Hand off the production coordination. Keep the picture.

Module 1Keep incoming production work organized.2 lessons

1. 1Build the asset request queue

   • Explain how an agent that follows a written method differs from a recorded Photoshop action or script.
   • Write a production method manual with explicit inputs, steps, checks, stop conditions, approved connections, an agreed report, human review points and a way to pause or retire the work.
   • Choose Dots or Claude Duet, and choose a single run or a continuing brief, for a named role such as Production Desk.
   • Build an intake agent that assigns every approved request an asset ID, a source from the supplied manifest and a permission status.
2. 2Handle incomplete or repeated inputs

   • Build stop conditions that pause a request after one follow-up when an input is missing.
   • Explain why a repeated request must keep its original asset ID and permission status.
   • Test the intake agent with deliberately incomplete, duplicate and replaced inputs and check its report.
   • Revise the method manual based on what the test exposed.

Module 2Keep exploration tied to the approved brief.2 lessons

1. 3Prepare the concept queue

   • Build a concept coordinator that accepts only approved briefs and produces a bounded queue of Firefly requests.
   • Write concept requests that each vary one meaningful choice and record the prompt, references and review criterion.
   • Choose a limit on the number of concepts and explain why exploration should be finite.
2. 4Track concept selection

   • Record a selection note (retain, correct or reject) for each returned concept with its reason.
   • Build rules that stop work on rejected routes and preserve the full decision history.
   • Test whether the coordinator detects and reports reference drift before later work depends on it.
   • Explain why the agent's record does not replace art direction.

Module 3Give each edit a precise instruction.2 lessons

1. 5Prepare the edit packet

   • Build an edit packet that names the source version, the areas to change and the details to preserve.
   • Write a retouch instruction set, mask review notes and a layer manifest that a person or agent can follow without guessing.
   • Explain where the agent's work ends and your hands-on Photoshop step begins.
2. 6Track revisions without losing the source

   • Build a revision log that connects each revision to its source version, edit packet and notes.
   • Test the coordinator with a polished preview that has no reviewable working file, and confirm it is rejected.
   • Choose a revision limit and build a stop condition for correction cycles that keep failing.

Module 4Prepare variants without losing the image.2 lessons

1. 7Build the variant instructions

   • Build variant instructions from an approved delivery matrix, each tied to an approved source version.
   • Write export specs and a colour-profile register that cover both screen and print variants.
   • Test whether the agent flags a crop it cannot solve rather than resolving it itself.
2. 8Check the returned variants

   • Build a technical check the agent runs on every returned variant: dimensions, format, colour profile, version and source link.
   • Inspect returned variants for composition and visual quality across the set, and record a decision for each.
   • Choose which items to rerun when one variant fails, and rerun only those.

Module 5Assemble a delivery packet you can inspect.2 lessons

1. 9Compile the delivery review

   • Build a delivery review that joins brief, references, working files, exports and notes for each asset ID.
   • Explain why visual acceptance, permissions and technical completeness must stay separate checks.
   • Produce a delivery checklist and one exception list listing every blocked file and open decision.
2. 10Test a rejected asset

   • Test the delivery review with an asset that passes technical checks but fails visually and has no working file.
   • Explain which check should catch each failure, and trace why if one is missed.
   • Choose whether to continue, pause or retire the agent work, and revise the method manual accordingly.