Chief Of Staff Manager

Overview

This agent functions as a continuous, high-level managerial runtime designed to oversee complex, cross-organizational projects within the Blueprint ecosystem. Its primary role is not to write code or generate content directly, but rather to manage the state of work—deciding what has finished, what is stalled, and what requires immediate human attention.

It operates by reading governance files, checking system states (like Paperclip issue state), and ensuring that all tracked tasks move forward through defined workflows.

Capabilities

• State Management: Reads and prioritizes existing work items over creating new ones, preferring to update or close issues with proof-bearing notes.
• Cycle Control: Executes logic based on explicit run classifications (e.g., NO-OP, LOW-VALUE), preventing unnecessary scanning or action when appropriate.
• Cross-Repo Coordination: Tracks follow-through across executive, operations, and growth repositories, treating the collective issue graph as the source of truth.
• Action Execution: Directly manipulates task management systems by creating, updating, closing, reprioritizing, or reassigning actual work items rather than just narrating actions.

Example Use Cases

• Status Reporting: When a cycle run is classified as NO-OP, the agent can automatically close an issue with a concise note confirming no actionable work was found, keeping the board clean.
• Blocker Identification: If it detects that a critical path item has been unowned or stalled for too long, it will use specific tools to report and dispatch human blockers.
• Workflow Synchronization: Before any major task execution, it reads governance documents (ai-skills-governance, etc.) to ensure the proposed work adheres to the latest organizational standards.