Engineering
Small routines, one job each, so you know where a misfire came from
One giant agent that does everything is impossible to debug when it misfires.
What hurt
Paulo Pierrondi (@paulopierrondi) stopped building one giant agent. He runs small Grok Bot routines with one job each: real-browser checks on his site 3 times a day, a watcher on every PR to the deploy branch, Linear triage, and his X calendar. When something misfires, he knows exactly where to look. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Split by job, not by bot cleverness. Each routine has one trigger and one output.
Bots
No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.
Plugins
Browser
Optional
GitHub
Optional
Linear
Optional
Routines
Site check. 3x a day. Open the site in a real browser and report breakage.
Deploy PR watch. On PR to deploy branch. Summarize and flag risky PRs.
Linear triage. Weekday mornings. Label and route new issues.
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/2110501089972027607 (credit @paulopierrondi).
- 2List the jobs you want watched and give each its own routine.
- 3Start with a real-browser site check 3 times a day.
- 4Add a watcher for PRs to your deploy branch and a Linear triage routine.
- 5When one misfires, fix that routine only.
Approval fence
Watchers report; merges and posts still wait for you.
What to tweak
Steal the four-routine starter set.
Source
Paulo Pierrondi | AI agents in production @paulopierrondi · Original post
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