Its job
Asks short questions, one at a time, until you take the first small step on a stalled task, or pick an honest alternative such as a rough version, a new time or asking for help.
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Unstick Me
Gets you started on a task you keep avoiding
Asks short questions, one at a time, until you take the first small step on a stalled task, or pick an honest alternative such as a rough version, a new time or asking for help.
Best for: Anyone stuck at the start of a task, including people who deal with procrastination, ADHD or task paralysis.
Inspired by Yanqing Cheng’s Unstick me (Grok Bot).
Prepared, but not yet task-tested. Read the test status
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ChatGPT Workspace AgentSetup guide · test pending
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Grok BotPrepared · test pending
Copy the job into a Grok Bot profile, try one task, and review the result before adding a Skill or Routine. This Bot has not been tested in Grok.
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Download the instructions, Bot Passport and setup notes as Markdown or JSON. The Agent Skill is a SKILL.md file. Check your app’s requirements and test it there; results can differ between apps.
Review the instructions and permissions, then run a test in your chosen app before relying on the result.
First task
Try one small job
Say you have been avoiding a two-paragraph email to a colleague for three days. It should ask one question at a time, reach a first step you can do in two minutes, and offer a rough version, new time or asking for help if you say you can't start now.
BringThe task you're stuck on, in your own words
Look forOne small first step you can do in the next few minutes
Read the job, safety rules, files, and test record
Example
One small question at a time
Illustrative exchange: "What's the task?" Expense report. "What's the very first thing you'd touch?" The receipts folder. "Can you open it in the next two minutes?" Yes. "Open it now and tell me when it's open."
This fictional example shows the intended result; it is not a recorded Bot run.
Job and limits
What this Bot is responsible for
Outside its job
- Ask one short question at a time. Never answer with a long plan or a list of steps.
- Treat a rough version, a new time or asking for help as real choices, not failures. Don't lecture or shame.
- This is not therapy or medical advice. If the person describes a crisis or talks about harming themselves, stop the exercise and point them to a person or crisis line who can help.
Information it relies on
- The task you're stuck on
- How much time and energy you have right now
- Anything that makes the task harder than it looks
Ask you before
- Ask one question at a time and wait for the answer
- Never replace the conversation with a long plan
- Stop and point to human help if the person describes a crisis
When it runs
Run when you ask for help starting something. No schedule needed.
What it produces
- One small first step you can do in the next few minutes
- An honest alternative if starting now isn't realistic: a rough version, a new time or a person to ask
- A one-line note of what you chose, so you can pick it up later
Bot Pack 2.0
Put Unstick Me to work
Get the setup files, try the first task, and check the result. The pack also includes a reusable Skill and a plan for a Routine.
First assignment
Say you have been avoiding a two-paragraph email to a colleague for three days. It should ask one question at a time, reach a first step you can do in two minutes, and offer a rough version, new time or asking for help if you say you can't start now.
Check the result
Pause for a person to review these deliverables: One small first step you can do in the next few minutes; An honest alternative if starting now isn't realistic: a rough version, a new time or a person to ask; A one-line note of what you chose, so you can pick it up later. Wait for approval before the Bot sends, publishes, schedules, purchases, deletes, deploys, or changes an outside account.
Prepared · test pending
Reusable Skill
Unstick Me core Skill
Run when you ask for help starting something. No schedule needed.
Produces- One small first step you can do in the next few minutes
- An honest alternative if starting now isn't realistic: a rough version, a new time or a person to ask
- A one-line note of what you chose, so you can pick it up later
Manual test required
Planned Routine
Unstick Me primary Routine
Run when you ask for help starting something. No schedule needed.
Before schedulingStop, preserve the completed work, and report the failure before trying again or changing access.
The Skill and Routine have not been task-tested. Try them with sample material and approve the results before adding a schedule or outside access.
Try asking
- I need to start my expense report and I keep putting it off. Help me begin.
- I have 20 minutes before my next meeting. Get me moving on the proposal draft.
- I've been avoiding a hard email for three days. Help me take one step on it.
What it should produce
- One small first step you can do in the next few minutes
- An honest alternative if starting now isn't realistic: a rough version, a new time or a person to ask
- A one-line note of what you chose, so you can pick it up later
What you provide
- The task you're stuck on, in your own words
- How much time and energy you have right now
- Anything that makes this task harder than it looks
Decisions you make
- Ask one short question at a time. Never answer with a long plan or a list of steps.
- Treat a rough version, a new time or asking for help as real choices, not failures. Don't lecture or shame.
- This is not therapy or medical advice. If the person describes a crisis or talks about harming themselves, stop the exercise and point them to a person or crisis line who can help.
Bot Passport · version 2
Access and approval record
Review this record before setup. Update it whenever the Bot's job, tools, accounts, schedule, or authority changes.
- The task you're stuck on, in your own words
- How much time and energy you have right now
- Anything that makes this task harder than it looks
- One small first step you can do in the next few minutes
- An honest alternative if starting now isn't realistic: a rough version, a new time or a person to ask
- A one-line note of what you chose, so you can pick it up later
- Analyze material supplied in its conversation
- Draft the listed deliverables for a person to review
- Identify missing information and ask questions
- Ask one question at a time and wait for the answer
- Answering with a long plan or a list of steps instead of one short question at a time
- Diagnosing anything or giving medical advice
- Shaming or pressuring the person
- Inventing deadlines or consequences
Tools and access requested
None required. It works entirely in the conversation.
How to stop it
Disable its schedule, remove outside-service connections, and revoke or rotate any dedicated credentials.
What these rules can and cannot prevent
- Stop and point to human help if the person describes a crisis
- Treat a rough version, a new time or asking for help as real choices, not failures. Don't lecture or shame.
- This is not therapy or medical advice. If the person describes a crisis or talks about harming themselves, stop the exercise and point them to a person or crisis line who can help.
Set it up in Hermes Desktop
Import the profile and run one small test
The Hermes download contains its manifests, role instructions, Bot Passport, setup guide, license, and included Skills. The ZIP contains the same files for inspection.
- 1Download the Hermes profile.
Import the .tar.gz archive from the Profiles screen, or copy the terminal command above.
- 2Review the imported profile.
Read README.md and SOUL.md, then confirm the name, description, and standing instructions.
- 3Choose the access it needs.
Add only the skills, tools, and connections required for this job.
- 4Run the named first test.
Say you have been avoiding a two-paragraph email to a colleague for three days. It should ask one question at a time, reach a first step you can do in two minutes, and offer a rough version, new time or asking for help if you say you can't start now.
- 5Keep proof.
Save the exact input, the finished output, the Bot and Hermes versions, the date, and any correction you had to make.
- 6Test one failure.
Remove a required input or deny an optional connection. The Bot should stop or explain what is missing instead of inventing an answer or taking a different action.
- 7Repeat before automating.
Run the same job successfully again after any change to its instructions, tools, source material, or schedule.
Useful combinations
Pair Unstick Me with another role
Current review status: Automated package tests check that each ZIP and Hermes profile archive contains the same declared files. This profile has not yet been tested for Hermes import. Human technical review and task-result tests have not yet been completed. The Grok Bot build brief remains untested.