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How to run a bot day to day, written from the product as it is today. Dated and signed, and rewritten when the product changes.

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By The Botseon team6 min read

Botseon 101

"From first sign-in to a first useful result: make a bot, give it a job, watch one run, approve one action and put it on a clock, with what a run costs and what the bot will not do without you."

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  • By The Botseon team6 min read

    Botseon for bookkeeping and admin

    "Four jobs a business hands its books over for a week: filing receipts, the month's reconciliation, the VAT quarter pack and the accountant's question, with what each one costs and what it will refuse."

  • By The Botseon team5 min read

    Botseon for engineering

    "Four jobs a team hands over in a week: reproducing a reported bug, watching the release notes, drafting the changelog and keeping the on-call notes, with what each one costs and what it will refuse."

  • By The Botseon team4 min read

    Botseon for a business of one

    "Three jobs a one-person business hands over: quoting and invoicing, chasing what is owed, and the supplier portal, with what a run costs and what the bot will not send or sign in to without you."

  • By The Botseon team4 min read

    Botseon for sales

    "Three jobs a seller hands over: researching a prospect, chasing the pipeline every Monday and approving every follow-up, with what a run costs and what the bot will not send without a person."

  • By The Botseon team4 min read

    Botseon for support

    "Three jobs a support team hands over: triaging the queue with first replies drafted, watching releases for regressions and checking a refund against the policy, with what each costs and what it will refuse."

  • By The Botseon team6 min read

    A bot with a computer

    Supplier portals, forms behind a sign-in, a site to check every morning. How a bot uses a computer of its own, what happens when it needs you, and what it may reach.

  • By The Botseon team4 min read

    One bot, one inbox

    "The first job to hand over, and what the first week with it looks like: the job description, the approval card, and the facts the bot keeps."

  • By The Botseon team4 min read

    Routines, and what a run costs

    "Standing work on a clock: how to write a routine you can trust to run while you are away, and how to read the credit meter before and after."

Give a bot its first job.

A job description, a computer of its own and your tools. It asks before it acts.