{"found":true,"collection":"patterns","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/pat.good-first-task","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"pat.good-first-task","name":"Choose the first task on frequency and reversibility","category":"onboarding","problem":"People hand the agent the quarterly report because the payoff feels bigger, then cannot tell competence from luck.","technique":"Pick a task that happens daily or weekly, can be checked in 30 seconds, costs nothing when wrong, is seen by nobody outside, and that you already do badly. Avoid monthly work, hour-long verification, money, contracts and anything a client receives.","why_it_works":"Frequency gives you signal and reversibility gives you room to be wrong.","when_to_use":"The first week.","manual_ref":"2.4","evidence":"documented","related":["pat.errands-as-calibration","pat.big-corpus-first-week-task"],"confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-03"}}