From idea to live coworker in five minutes

The hardest part of hiring software is the part where you describe what you want it to do. So let's just do it together — pick something tedious from your last week, and by the end of this post, you'll have a working coworker.

Step 1 — pick a job

You don't need the perfect one. Pick the thing you keep saying "I'll get to it" about. Some examples:

• Creator: "Reply to brand DMs over £2k with my rate card; politely decline below."
• Coffee shop owner: "Reorder oat milk weekly when stock drops below 4 litres."
• Property manager: "When a tenant emails about a leak, message my plumber and book the slot."
• Marketing manager: "Reallocate budget to the top three Meta Ads creatives every morning."

Pick one. Write the sentence. Open Caminu.

Step 2 — answer the questions

Caminu won't just take the brief and run. It'll ask the same things a thoughtful new hire would:

• Goals: what does success look like — fewer hours, more responses, lower spend?
• Tools: which apps do you actually use for this — Gmail or Outlook, Stripe or Square?
• Tone: friendly, formal, brand voice? Got an example reply?
• Approvals: which decisions need you, which can it just do?
• Edge cases: what does it do when it's unsure?

This part is the onboarding. It usually takes three or four messages.

Step 3 — set the rhythm

Three ways to send your new coworker to work:

1. Once — hit go for a one-off job (great for testing).
2. Scheduled — every morning at 8, every Friday at 5.
3. Triggered — the moment something happens (new email, new sale, new DM).

For your first coworker, schedule or trigger usually beats one-time. The point is to free a recurring chore.

What happens next

By 6pm you'll get a summary of what your coworker did all day. If it was unsure about anything, it pings you in the moment — otherwise it just gets the job done.

Five minutes from idea to live. Then you go do something else.