An AI chief of staff with two hard rules: never spend, never delete
Mike Cali, a founder, says Ginger runs on a small Ubuntu server doing email triage, research, scheduling, drafts and follow-ups, and answers the phone. She has a written charter and may never spend money or delete anything without asking. When lead generation crowded her out, he built a second agent. Self-reported post.
- Agent or tool
- Ginger (personal chief-of-staff agent)
- Topic
- Personal Assistant
- Reported on
- Added
- 2026-10-29
Why it matters
This is the classic promise of AI agents: a helper that handles errands and reminders on your behalf. Real cases like this show how close that promise is today. It is one of 57 sightings filed under Personal Assistant on Agent Sightings (number 38 by interest), and one of 1 involving Ginger (personal chief-of-staff agent).
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Ginger (personal chief-of-staff agent) or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
You are my chief of staff. Triage my email, draft replies, schedule meetings and track follow-ups. You may never spend money or delete anything without asking me first.
The prompt breaks down into 3 steps you can check as the agent works:
- You are my chief of staff.
- Triage my email, draft replies, schedule meetings and track follow-ups.
- You may never spend money or delete anything without asking me first.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mike-cali_aiagents-automation-productivity-activ…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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