Git as the undo button for everything you write
Auto-commit every 30 minutes via Task Scheduler. The cost of ‘try something risky’ drops to zero. Git isn’t just for code. It’s the safety net under a knowledge worker’s notes.
Author: Phil Seamark
Subagents: send the intern to do the legwork
A good assistant doesn’t do everything themselves. They send the intern. Subagents are read-only sub-chats your main chat spawns to do the heavy reading and report back. Your conversation keeps its memory.
The morning routine: a single phrase that briefs you
A good assistant doesn’t wait to be asked. They walk in with a briefing. A trigger phrase in custom instructions fires off a structured routine that reads my calendar, summarises emails, surfaces carry-forward items, and gives me a single morning report.
Pipe Power Automate into your VS Code workspace
An assistant that can’t see your real work can only help with what you remembered to tell it. Power Automate flows fix that by dropping calendar events, emails, and Teams messages into your workspace as plain markdown.