I spent last week playing with my dot.

Wait. Let me start over.

A dot is a personal assistant from OpenAI that can help carry out work using apps and information I give it access to. I named mine Clay-I. Clever, huh?

One of the useful moments came while I was on a call. My next call was about 15 minutes away, and I hadn't prepared.

I asked my dot to find the appointment and research what I needed for the conversation. Within a few minutes, I had materials to work from.

Afterward, I went back and asked it to check the transcript, find my commitments, and draft the follow-up email.

That was a useful place to start: the work around a meeting that still needs to get done before I move on to the next thing.

Give it a real task

I didn't write a long prompt for that call. But the context still matters.

The assistant needs to know the outcome I'm looking for, have access to the relevant information, and understand the boundaries. Where should it look? What should it prepare? What do I want to review before anything goes out?

Those are things I've been working through as I use it. The meeting gave it one job. The transcript gave it a source for the next one.

Yes, I asked for a comic book

I was also helping a client create a skill for Facebook content. The instructions were turning into the kind of document he wouldn't enjoy reading.

So I asked Clay-I to make a PDF comic book.

The first attempt wasn't what I wanted. The second was much better. I show it in the video because it's a fun example of changing the format to fit the person who needs to use it.

I've also used my dot for video scripts, revisions, slides, editing, and the YouTube upload process. In another project, I pointed it at the transcript of a maintenance-process discussion. It helped turn that conversation into an SOP and supporting materials, including a maintenance ticket form.

These are examples from my week. They still involve checking the result and making corrections.

Where this could fit in real estate

For a property manager, think about getting ready for an owner call. You might need maintenance history, email conversations, open questions, and decisions that need follow-up.

Afterward, there's a recap to prepare and work to assign to the staff. That's a sequence I'd consider trying with an assistant, using the relevant information and reviewing the result.

Before a buyer or seller meeting, an agent might want notes, documents, questions, or neighborhood research pulled together.

Those are possible uses to explore. What it can do in a particular situation depends on the information and access you provide.

Start with something you dread doing

What do you keep putting off in your practice?

That would be my starting point. Pick a real task, give the assistant the context it needs, and see how it does. Review what comes back before using it.

I walk through my first week and show the comic in the video.

Watch I Put ChatGPT’s Dot to Work for a Week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2jqFWNS0O8

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