Building Your Own AI Chief of Staff, Part 2
Part 2 of Stephan's hands-on series on building a personal AI Chief of Staff.
In Part 1 we covered the idea: an AI that doesn't just answer questions but actually runs your day — triages your inbox, drafts on your behalf, keeps your projects moving, and knows enough context to make real decisions. This session goes deeper into making one that works.
Part 1 is helpful background but not required. We'll recap the core setup, then spend most of the night on the harder, more useful parts.
What we'll cover
Wiring your assistant into the tools you already live in — email, calendar, notes, task manager — through MCP and other connectors
Giving it durable memory and the context it needs to act like it actually knows you
Moving from "it drafts, I send" toward trusted, semi-autonomous actions — and where to keep a human in the loop
Guardrails: what to automate, what to never automate, and how to fail safe
What to bring A laptop and one real workflow you want off your plate. The people who get the most out of the night show up with something specific — a recurring task, an inbox that runs their life, a project that keeps stalling. We'll build against real problems, not toy demos.
Who should come Operators, founders, and builders who want an AI assistant working on their actual day-to-day. Comfort with basic AI tools helps; you don't need to be an engineer.
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