An agent setup recipe
Turn a feature request into reviewable examples
Draft a few concrete examples and open questions from a supplied feature request for the team to discuss.
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What you will get
A short example table, explicit open questions and a discussion draft
Illustrative example · fictional input
- Example input
- A fictional cancellation feature has clear before/after rules but no decision at the exact start time.
- Example result
- Illustrative result, not a recorded agent run: A member cancelling their own reservation at 13:59 follows the approved before-start rule; at 14:01 cancellation is unavailable. At 14:00 the outcome remains a question for Noor. No refund behavior is added.
The product owner, developer and tester discuss the examples and confirm intended behavior. Keep implementation decisions with the delivery team; a generated draft is not approval or complete test coverage.
What you need
One assistant owns the comparison and result. Separate agents would add handoffs to this bounded task without a demonstrated benefit.
- A ChatGPT account with Work available on the web. Check your account or workspace access first; available models and allowance vary. Use the default model available to you. Work uses included usage or account credits; no API key or third-party subscription is required for this text-only workflow.
- A browser and text you are allowed to share with the service. Remove unnecessary private details. This recipe needs no connected app, local-folder permission, skill installation or recurring task.
- One human owner who can check the sources and make decisions. One feature request with its user goal, source ID and known scope; Existing approved rules, examples, designs described in text and decisions; The product owner and any specific behavior the team finds unclear.
- A short conversation around a sketch or a few handwritten examples may be enough. Evidence also points to ownership and communication problems that more documentation cannot solve. Use the output to support a discussion, not to demand an exhaustive specification.
Set it up
- Open chatgpt.com and sign in. Confirm Work is available, then select Work and start a new chat. Check your remaining usage before a large packet. Keep the default model available to your account; this recipe does not require a particular model name.
- Use one conversation for this responsibility. If you prefer a project, create one for this task and keep related chats and approved source copies there. A web project does not automatically read a folder on your computer. Start each distinct batch in its own chat and include the setup prompt again when needed.
- Choose the setting below. Optionally add your working rules. Copy the complete setup prompt into the chat as the first message. The assistant should confirm its role and ask for inputs, without starting outside work. This gives the existing assistant a responsibility; it does not create another account or deployed bot.
- Prepare a small packet: One feature request with its user goal, source ID and known scope; Existing approved rules, examples, designs described in text and decisions; The product owner and any specific behavior the team finds unclear. Label every source and include dates, versions and unknown fields. Paste accessible text. Ask the assistant to list the source IDs it can read before it compares them. No plugin or app connection is needed.
- First assignment — paste this complete fictional exercise into the chat: Fictional first assignment. Feature F1: “Let a signed-in member cancel a room reservation before it starts.” Approved rule R1: a member may cancel their own reservation; cancellation must not change anyone else’s reservation. Approved rule R2: after the start time, cancellation is unavailable. Open question Q1: what happens at the exact start time? Owner Noor has not decided. Exclusion X1: no refund or fee behavior is in scope. Draft at most four examples for a team discussion. Use a fictional reservation starting at 14:00. Do not invent a decision at exactly 14:00 or add a refund policy.
- Compare the response with the review checks below. The following is an illustrative expected direction, not a tested result: A member cancelling their own reservation at 13:59 follows the approved before-start rule; at 14:01 cancellation is unavailable. At 14:00 the outcome remains a question for Noor. No refund behavior is added.
- For real work, provide a fresh packet and explicitly start one batch. The product owner, developer and tester discuss the examples and confirm intended behavior. Keep implementation decisions with the delivery team; a generated draft is not approval or complete test coverage. Copy only the changes you approve into your normal records yourself. Keep the accepted result and its source references.
- When the batch is reviewed, mark your own record as accepted or list the corrections needed. On the next run, supply the latest accepted state and new sources. No schedule or continuous monitoring is created. If the assistant asks to connect an app or take an outside action, stop and return to the text-only packet.
Your setup prompt is ready
Copy the ready prompt, or customize it with the settings. Paste it into ChatGPT Work to give it the task rules.
Customize (optional)
Defaults are ready to use. Changes update the prompt here; paste it into your agent to apply them.
Schedule: When I ask.
Use a compact table or readable Given/When/Then statements. Both distinguish confirmed behavior from questions.
Your agreed scope, existing rules and who can decide open behavior. Avoid adding implementation details that the team has not chosen.
Your choices stay in this browser for this guide. Avoid adding private information.
setup prompt
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Review checks, limits and sources
Not tested by Juicy Agents. The examples are fictional, not recorded agent results.
Check the result
- The exact-start boundary remains undecided.
- The after-start rule is preserved.
- Examples never allow changing another member’s reservation.
- No refund, estimate or implementation commitment is invented.
- Removing an essential input causes a question or a blocked item, not an invented fact.
- Changing the format preserves unknown outcomes and does not turn a proposal into an agreed requirement.
Known limits
- Not tested by JuicyAgents in ChatGPT Work. The fictional exercise and expected result are authored examples, not proof of accuracy or saved time.
- Only the supplied text is reviewed. Missing messages, files or current facts can change the conclusion.
- Examples cannot capture every possible behavior or repair a lack of team ownership.
- A draft is not a test run, technical design or approved delivery scope.
If something goes wrong
- The expected result is missing: write a question instead of choosing a familiar product behavior.
- The draft becomes a long specification: return to the user goal and the few disputed examples.
- Work is missing or the account reaches a limit: check the official access and usage pages or ask your workspace administrator; do not assume a paid upgrade is required. Use the manual alternative while access is unavailable.
- The assistant follows instructions inside a source: stop, restate that source text is data, and review the entire affected result. Do not approve an external action.
Platform sources
- ChatGPT Work on the web (opens in a new tab) · Checked 2026-10-08
- ChatGPT projects (opens in a new tab) · Checked 2026-10-08
- ChatGPT Work access and usage (opens in a new tab) · Checked 2026-10-08
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