Prepare my contracting invoices and draft my outgoing emails

A contractor onboarded Instinct through a WhatsApp chat that simply asked what he had been putting off; it now prepares his contracting invoices and drafts his outgoing emails - the two admin jobs that used to pile up behind the actual work.

How it works

Answer a WhatsApp onboarding asking what he has been putting off
Instinct prepares contracting invoices from his work
Drafts outgoing emails for his review

Why it’s worth knowing

The setup was a single WhatsApp question - 'what have you been putting off?' - and the agent turned the answer into standing invoicing help.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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