Playbook

A 30-day rollout playbook for your first GPT in ops

Week-by-week, this is the rollout we use when a client wants their first internal GPT shipped without breaking anything.

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Edwin Rogoi
Founder, Eddy's AI Lab
Jan 22, 2026 · 4 min read

Week 1 — Map the workflow

Sit with the operator for a full day. Document every decision they make and every artifact they touch. No tools chosen yet.

Week 2 — Build the draft

Stand up a single GPT with the operator's own examples and language. No platform talk, no integrations, no automations.

Week 3 — Quiet pilot

Two people use it for real work. We watch where it breaks. We fix the prompt, not the team.

Week 4 — Hand off

Operator owns it. We write a one-page runbook. We come back at day 60 to measure, not to babysit.

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