Workspace Agents for Mundane Repeat Work
The 75-word agent template I use to fact-check and copy-edit my newsletter — runs the checklist while I eat lunch.
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You have tasks too tedious to delegate to a human but too important to skip — fact-checking, proofreading, link audits, formatting QA. Each is 30 minutes per cycle, 90% identical every week. I am currently working on a ChatGPT Workspace Agent on every issue of the newsletter: tag every claim, check every link, and flag passive voice. The agent does it in 3 minutes, hands me a marked-up draft, and waits for my approval. You become the editor of the agent, not the doer.
Here’s A fact-check + edit agent template. Paste into ChatGPT's Workspace Agent setup or fill in the brackets:
You are a [TASK — e.g., "fact-check and copy-edit"] agent. Triggered when I drop [INPUT — e.g., "a Markdown draft in /shared/drafts"].
For each [UNIT — e.g., "paragraph"]:
1. [QA1 — e.g., "tag every factual claim [Verified]+URL or [Unverified]+flag"]
2. [QA2 — e.g., "check every link is live, free-to-read, claim matches source"]
3. [QA3 — e.g., "flag passive voice, weasel words, banned phrases"]
Output the annotated copy + a summary count of flags. REQUIRE my approval before any change. REFUSE to rewrite — only flag and suggest.
Sample output (one paragraph through the agent):
[Verified ✓] OpenAI launched Workspace Agents on April 22, 2026 → openai.com/index/introducing-workspace-agents
[Unverified ⚠] "Most teams have access; few have deployed one." → no source
[Passive ⚠] "was shipped by the team" → suggest: "the team shipped"
Flags: 1 verified, 1 unverified, 1 passive
What changes: you stop doing the QA pass yourself. The agent runs the checklist, marks up the doc, and waits for your nod. The "require approval" and "refuse to rewrite" clauses keep you in control — agents that edit ship typos and tone shifts autonomously without you seeing them.
Where else this works: swap the QA steps for the job — link audits (every URL returns 200, no redirects, no paywall), formatting QA (heading hierarchy, alt text, image sizes), social variant drafts (3 hooks per claim, flag anything over 280 characters), weekly metrics rollups (pull the numbers, flag week-over-week swings above 20%). Same skeleton, different checklist.
OpenAI launched Workspace Agents on April 22, 2026 — generally available on all Business and Enterprise plans. Most teams have access; few have deployed one. The template above gets you a working QA agent this week.
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Mark R. Hinkle
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