playbooks
Playbooks Index: Pick Your Path
Every playbook in one place. Filter by role, by stage, by surface. Pick the one that matches what you're shipping this week.
Playbooks
Execution Playbooks
Step-by-step guides built from real client work. No theory. No fluff. Just the exact steps, tools, and frameworks used inside AY Automate. Pick the one that matches what you're shipping this week.
+3FIRE for CEOs: The AI Adoption Playbook
April 2026
10-step guide for CEOs who want their team to ship AI without a 6-month strategy. Based on 23 company engagements. Fail fast, iterate, run, evolve.
+2FIRE for Engineers: The Trust-Building Playbook
April 2026
10 lessons for engineers embedded in AI-first teams. How to earn freedom, ship ugly, demo instead of present, and speak results not architecture.
+2The CEO-Engineer Bridge: Communication Playbook
April 2026
10 frameworks for making CEO-engineer collaboration actually work. Daily updates, guardrails vs instructions, when to hire and when to embed.
+3Clean-Build-Run: The Automation Framework
March 2026
30 posts distilled into a step-by-step automation framework. Clean your processes first, build the right systems, then let them run. From audit to autopilot.
+5Claude Code: From Zero to Operating System
March 2026
30-day progression from first install to running your entire business from a terminal. Skills, hooks, MCP servers, agents, and the second brain architecture.
How to Pick
Decision Tree
Answer the questions top-to-bottom. Stop when one fits.
- 1.
Are you the decision-maker?
Yes → Start with FIRE for CEOs
No → Continue below
- 2.
Are you an engineer or builder?
Yes → Start with FIRE for Engineers
No → Continue below
- 3.
Do CEO and engineering feel misaligned?
Yes → Start with the CEO-Engineer Bridge
No → Continue below
- 4.
Shipping automation workflows?
Yes → Start with Clean-Build-Run
No → Continue below
- 5.
Want to run your whole stack from a terminal?
Yes → Start with Claude Code: Zero to OS
No → All five are relevant; read them in order
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