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Next Job Skill helper
Turn one recurring job into a shared skill, test it on fresh work and keep what the result actually teaches you.
The helping session ended, but the next useful attempt still depends on somebody else supplying the push.
The first part is open below. The download adds: start here.
Free. The link shows here and lands in your inbox. Nothing else.
What's inside
- Turn one recurring job into a shared skill, test it on fresh work and keep what the result actually teaches you.
- Use the one-page prompt immediately after an AI helping session.
- Build the skill from one solved real example, not a guessed process.
- Record clean tests, misses and remaining human decisions honestly.
- Download the prompt PDF or the separate installable helper ZIP.
Next Job Skill helper
Turn one recurring job into a shared skill, test it on fresh work and keep what the result actually teaches you.
It accompanies It still only happens when I push., where the method is explained in context.
- Use the one-page prompt immediately after an AI helping session.
- Build the skill from one solved real example, not a guessed process.
- Record clean tests, misses and remaining human decisions honestly.
- Download the prompt PDF or the separate installable helper ZIP.
- The ZIP contains SKILL.md, START-HERE.md and these references: START-HERE.md, Job and test record, Reusable skill outline, Fictional monthly-report example.
- Test it in a fresh conversation and check the actual output before using it.
Still to come, in the download
- Start here
Free. The link shows here and lands in your inbox. Nothing else.
Who's behind it
Matt Hertel. An engineer who has also run the company. Built and sold apps solo. Fractional CTO in startups. Every Sunday, one job start to finish, in No Manual Yet.
Every Sunday, one job start to finish. Read No Manual Yet
It goes with this issue
More to take
- Make the next attempt easier.
One recurring job. One shared skill. One fresh test that makes it better.
- The standup is the update
Record your standup once. Let AI update the board, team notes and Slack. Only step in when something is ambiguous.
- The Job Picker
Pick the first job AI should do in your company: five questions, what a good answer looks like, and a prompt that does the asking for you.