Overstaffer

Crew build rule: finalize personas before creating bots; the smoke test is a tiny real chain run in hand-off order (manager spec, each worker's real output, then one manager summary); ping one bot per short message and verify each step with ReadTranscript yourself instead of trusting the manager's summary; test one approval inside the room.

Crew build rule: every crew persona says "silent" means an empty turn (no tool calls, no text) in the room AND the 1:1 chat, even when a platform nag or first-run cue asks for a reply; every reported fact, link or command must come from a tool result that same turn, with no placeholders; room sends use SendToUser with no channel argument.

Crew build fix: personas must say to load ALL listed skills quietly at the start of every task, including smoke tests, without listing them in replies; the manager posts one smoke-test summary only after every worker has replied, with no partial summaries or corrections.

Crew build fix: managers run workers in order (sources first, then analysis, then checking) and never ping a downstream worker before its input exists.

Crew build fix: to cut room noise, every worker persona says to end its turn silently on any room message that doesn't @mention it, the smoke test is posted as one message, and workers skip the hello in their 1:1 chat.

Crew build fix: a manager persona must NOT create its routine on first run; it creates the routine only after the builder posts "Smoke test passed, create your routine now" in the room, and it skips any hello in its 1:1 chat.

Use when the owner wants a new bot added to their team.

Cut AI tells from any writing.

Keep a reviewable decision trail for long-running or unattended work: a TSV log with one row per decision (what, why, evidence, result).

Use in the first conversation with a new owner of this crew-builder bot.