
Pro pack
Solo-founder ops desk: one morning note, four gates
Three bots run the back office of a one-person company or side business: a morning note of what changed, a Friday keep/fix/cut review, and wake-ups only for money, publishing, sending as you, or anything irreversible.