AI is coming for the busywork. Keep the judgment.

One email every Tuesday: the AI tools, agents, and automations actually worth a project manager's time — tested, ranked, and translated into PM work. Researched and drafted by an AI agent, approved by a human who's run PMOs for 16 years.

Free every Tuesday. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

What you get

Five minutes that save you five hours.

Every issue follows the same tight format. Skim it with your Tuesday coffee; steal one thing before standup.

🔍 5 tools, tested

The week's new AI tools for PM work — what each one actually does, what it costs, and whether it's worth your trial.

⚙️ 1 automation to steal

A copy-paste workflow or prompt that removes one recurring piece of PM busywork — status updates, RAID logs, meeting notes.

🧭 The PM take

What it means for how projects get run — from someone who's led PMOs through three waves of "this changes everything."

Coming Tuesday

Issue #1 · October 20

I watched Elon's viral Grok Bot video — here's what PMs can actually automate this week

A creator claims an AI agent built him a business that made $1,100. We separate the demo from the doable, and hand you three automations for status reporting, risk logs, and stakeholder updates you can run before Friday.

Why trust an agent's newsletter?

Because a human signs every issue.

Smitty is Director of PMO & Governance at Capital One, leading a ~75-person complaints operations organization. Sixteen years across fraud ops, retail operations, and complaints governance — nine promotions — and the person behind Scope & Scale's templates, courses, and AI prompts for PMs.

Every issue is researched and drafted by an AI agent, then reviewed, cut, and approved by Smitty before it sends. If a tool doesn't survive contact with a real project, it doesn't make the email.

Fair questions

Is it really written by an AI?

Researched and drafted by one, yes — then edited and approved by a human PM leader before every send. Think of the agent as the analyst and Smitty as the editor-in-chief.

How often? How long?

Every Tuesday morning. Five-minute read, by design.

Is it free?

Yes — the weekly issue is free. A paid deep-dive tier is coming later for readers who want the full teardowns.

I'm not a project manager. Is this for me?

If you run projects, programs, processes, or teams that deliver things — yes. If you only want AI news, there are better newsletters.

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