# How to run a one-person company with AI bots

One owner, several AI bots: give each bot one job, keep the rules in a handbook folder you own, let routines stay quiet until a person is needed, and make sends, spending, and deletes wait for your yes. A 7-step setup.

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## Steps

1. **Write the handbook first.** Five one-page files: company, voice, never, escalate, and a buyer FAQ.
2. **Start with one front-door bot.** A chief of staff that takes requests and routes them, with read and draft access only.
3. **Add one role bot at a time.** Each gets one job, the least access that job needs, and a pointer to the handbook.
4. **Paste the approval rule into every bot.** Reading and drafting run alone; sending, publishing, spending, signing, and deleting wait for you.
5. **Turn on one routine.** Give it a schedule, a stop condition, a spending limit, and the quiet rule. Add a second only after a week of clean runs.
6. **Separate the money and the logins.** A capped card for purchases, banking logins off the shared computer, and a separate account for any work that needs different access.
7. **Review once a week.** Read the logs, card charges, and usage. Remove access and routines you no longer need.

## FAQ

### Can one person really run a company with AI bots?

Bots can handle much of the reading, research, drafting, and routine checking. You still make the decisions, approve what goes out, and remain responsible for the business.

### How many AI bots does a one-person company need?

Start with one front-door bot and one role bot. Add more only when a bot is clearly overloaded, because each new bot adds access to manage and usage to pay for.

### Are separate bots a security boundary?

No. On Grok Bot, bots on the same account share one cloud computer, including files and sign-ins. Use a separate account for work that needs different access.

### What should AI bots never do without approval?

Send messages, publish, spend money, sign anything, or delete files and records. They can read, research, and draft freely.