Hiring. Onboarding. Knowledge transfer. Every department runs them; almost nobody has automated them. These are working examples of AI skills that run inside agent workspaces — no platform, no login, no subscription.
The hard part isn't believing — it's picturing what "automated" looks like for a real process your team already runs. Talent Cycle is three complete, working examples built on one repeatable pattern: a structured AI conversation in, a durable work artifact out. The tools are useful. The pattern is the point — it applies to almost any internal process you own.
The AI runs a focused conversation — a hiring brief, an onboarding intake, an expert interview. Questions, not forms.
Skills and templates turn the conversation into consistent, evidence-based work products. No prompt wizardry required.
A comparison app, a Kanban board, a successor brief — self-contained deliverables you keep. When the job's done, so is the tool.
Not every automation needs to be software. These three tools deliberately span the range — from a folder of instructions to a hosted voice application — so you can pick the lightest tool that does the job.
A SKILL.md file plus templates, dropped into Claude, ChatGPT, or any agent workspace. Nothing to install, deploy, or maintain. Employee Onboarding Kit works this way: the AI interviews you, then generates the plan and board.
A folder kit whose output includes a disposable, self-contained HTML app — no server, no login, delete it when you're done. Candidate Interview Kit generates a side-by-side comparison tool this way, per our Burner Apps methodology.
Some experiences justify real software. SME Brain Dump is a deployed web app because voice is the product: built-in voice-to-text and text-to-voice, with an optional ElevenLabs Live Mode when you bring your own API keys.
Hire with evidence, onboard with a plan, and capture what experts know before they move on.
Evidence-based prep briefs before every interview, structured assessments after, and a burner comparison app to make the call. One folder, one role, one hiring cycle — then delete it.
A five-question conversation becomes a bespoke 30-day onboarding plan and an interactive Kanban board — a single HTML file you send to the new hire. Built for one role, one person.
A 20-minute voice interview extracts critical institutional knowledge from a departing expert and compiles it into a successor brief, FAQ, decision log, and runbook. Speak naturally; the app does the rest.
| Tool | Stage | The problem | What you get | Deployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate Interview Kit | Hire | Unprepared interviewers, gut-feel decisions | Prep briefs, structured assessments, burner comparison app | Skill + burner artifact — runs in your agent workspace |
| Employee Onboarding Kit | Onboard | Generic checklists, missing context | 30-day plan + interactive Kanban board (one HTML file) | Pure skill — runs in your agent workspace |
| SME Brain Dump | Transfer | Undocumented expertise walking out the door | Successor brief, FAQ, decision log, runbook | Hosted web app — voice built in, optional ElevenLabs Live Mode |
Hiring, onboarding, and knowledge transfer are just the examples. If your team runs a process on conversations, judgment, and documents, it's a candidate for this approach. Let's find the lightest tool that does your job.
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