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  **`Tend`** — the ongoing, hands-on work of managing an AI employee: steering
  and maintaining it continuously rather than treating it as a one-off prompt.
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# \`Tend\`

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Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**`Tend`** — the ongoing, hands-on work of managing an AI employee: steering and maintaining it continuously rather than treating it as a one-off prompt.

In this channel's material, **`Tend`** describes the ongoing work of managing an AI employee. In the episode with Natalia Quintero, Every's Head of Consulting, the focus is on going from non-technical operator to hands-on software builder with **Codex** — exploring how she manages an AI employee day to day[^9a401cc8-2a6d-59fa-9f7a-9bd9c861dc19].