Hand it over or keep it

Build-along · ~10 min at your own keyboard

Not every task belongs with an agent. Some are cheap to hand over and easy to check. Others are irreversible or need judgment only you have. Sort before you connect anything. The sort is the plan.

Ladder · Level 3The long version: What to hand over ↗

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Checkpoints

▸You should now have five real tasks written down.
▸You should now see each task marked against both lists.
▸You should now have a final HAND OVER or KEEP and a one-line reason for each of the five.

The three ways this goes wrong

All five tasks came out HAND OVER. — Re-read the keep list. Ask for each task: is anything in it irreversible, or does it need a login I would not give an intern?
Your tasks are vague, like 'marketing'. — Cut each to one repeatable action with a start and an end, like 'reply to new quote requests'.
You cannot name an approval point for a task. — Ask: where would I want to see the work before it goes out? If nowhere, KEEP it for now.

Dated facts in this lesson: ChatGPT connectors cover Gmail, Outlook, Calendar, Drive and more than 60 others. Write actions rolled out around June 2026, are off by default, and are admin-gated on Business. Secondary source (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Microsoft 365 Copilot connects natively to Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams. Outlook triage can delete, move and categorize mail, with confirmation. MCP connectors are managed by admins (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Grok Connectors launched May 6, 2026: Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Notion, GitHub and Linear. Most can read and write, including sending email and creating invites. Bring Your Own MCP is supported. Automations (daily, weekly, email triggers) need a paid tier (secondary source) (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Claude lets you set each connector tool to "Always allow", "Needs approval" or "Blocked" (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Gemini Spark is a beta 24/7 agent. It needs Google AI Pro or above. It is not available in the EEA, UK or Switzerland. It can edit Calendar, Docs, Sheets and Drive, and draft email (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Perplexity has Gmail, Calendar and Outlook connectors. Comet browser is free. Perplexity Computer is on Max. Scheduled Tasks run at most hourly. Secondary source (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it).

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