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Adrian, your founder's assistant.
Reads every channel. Drafts every reply. Tells you what actually needs you.
Day one
Adrian's first hour.
Reads your DMs from the last 7 days flagged as needing reply.
Adrian knows your inbox tone, drafts in your voice.
Pulls meetings in the next 3 business days where prep is missing.
Catches the prep gap before the meeting starts.
Pulls high-level org PRs labelled blocker plus your own PRs needing review.
Knows the engineering surface that touches you.
Reads active sprint blockers and at-risk issues.
Linear-level awareness for the founder.
Drafts up to 6 replies plus a daily briefing paragraph.
Reply EDIT to tweak. Reply SKIP ALL to stop today.
Connected to
Adrian's toolbelt.
Slack
ConnectedGoogle Calendar
ConnectedGitHub
Optional, for blocker PR awarenessLinear
Optional, for sprint blockersAdrian works the moment Slack is connected. Calendar is the next step (it dramatically improves the brief). GitHub and Linear give him blocker awareness.
In Slack
What Adrian's first DM looks like.
Slack DM
Adrian
Adrian here.
Adrian
I read your DMs (47 unread, 12 needing reply by my read), your calendar (3 meetings tomorrow, 1 with no prep doc), and the engineering blocker board (2 P0 PRs you are tagged on, 1 in your name).
Adrian
I drafted 5 replies plus your daily brief. Reply EDIT <id> to tweak. Reply SKIP ALL to stop today.
Draft
Daily briefing paragraph
- In
- Tuesday brief, May 5
Most urgent: investor reply to Sarah Wong (Sequoia), she is asking for a follow-up on Friday's call, you have not replied in 3 days. Draft below. Meetings: 11am with Avery (1:1, no prep doc); 2pm Brisket QBR (Sloane has the deck); 4pm board prep with Priya. Brisket is the highest-stakes one. Engineering: PR #2014 (auth refactor, 3 days blocking 4 people) is the bottleneck. Personal: dinner Friday with Cheema's parents, need a reservation at the place near their hotel.
Draft
Reply to investor (Slack DM in your voice)
- To
- Sarah Wong, Sequoia
Sarah, sorry for the delay; the last week was consumed by the launch. Friday at 4pm Pacific work? I will send updated metrics ahead of time so we can use the call for forward-looking. - Cheema
Draft
Decline a meeting request
- To
- David Park, partner candidate
David, thanks for the note. This week is the launch and I am holding the calendar until next Monday. Worth waiting until then; will reply with availability Monday morning. - Cheema
Draft
Internal nudge to push a PR
- To
- Avery (Slack DM)
Heads up, PR #2014 has been blocking 4 people for 3 days. Marcus and I both flagged it. CI is green. Can you merge today?
Draft
Personal task
- In
- OpenTable, Friday
Booked: 7:30pm at Quince, 4 people, parents in town for the weekend. Confirmation in your inbox.
What slips past you that Adrian catches.
The receipts.
- The investor message that has been sitting in your DMs for 3 days that you meant to reply to.
- The meeting tomorrow where you have no prep and would have walked in cold.
- The blocker PR that 4 people are waiting on and that you forgot was tagged for you.
- The Linear sprint blocker that nobody has surfaced to you because they thought you saw it.
- The dinner reservation that would have been a 9pm Thursday scramble.
Hire Adrian in 30 seconds.
Bring your provider key. Connect Slack. Pick Adrian. He is in your DMs by the time you finish naming him.
Adrian works the moment Slack is connected. Calendar is the next step. GitHub and Linear give him blocker awareness for the engineering surface.