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Download the SOP Skill below
Start with the AI Agent SOP Creator Skill. It gives Manus a structured way to interview you and document the workflow properly.
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The free Skill that turns Manus from a helpful assistant into a smart, sophisticated and scalable team member - with the same SOPs you would give a new hire.
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Why most marketers are stuck at “prompt and pray”
You have spent the last year typing prompts into ChatGPT. You have gotten good at it. But every single time, you are starting from scratch - re-explaining context, re-stating your brand voice, re-pasting your process. The work gets done, but nothing compounds.
That is not an AI problem. That is a documentation problem.
The people getting real leverage from AI are not writing better prompts. They are building Skills - reusable, documented workflows that capture how they actually work. Skills are what turn a general-purpose agent like Manus into something operationally useful for your business.
“A prompt is a one-time instruction. A Skill is a documented, reusable workflow. Skills capture HOW you work - not just the steps. That changes everything about your output” - Kate vanderVoort, from The AI Grapple Podcast
How to build your first Manus Skill using our free SOP
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Upload it into Manus
Add the Skill to Manus, then open a new chat and ask Manus to use the AI Agent SOP Creator Skill.
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Run it on a repeatable task
Choose a workflow you want to train Manus on, such as client research, proposal generation, campaign reporting, or content repurposing.
Pro tip
Before you answer all the questions the Skill will ask you, do a brain dump into ChatGPT or Claude. Use WisprFlow or the mic icon to dictate everything you can think of about the process you want to automate. Ask the LLM to create a brief for Manus from your brain dump, then upload that context when you run the Skill. Manus will then only ask you for what is missing, which helps save tokens.
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Turn the SOP into a Skill
Once you have the SOP documented, ask Manus to turn it into a Skill. Then you can schedule it or run it on repeat.
Your free Skill - the AI Agent SOP Creator
Install this Skill in Manus, Claude, or any agentskills.io-compatible platform and it will interview you, segment by segment, until you have a complete, professional SOP for any AI agent workflow you want to document.
Your download includes
- The complete SKILL.md file - ready to drop into Manus, Claude or ChatGPT
- The 14 SOP segments and the Human Rationale Layer
- A professional SOP template to turn into a Skill.
Founder & CEO
Kate vanderVoort is the Founder and CEO of the AI Success Lab and host of The AI Grapple Podcast. Since 2009, she has been growing and activating customer and cause communities online, and for the past few years has worked extensively in training and consulting on AI integration and implementation across a wide range of industries.
Kate brings 18 years of digital marketing expertise to her work, partnering with businesses of all sizes to successfully integrate and implement AI across every task, role and department. Her philosophy is simple - focus on the task, not the tool - with a human-centred, ethics-first approach that rejects both hype and fear.
She has developed and executed AI and digital marketing strategies for some of Australia's largest companies and not-for-profits, while also supporting small businesses to access these same tools. More than 10,000 people have been through AI training with Kate, and she has worked with over 300 consulting clients.
Kate was one of just five global Lead Trainers for the launch of Meta's Community Manager Certification and holds a Queensland Government Digital Community Champion designation. Through the AI Success Lab, she delivers public workshops, an Elite Membership program, consulting engagements and an AI Coach Certification Program, all built on her proprietary AI-Powered Business Hub methodology.
