“Follow up with Chen about the renewal.”
A general assistant, connected by you
You drive every step.
- 01Tell it who Chen is and what the renewal is
- 02Check the draft and fix the tone
- 03Approve the send, or paste it into your mail
- 04Remember to check back in two days
- 05Do it all again for the next client
Jordyn
She drives. You approve.
- Knew
- Chen is a client with a renewal due, from your own mail and notes
- Wrote
- The follow-up, in the tone you use with her
- Held
- For your OK, because that's your rule
- Then
- Drafts a nudge if Chen goes quiet
An example. Chen and her renewal are made up for this page.
Side by side
What changes when she joins.
| ChatGPT, Claude and similar | Jordyn | |
|---|---|---|
| Setting it up | You connect the apps, write the instructions and decide what it may touch | Set up with you by a real team, on your own inbox, calendar and phone line |
| Who drives | You do. It works when you open a chat and ask | She does. Mail is sorted and filed as it arrives, and follow-ups come up on their own, day and night |
| Checking the work | You review what it did, each time | Nothing goes out without your OK unless you tell her it can. Her drafts wait for you |
| Sending the email | Writes the draft. Depending on how it's connected, you send it or approve each step | Sends from your real mailbox (Gmail, Outlook, Fastmail or IMAP) once you've OK'd it |
| Your phone | Not a business line your callers ring | A local business number she answers in your company's name. Callers can book a time on your calendar |
| Standing rules | Custom instructions the model tries to follow | Set once. The important ones, like holding sends for your OK, are enforced by the software |
| Memory of your business | Remembers what you choose to tell it | Keeps your clients, your business and how you write, and recalls it in any conversation |
| When something breaks | Help articles, and you | She checks what's wrong and fixes the common problems she's allowed to. A real team handles the rest |
Setting it up
Jordyn
Set up with you by a real team, on your own inbox, calendar and phone line
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
You connect the apps, write the instructions and decide what it may touch
Who drives
Jordyn
She does. Mail is sorted and filed as it arrives, and follow-ups come up on their own, day and night
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
You do. It works when you open a chat and ask
Checking the work
Jordyn
Nothing goes out without your OK unless you tell her it can. Her drafts wait for you
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
You review what it did, each time
Sending the email
Jordyn
Sends from your real mailbox (Gmail, Outlook, Fastmail or IMAP) once you've OK'd it
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
Writes the draft. Depending on how it's connected, you send it or approve each step
Your phone
Jordyn
A local business number she answers in your company's name. Callers can book a time on your calendar
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
Not a business line your callers ring
Standing rules
Jordyn
Set once. The important ones, like holding sends for your OK, are enforced by the software
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
Custom instructions the model tries to follow
Memory of your business
Jordyn
Keeps your clients, your business and how you write, and recalls it in any conversation
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
Remembers what you choose to tell it
When something breaks
Jordyn
She checks what's wrong and fixes the common problems she's allowed to. A real team handles the rest
ChatGPT, Claude and similar
Help articles, and you
As of October 2026. ChatGPT and Claude both connect to email and apps now; this compares who sets it up, who drives it and who checks the work. Both products change, and we keep this page honest.
The interview
The questions you'd ask her.
“Can't ChatGPT connect to my email now?”
Yes, and it writes well. ChatGPT and Claude both connect to email and apps today. The difference is who does the setting up and the driving. There, you do. I'm set up with you by a real team, and I keep working when you're not in the chat.
“Do I have to stop using ChatGPT?”
No. Keep it for brainstorming and writing if you like it there. I'm for the work that has to happen in your real inbox, calendar and phone line, every day.
“Will you send something I didn't approve?”
No. Nothing goes out without your OK unless you tell me it can, and that rule is enforced by the software, not by my memory.
Her terms
Before you hire her
Day one
Start date
Connect your inbox and calendar, name your industry and ask her about a client. She answers from your real mail. Keep ChatGPT for brainstorming if you like it there.
What stays yours
Your rules
Nothing goes out without your OK unless you say it can, and that rule is enforced by the software. What she knows about your business stays inside your account.
What it costs
Her salary
$499 a month for the Digital Employee, with an allowance of AI work built in. The phone line is $79 to switch on, then billed by the minute. Fourteen days free. Card required, nothing charged today.