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Field Guide · slack

Claude Tag vs Claude Code in Slack: costs and access

Claude Tag charges channel work to your organization. The earlier Claude Code route uses your individual plan. Promotional credits change the first bill.

Field Guide · slack

Set up Claude Code in Slack with your Pro or Max plan

Connect your Claude subscription, prepare a training repository, and start a small coding task from Slack.

Field Guide · slack

Set up Claude Tag in Slack with Sonnet and a budget

Connect your Slack workspace to Claude Tag, choose Sonnet, and verify a reply and follow-up before giving Claude access to your website or business tools.

Field Guide · slack

Sign up for Claude Pro for website work in Slack

Start with Pro, connect your working folder to Slack, and turn a FARO finding into one proposed website correction you can review.

Field Guide · slack

Where should an AI agent's work appear?

Use Slack for shared team work, WhatsApp for a compact owner brief, or Microsoft Teams for governed work. Account ownership and retention can change the choice.

Field Guide · hiring

AI agent pricing: compare the work before the unit

Compare equivalent accepted work and owner time before comparing subscriptions, activities, salaries, Day Passes, Sprints, or Monthly Retainers.

Field Guide · hiring

What is an AI employee? Definition and buyer tests

“AI employee” is market shorthand, not a legal status or capability standard. Use observable work, checks, and approval boundaries to judge the offer.

Field Guide · hiring

Write the handoff before your first marketing hire

Write the job, evidence, work products, decisions, authority, and checks before choosing a person, direct AI use, FARO, SCOUT, VYRA, or waiting.

Field Guide · outcomes

Fix what AI answers get wrong about your practice

Sample the questions customers ask, record every wrong fact and citation, correct the public source you control, and recheck the same answer on a dated schedule.

Field Guide · hiring

The bootstrap gap: when one person is not enough

One person can become overloaded before available cash can safely support a salary. Compare narrower scope, one fixed project, and a ready fidelic agent workflow.

Field Guide · hiring

The founder bottleneck: move preparation, keep judgment

Move structured preparation and record maintenance out of the founder queue. Keep client strategy, representation, negotiation, and final approval with a person.

Field Guide · framework

The feed is paid. Keep the audience real.

Paid reach can be honest. Disclose every material connection, keep claims traceable, and refuse fake reviews, fake accounts, and manufactured reactions.

Field Guide · hiring

Dental office manager operating checklist

A dental office manager needs one visible operating record across patient flow, claims, supplies, compliance, team follow-up, and exceptions.

Field Guide · hiring

Developer marketing operating plan for small teams

Developer marketing needs one operating record connecting product proof, technical education, distribution, community signals, and accountable human presence.

Field Guide · framework

Choose a general AI assistant or a specialist AI role

Use a general assistant for varied owner-directed tasks. Use a specialist role when one recurring job needs fixed work products, checks, limits, and upkeep.

Field Guide · hiring

AI Agents for Small Business: 2026 Buyer's Guide

Choose an AI agent for one defined business job. Compare doing it yourself, hiring a specialist, and hiring a role-specific agent with five practical tests.

Field Guide · slack

AI agent for Slack: permissions, channels, and checks

A Slack-based AI agent needs approved channels, narrow permissions, a posting rule, an escalation owner, and an acceptance check before its first delivery.

Field Guide · hiring

How much does it cost to hire an AI agent?

Compare the quoted price, setup, maintenance, review, and exceptions against the same finished work. The cheapest unit can still leave the owner with the job.

Field Guide · hiring

AI agent vs chatbot: who owns the finished result?

AI chat fits work you want to direct and inspect yourself. A role-specific AI agent owns a defined job through a checked result, approval, repair, and visible record.

Field Guide · teams

Multi-agent teams: when specialist roles fit better

Three specialist Fidelic agents can separate monitoring, drafting, and record upkeep. Slack shows each owner, output, and escalation path in one shared view.

Field Guide · hiring

When you should not hire an AI agent

Wait when the work has no stable owner, no observable acceptance check, too little volume, or a decision that must remain with a person.

Field Guide · onboarding

A 30-day ramp for an AI marketing role

Start with one accepted result, prove the source and review boundary, then add volume, cadence, and a second marketing role only after the first job holds.

Field Guide · onboarding

Ramp up an AI hire with a 30-day work plan

A Monthly Retainer starts with one owner, one representative workflow, staged access, scheduled review, and a 30-day acceptance record.

Field Guide · slack

Use Slack as the AI work review surface

Use Slack for the shared result, correction, approval, and exception record when the real source and durable artifact live in the systems that own them.

Field Guide · hiring

Three AI agents or half a headcount?

Compare several narrow AI roles with one part-time hire by work products, coordination cost, judgment, relationships, and the gaps that still need a person.