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Read It as Your Manager Would

Before you automate, calibrate. Read the draft as your manager: do they get decisions they need? Is risk visible? Is fluff gone?

Lesson 2

Format is a relationship skill.

New CFO, shorter updates, hates vague language — boss context belongs in the agent later; you notice the gaps here first.

Core principles

  1. Ask: Would my manager actually like this?
  2. Ask: What is missing that they always ask about?
  3. Ask: What would I tweak — tone, section order, level of detail?
  4. Lead with decisions needed when your boss said they want that — not buried in activity bullets.
  5. A good chat draft is the spec for your agent instructions.

Check yourself

Why read the draft as your manager before building an agent?

Do this in Copilot

Score your draft 1–5 on boss-fit. List two specific tweaks before you build the agent.

Paste this into Copilot Chat and work through it before moving on.

Manager lens review

Act as my manager who prefers [LENGTH / FORMAT / PRIORITIES — e.g. short bullets, risks first, decisions needed upfront]. Review this weekly update draft. What works, what is missing, what would annoy you? Be direct. Draft: [PASTE]
Open Copilot →
  • Role + task + format

Did you run this in Copilot? Mark complete when you have tried it.

Next lesson: Build the Minimal Agent →