Lesson 07.1 · Phase 07 Working with agents
Writing a task brief.
01 · The problem
A chat prompt is not a task. When the work is real, you need a brief that would still make sense if you handed it to a colleague tomorrow.
02 · The prompt
Ask the agent to turn your messy notes into a brief with job, outcome, context, limits, and a definition of done. Then read it as if you were the colleague.
Notes into a brief
Turn these notes into a task brief I could hand to a colleague. Use headings: Job, Outcome, Context, Limits, Done. Notes: weekend drawing class, one page, adults, ten o’clock, tea on the back table, no hype, I need to print it Friday.
03 · Try itPromptYour prompt
If a heading is empty, the notes were thin. Fill it yourself before you delegate.
Illustrative answer — written for this lesson, not a live model
Job: write the welcome page. Outcome: one printed page for adults. Context: Saturday drawing; start at ten; tea on the back table; print Friday. Limits: no hype; one page. Done: I can print it without another edit for tone.
04 · What you made
A brief that stands on its own. If you would not hand it to a person, do not hand it to an agent.