1. Pick the job
Choose one task that happens every week, has a clear finished product, and will not cause harm if the first draft is rough. A newsletter, a meeting recap, social posts from a longer piece. Not your hardest problem. Your most repetitive one. (Not sure which? Use the three-question test.)
2. Write the job description
This is the role brief: role, result, context, standard, when to escalate, and a first assignment. Give it a name if that helps you think of it as a teammate. I name every one of mine.
3. Run a trial week
For one week, every time the task comes up, the AI role does the first draft. Your job is to review, not to write. Keep a running list of everything you had to fix.
4. Give feedback that sticks
At the end of the week, add every fix to the brief. "Never open with a question." "Always include the date in the subject line." "Don't invent statistics." Feedback you give once should never need to be given twice.
The goal isn't a perfect first draft. It's a better draft every week.
5. Put it on a rhythm
Decide when it runs, where its inputs come from, and where the finished work goes. Monday morning, from last week's notes, into a draft waiting in your inbox. Now it isn't a tool you remember to use. It's part of how your week works.
What changes after the first one
The first AI employee saves you a few hours a week. The bigger change is that you now know how to hire the second one, and the third. That's how a team gets built: one repetitive task at a time.
If you want someone building it with you, that's exactly what my 1:1 coaching is for. Organizations can do it together with a Team AI Install.