Your bots are taxing you.
By John Aspinall ✱ · September 22, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
Your bots are taxing you.
Flip the reporting line.
Every specialist pinging your phone is not automation.
You feel busy because the fleet treats you like the inbox.
You are the bottleneck they were supposed to remove.
⤷ The move is one Chief Operating Agent.
Specialists report to the COA.
→ You get one digest.
Exceptions only. Not a parade of "done."
I do not install twelve chiefs for twelve topics.
I install one operator agent that knows the whole system & hands work down.
Bot sprawl feels like an org chart.
One reporting line is an org chart.
If your setup still DMs you like a needy intern → rebuild the line before you build another bot.