Five jobs to hand to AI this week — with the exact prompts
No setup, no jargon: five real tasks you can delegate to AI today, with copy-paste prompts and a rule of thumb for what to hand over next.
You don’t need a course to start delegating to AI (the course is for going much further, much faster). Here are five jobs you can hand over this week, with prompts you can copy.
1. The meeting you’re about to walk into
Paste the attendee names, company and anything you know, then:
“I’m meeting these people in an hour about [topic]. Give me: 3 things each person likely cares about, 3 smart questions I can ask, and the one thing I should avoid saying. Be specific to their roles.”
Two minutes of prep that reads like twenty.
2. The email you keep not replying to
Paste the thread:
“Draft a reply in my voice: friendly, brief, no fluff. I want to say yes to X, push back on Y without burning the relationship, and propose [day] instead. Give me two versions — one warmer, one firmer.”
You’re choosing between drafts, not staring at a blank reply.
3. The weekly report
Paste last week’s report plus your raw notes/numbers:
“Here’s last week’s report and this week’s raw notes. Produce this week’s report in exactly the same structure and tone. Flag anything that looks unusual versus last week in a ‘worth a look’ list at the end.”
Same format, every week, in minutes — this becomes a reusable shortcut on the course.
4. The document you don’t have time to read
“Summarise this for someone who has 90 seconds: 5 bullet takeaways, then any numbers, dates or commitments I’d be embarrassed to miss, then the questions I should ask the author.”
The “embarrassed to miss” line does surprising work.
5. The decision you’re circling
“I’m deciding between [A] and [B]. Argue hard for A, then hard for B, then tell me what a sceptical CFO would ask about each. Finish with the information that would actually settle it.”
It won’t make the call — it’ll make the call easier.
The rule of thumb
Notice the pattern: you’re not asking questions, you’re handing over tasks with a clear brief — context, what good looks like, the format you want back. That’s the skill, and it ports to everything.
The ceiling on prompts like these is that AI still can’t see your work — every task starts with you pasting things in. Connecting it to your email, calendar and documents removes the pasting and unlocks the daily briefing and inbox routines that save the real hours.
That’s weeks 3–7 of the course. This list is week zero — and it’s free.