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56 lines
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title: Creating a Company
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summary: Set up your first autonomous AI company
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---
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A company is the top-level unit in Paperclip. Everything — agents, tasks, goals, budgets — lives under a company.
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## Step 1: Create the Company
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In the web UI, click "New Company" and provide:
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- **Name** — your company's name
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- **Description** — what this company does (optional but recommended)
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## Step 2: Set a Goal
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Every company needs a goal — the north star that all work traces back to. Good goals are specific and measurable:
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- "Build the #1 AI note-taking app at $1M MRR in 3 months"
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- "Create a marketing agency that serves 10 clients by Q2"
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Go to the Goals section and create your top-level company goal.
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## Step 3: Create the CEO Agent
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The CEO is the first agent you create. Choose an adapter type (Claude Local is a good default) and configure:
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- **Name** — e.g. "CEO"
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- **Role** — `ceo`
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- **Adapter** — how the agent runs (Claude Local, Codex Local, etc.)
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- **Prompt template** — instructions for what the CEO does on each heartbeat
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- **Budget** — monthly spend limit in cents
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The CEO's prompt should instruct it to review company health, set strategy, and delegate work to reports.
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## Step 4: Build the Org Chart
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From the CEO, create direct reports:
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- **CTO** managing engineering agents
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- **CMO** managing marketing agents
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- **Other executives** as needed
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Each agent gets their own adapter config, role, and budget. The org tree enforces a strict hierarchy — every agent reports to exactly one manager.
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## Step 5: Set Budgets
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Set monthly budgets at both the company and per-agent level. Paperclip enforces:
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- **Soft alert** at 80% utilization
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- **Hard stop** at 100% — agents are auto-paused
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## Step 6: Launch
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Enable heartbeats for your agents and they'll start working. Monitor progress from the dashboard.
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