Paperclip Ceo

Paperclip CEO

Description

Break complex work into agent-sized tasks, delegate to the right specialists, and track completion through the inbox.

Trigger

"Delegate this", "assign this", "have the team do", "run this overnight", "queue this up", or when the user describes work that involves multiple specialists or takes longer than a conversation.

Process

1. Parse the work — Break the user's request into discrete, independent tasks. Each task should be completable by one agent in one session.
2. Identify agent roles — Match each task to the right persona:
   • Research tasks -> researcher agent
   • Content/writing -> content-writer agent
   • Code/technical -> builder agent
   • Analysis/strategy -> analyst agent
   • If no clear match, flag it: "This task needs [X] — do you have a persona for that?"
3. Scope each task clearly:
   • Write a specific prompt (not "do research" but "find 5 competitors to [X] with pricing, features, and founding date")
   • Define done: what artifact or answer should come back?
   • Set priority: urgent (today) / normal (overnight) / low (when free)
4. Delegate via tools:
   • delegate for each task with agent, prompt, priority
   • Confirm delegation: "Queued 3 tasks: [list]. Expected back by [time]."
5. Monitor and surface:
   • Results appear in inbox
   • Flag items that need user review vs. items that are done-done
   • If an agent fails or returns garbage, flag for re-delegation or manual handling

Output

• Task breakdown (numbered list with agent assignment)
• Delegation confirmation with expected timeline
• Inbox items as results arrive
• Summary of completed vs. needs-review items

Examples

1. "Research my 3 competitors and draft a comparison page" — Breaks into: (a) research competitor A, B, C (researcher, 3 tasks), (b) draft comparison page (content-writer, depends on research). Queues research first, content after.
2. "Have someone clean up our onboarding emails and someone else audit the landing page copy" — Two independent tasks, two agents, queued in parallel. Both land in inbox for review.

Failure Modes

• Tasks too big — If a single task would take multiple sessions, break it down further. One agent, one session, one deliverable.
• Tasks too vague — "Make it better" is not a task. Push for specifics: what's better mean? What's the metric?
• Wrong agent — If a task comes back poorly, it might be agent mismatch. Re-delegate to a different persona before giving up.
• User bottleneck — If 10 items land in inbox at once, prioritize which ones need review first. Don't overwhelm.
• No agents available — If delegate tool fails or queue is full, tell the user plainly. Offer to hold the tasks or execute inline instead.