How Do I Teach an AI Agent My Vetting Process by Voice?

I typically vet speaking invitations the same way. In my skills setup video I taught that process to an AI agent by talking, not typing, and the AI agent turned it into a skill.

The builder is Gumloop. On my relationship to Gumloop, I said this:

From the recording, 33:22. I don't work for Gumloop. I found this tool over the summer through Lenny's podcast, and I started using it and have since made myself an ambassador for them. I've created a relationship with Gumloop. I am not an employee.

More on that is in Do you work for Gumloop? (the answer from the session).

Why do I use the microphone for a skill?

In the live session I said the best way to create skills is the dictate feature.

From the recording, 36:49. The best way to create skills inside of Gumloop is to come back to the dictate feature.

My video gives the same advice, and says where the button is.

From my setup video. My recommendation for you when you're creating a skill, use the microphone button, which is a dictate skill.

From my setup video. In the bottom right-hand corner, there is a microphone and an up arrow.

Checked on 2026-11-05 against Gumloop's AI agent documentation, which describes Create With AI as describing the skill so the AI agent generates it.

What did I say to the AI agent?

I opened by telling the AI agent its job: to help me vet opportunities when I speak at a conference about building AI agents. Then I gave my checks in the order I run them. The first is my calendar.

From my setup video. What I typically do when I'm looking at these opportunities, I look at the date against my calendar. I have to see if I'm available to speak at an in-person or virtual event.

The second is travel time. I asked for days around the event.

From my setup video. So, what I like you to do is check my schedule for, let's say, two business days before and two business days after the event, especially if I'm traveling outside of the US.

The third is whether the host's mission fits mine.

From my setup video. The next thing is I want to look for values alignment. Am I aligned with the organization's ethos or mission? Does it align with my personal values of honesty, integrity, responsible AI use?

Those are my criteria: my calendar, travel days on either side of the event, and values alignment. They're mine, an example and not a default. Then I asked for the skill.

From my setup video. Based on the information I've shared with you, create a skill for me.

What happens after I speak?

As shown in my setup video (captions pulled October 31, 2026):

1. 01

   Select the microphone in the bottom right-hand corner of the chat box and speak.

2. 02

   Select the stop button.

3. 03

   The dictate feature transcribes what you said.

4. 04

   Select the up arrow, which works like return or enter.

5. 05

   If the AI agent is unsure about anything, it comes back with questions. Answer them.

6. 06

   Open the right-hand panel under skills. The new skill is there.

From my setup video. It transcribed what I said.

From my setup video. Typically, when your agent starts to think, it will also come back and ask questions if it's unsure about anything.

From my setup video. Oh, look, it's now saying, "Hey, I'm writing the skill." And if I look on the right-hand panel under skills, there is now the skill.

The skill could reach my calendar because the AI agent already had access to it.

From my setup video. It's connected to my Google calendar because my Gumloop already has access to that.

What is the template for my own dictation?

Replace each blank with your own. This is the shape of what I said, not the words.

``` You are my AI agent helping me vet [the kind of request I receive]. When I look at one, I first [my first check]. Then I [my second check], and I want [what to add around it]. Next I look for [my third check]. Based on what I have told you, create a skill for me. ```

What goes wrong

You still check what the skill says. I didn't read the finished skill out in my video, so I don't describe what it contained. In the live session I showed where to double-click into a skill and read it (42:34).

I say the same about the whole build.

From my setup video. You need to be able to get under the hood, read the instructions, understand the connectors, as well as the skills that you're giving your agents to set it up for success.

Where this comes from

This article grows from the session I taught live with Women Applying AI on October 7, 2026, and from my published setup videos on YouTube, whose captions were pulled on October 31, 2026. The quoted passages are my own words, taken verbatim from the recording and the videos. The steps, tables and checklists around them were drafted by my team's AI agents from those words and my published pages, and checked against the recording before publishing.

Build Your First AI Agent in One Hour: the full session with the clips, the prompts and the transcript.

Related reading: How Do You Create Skills for an AI Agent?, What Is the Dictate Feature for an AI Agent?, and Automated Guest Booking: Building a Matchmaker AI Agent Without Monthly Fees.