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Level 4

Automate

One recurring job runs without you, tells you when it ran, and tells you when it broke.

Done when: A run you did not trigger by hand, a failure alert you tested, and the job still running at day 14.

Your assistant

The steps work in any of these. Pick yours and each lesson shows where the setting lives.

Next in this level

Pick the one job to automate

What closes it

  • A run with a timestamp you did not trigger by hand (not yet)
  • A failure alert, tested by breaking it on purposesafety (not yet)
  • Still running at day 14 (not yet)

Lessons, in order

  1. 1Pick the one job to automate
  2. 2Run it while you are not watchinggate
  3. 3What it costs
  4. 4Wire two tools together
  5. 5Know when it stops
  6. 6Day 14: is it still running?

Level 4 skill · Do

Do one job and check it

Runs one job from the list, checks it, and stops at anything that needs your OK.

Where to save it
  • Claude. Upload the skill folder as a skill, or paste the text into a Project's instructions. In Claude Code, put the folder in your skills folder.
  • ChatGPT. Paste the text into a Project's instructions or a custom GPT's instructions, or into your custom instructions.
  • Gemini. Paste the text into a Gem's instructions.
  • Copilot. Paste the text into a Notebook's instructions, or keep it in a file you attach when you need it.
  • Any other assistant. Keep the file. Paste it at the start of a chat, then say which job you are on.

Then run it on one real job and change the wording until it sounds like you.

Licence and credit

This skill is adapted from the implement skill in an open source set at github.com/mattpocock/skills ↗. The wording and examples are rewritten for a small business. The original licence travels with it. Every download carries NOTICE.md, and the copied text ends with a credit line.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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One skill for each level from 1 to 6. See the whole kit

Code route: verify loops and cron · optional

The same job as a script on a schedule, with a check that the output is right. Needs a terminal.

Class weeks 3, 11 feed this level · The long version: Automation ↗