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AI workflow design for one-person companies

How to split work into planning, production, review, publishing, and maintenance loops.

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A one-person company should design AI workflows around repeatable loops. Separate planning from production, production from review, and review from publishing. Keep prompts, acceptance criteria, and checklists close to the work. Automation should be added only after the manual workflow has repeated enough times to reveal stable inputs and outputs.

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