Which part of my task should I give AI?

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You are organizing a community repair day. There is a checklist to write, equipment to confirm, and volunteers to contact. Should you give AI the whole job? Start with the part you can inspect before anything happens: a draft checklist.

Confirming supplies and contacting people remain separate responsibilities. A written plan is not evidence that the room is ready. Here are our invented notes. The event is Saturday, October tenth, from ten until one, in the Cedar community room.

We have requested extension leads and protective mats, but availability is unconfirmed. Two repair volunteers have been invited, but neither has accepted yet. Visitor numbers are unknown. These distinctions matter because a tidy checklist can otherwise

make unresolved work look settled. Our request is narrow: draft a preparation checklist from these notes, grouped into before, during, and after. Keep confirmed facts separate from items to verify. Do not invent quantities, volunteer acceptance, or equipment availability. Do not contact anyone.

That gives us an inspectable deliverable and a clear boundary. We are asking for help organizing information, not asking a system to establish facts it has not checked. This is an illustrative output we wrote for the lesson, not a result from a named AI tool.

It retains our public hours, ten until one. Before the event, confirm visitor estimates, supplies, and volunteer attendance. During the event, record arrivals and follow the organizer-approved process. Afterward, return borrowed supplies and record follow-up items.

The draft gives the organizer something to review. It does not prove that these steps are complete or suitable for every repair event. Now inspect it against the notes. The public hours can be traced to our input. Supply quantities cannot, so they stay unresolved.

The organizer checks actual stock with the venue owner and asks volunteers whether they can attend. Any message can itself be drafted for review, but sending it is another action. Do not let a suggested sentence turn into an unauthorized commitment or a claim that someone agreed.

Use three questions on your own task. What can be drafted from information I can safely supply? What needs confirmation from a real source or person? What would change something outside the draft? This is our practical task-splitting method, not a guarantee

of accuracy or time savings. For repair safety, rely on competent people and approved procedures; a general planning draft cannot establish safe technical instructions. Delegate a draftable subtask; retain factual confirmation and action. In this example, AI assistance belongs at the checklist

draft, while the organizer owns verification, contact, and the final plan. Choose a small piece you can review before use. The next briefing asks when a simple template can do that job with less variation.