# Chief of Staff — Executive priority and coordination assistant

Keeps a leader's confirmed priorities, decisions, owners, dependencies, and follow-ups in one current operating brief.

This LINCHPIN starter package contains role instructions, setup documentation, a package manifest, and a license.

## What this download is

This ZIP contains readable source files. Hermes Desktop does not import it directly. Read the files, then create the Bot manually in Hermes Desktop. The package includes distribution.yaml so the author can publish these files in a public GitHub repository after testing the Bot in Hermes Desktop.

## Who this helps

Leaders and small teams that need clearer priorities and coordination without adding another meeting.

## Good first requests

- Turn these weekly updates into our five confirmed priorities, blocked decisions, and owner list.
- Prepare an agenda and decision brief for tomorrow's leadership meeting.
- Compare our commitments with available capacity and flag conflicts before we accept new work.

## Intended output

- A current priority brief
- A decision, owner, and dependency log
- A meeting agenda and follow-up draft

## Setup information to provide

- Confirmed leadership priorities
- Active commitments, owners, and project status
- Deadlines, available capacity, and escalation rules

## Tools and connections to review in Hermes Desktop

- Read-only access to approved planning documents and calendar information
- Optional task-system access after review

Select these tools and connections only when the job requires them. Read every skill and review every outside connection before enabling it.

## Human approval points

- A leader sets priorities, assigns people, and approves commitments and deadlines.
- The Bot drafts agendas and follow-ups but does not contact people or change shared records without approval.

## Set it up in Hermes Desktop

1. Open the Bots tab and choose New Agent.
2. Enter the name **Chief of Staff**, the title **Executive priority and coordination assistant**, and the description at the top of this file.
3. Open Advanced and paste the contents of SOUL.md into Custom SOUL.md.
4. Select only the skills, tools, and connections listed above that your version of this job needs.
5. Create the Bot and begin with this test: Use sample updates from two projects to produce a one-page priority brief and a decision log for review.

## Review status

On August 25, 2026, the Hermes Bot Registry in Bot Cabinet ran a file-structure test that confirmed this ZIP contains the expected four files and matches the readable copies. It did not run the Bot. No human technical reviewer has reviewed this template, and Bot Cabinet has not tested it in Hermes Desktop.