The WorkBuddy BookSay it once. It does the work.

A complete guide to Tencent’s WorkBuddy desktop agent — install, work modes, the permission sandbox, Skills, connectors, experts, projects, the Library and automations, plus 12 playbooks you can copy today.

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FAQ

What each switch actually decides

Default permissions or full access, Agent or Plan, fast or maximum, 200K or 1M of context — these choices decide whether a task finishes and how fast your credits burn. Every control in the new-task bar gets its own section.

It can act, so it can act wrongly

It renames in bulk, deletes files and runs scripts. That is exactly where it can hurt you. The sandbox, automatic backups and how to read a confirmation dialog get a chapter of their own.

Playbooks with prompts you can paste

Twelve worked examples. Each one says what to hand it, what to type, how to check the output, and the step where other people came unstuck.

About this site: an unofficial community guide, compiled from WorkBuddy’s public documentation and hands-on notes. The product moves fast — where this disagrees with the official docs, the official docs win. WorkBuddy ships a Chinese interface by default, so screen labels appear as English (中文原词) the first time they come up.

42pages

12playbooks

20+bundled Skills

3languages

Reading path / 01—03

Pick the lane you are standing in

The three tracks are independent — enter wherever you are. First time out, start with the basics. Already shipped a few tasks? Jump to the deep dives. Just want something that works today? Go to the playbooks.

Basics · 8 pages

Get started

From download to a first task you can actually sign off on. Learn what each switch in the window decides before you worry about prompt tricks.

Install and sign in on Windows / macOS
The three panes: tasks, chat, artifacts
The new-task bar, switch by switch
A real task, start to finish, in half an hour

Start here →

For your first hour with WorkBuddy

Deeper · 11 pages

Go deeper

Turning one lucky run into a reliable one. Skills, connectors, experts, projects, automations, permissions and credits — this is where the gap opens up.

Choosing Skills and connectors safely
Projects: inject team context once
Automations that run on a schedule
Default permissions, sandbox, Security Centre

Read the deep dives →

For long-term and team use

Practice · 12 playbooks

Playbooks

Tasks other people already got working, ready to bend into your own. Each one ships a copy-paste prompt, an acceptance checklist and the traps.

Bulk rename, meeting minutes, weekly reports
Spreadsheet → charts → written analysis
A daily briefing that emails itself
A small local app with no code

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For templates you can steal today

Start with a real task

Start from a task you actually have

Every playbook spells out what to hand it, what to type, how to check the result, and the step where things usually go wrong.

A folder that finally makes senseRename by content — preview first, then commit Stop taking notes yourselfRecording → minutes → owners and due dates A deck from one sentenceSource material → Word proposal / 10-slide deck Make the numbers talkExcel → charts → a report with a conclusion A letter every morningConnector plus automation, sent at 8:30 Never short of draftsAngles, copy, hashtags, a 60-second script Build your own little toolNo code, runs locally, still editable Meetings that book themselvesSchedule, move, and pull back the minutes Away from your deskMessage it from your phone; the PC gets going

From one task to a system

From one good run to work it does for you

Most people stop at “ask it a question”. The distance opens up in the next three steps: freeze what worked, then hand the routine parts away.

Brief one task

Shrink it to something you can accept or reject — not “refactor the whole project”.

Read the confirmation

Default permissions stop before deletes and scripts. Check the action, the path and the reason.

Freeze it into a Skill

Once a routine runs cleanly, package it so anyone can repeat it next month.

Hand it to an automation

Anything on a fixed rhythm runs itself. You only review and adjust the rules.

Sources

Where this comes from

Primarily WorkBuddy’s official documentation, plus notes taken while actually running the product. The full list is on the Sources page.

01WorkBuddy overviewOfficial docs · Getting started 02QuickstartOfficial docs · Getting started 03The new-task barOfficial docs · Feature reference 04Default permissions and the sandboxOfficial docs · Feature reference 05Ten tips for new usersOfficial docs · Beginner to expert 06FAQOfficial docs · Beginner to expert

Go run something

A hundred pages of reading loses to one finished task. Pick something real off your own desk — a pile of unsorted files, a meeting recording, a spreadsheet nobody understands — and adapt one prompt from a playbook.

Run your first task Prompt library