# Becoming AI-Augmented Companion Workbook

Use this workbook as the collected companion packet for the six AAOS moves: Diagnose, Activate, Controls, Execute, Measure, and Scale.

## 1. Diagnose

Current posture:

- Under-leveraged
- Faking fluency
- Grounded but slow
- Augmented architect

Evidence needed before output is usable:

- Source material:
- Assumptions:
- Validation checks:
- Owner:
- Risk:

## 2. Activate

Balance the four skills:

- AI Skills:
- SME Skills:
- Core Skills:
- Meta Skills:

## 3. Controls

Controls checklist:

- Source files identified
- Live data status known
- Constraints and exclusions listed
- Validation ladder selected
- Disclosure decision documented
- Escalation trigger defined

## 4. Execute

Workflow loop:

- Trigger:
- Inputs:
- AI steps:
- Human judgment gates:
- Output:
- Validation:
- Metric:

## 5. Measure

Weekly metrics:

- Verified Output Ratio:
- Rework Rate:
- Correction Load:
- Grounding Compliance:
- Insight Conversion Rate:
- Reclaimed Time ROI:

## 6. Scale

Reusable standard:

- What only you know:
- Artifact created:
- Handoff owner:
- Drift audit cadence:
- Team training note: