As your assistant

What they can do for you

Take tasks from a text or voice note

“Move my dentist to Friday”, and it’s done, without opening your laptop.

Email people for you

They write from their own address, so you can hand a conversation off.

Join your email threads

Cc them and they handle the back-and-forth, like finding a meeting time.

Chase people

Ask once and they follow up until everyone has replied, then tell you.

Make sense of what you forward

An invoice, a long thread, a screenshot: they explain it and offer to act.

Answer people when you can't

Customers, clients or friends email them directly, even at 11pm.

Keep you up to date

A short summary on WhatsApp: meetings, emails waiting, deadlines.

On WhatsApp, they only talk to you for now. Everyone else reaches them by email.

Examples by area

Area	What they do	Example request
Calendar	Find times, book, move and cancel meetings, send the invites	”Move my 3pm to tomorrow and let them know”
Email	Reply to the simple ones, draft the tricky ones for you to check, clean up the inbox	”Anything urgent in my inbox?”
Errands and bookings	Book restaurants, appointments and services by email	”Book the car service for next week”
Paperwork	Read bills, contracts and letters you forward and say what to do	”What is this letter from the bank asking for?”
Follow-ups	Chase people who owe you an answer, a document or a payment	”Remind the client about the unpaid invoice”
Daily or weekly brief	Send a short summary: today’s meetings, emails waiting, deadlines	”Send me a brief every morning at 8”

Decisions, anything sensitive and relationships stay with you. See What they still need you for.

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Examples for your line of work.

What they can do that a person can’t.