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AI can run 42% of your week

Not replaceable. Your irreplaceable work sits in judgment calls on fairness, tone and precedent—plus the conversations that follow.

Human hours · one-time setup
1 hr 50 min
To set up your top automation, written below.
Human hours saved · every month
36 hours
8 hr 12 min a week
Runs without you.

You break even in week one.

% = how much of each task AI can take off you

AI can take these over1
run onboarding for new joiners, docs and first-week plan71%
AI helps, you stay in charge7
answer employee questions about leave, payroll and policy62%
keep the employee handbook and policies current45%
monthly payroll inputs and corrections with finance28%
track appraisal cycles and chase managers for reviews35%
draft internal announcements and HR emails68%
maintain compliance paperwork and registers18%
handle exits: paperwork, clearances, final settlements52%
Still all you1
decide on sensitive people issues as they come upyours

Open one to see every step, with verified tools and prices.

8 automations·8 hr 11 min back a week
01 of 8run onboarding for new joiners, docs and first-week planRippling3h52m2h 8m1h 50mopen
02 of 8answer employee questions about leave, payroll and policyHive2h 30m57m1h 33m
03 of 8handle exits: paperwork, clearances, final settlementsRippling2h 20m1h 7m1h 13m
04 of 8draft internal announcements and HR emailsCopy.ai1h 40m32m1h 8m
05 of 8keep the employee handbook and policies current2h1h 6m54m
06 of 8track appraisal cycles and chase managers for reviewsLattice1h 50m1h 12m38m
07 of 8monthly payroll inputs and corrections with finance1h 30m1h 5m25m
08 of 8maintain compliance paperwork and registers1h 10m57m13m
01 of 8run onboarding for new joiners, docs and first-week plan2 hr 8 min/wk1h 50m setup
How it works now
Pull new joiner details from ATS and HRIS15m
Customize offer letter and policy docs from templates40m
Build a first-week schedule by hand45m
Assign tasks to managers, IT, and buddy via email30m
Send welcome pack and schedule to new joiner20m
Chase missing pieces before start date30m
Total3h
With the automation
Feed new joiner data into the onboarding tool10m
Review auto-generated docs and schedule20m
Adjust task owners where needed15m
Approve and send7m
Total52m
Setup, once
  1. Upload your document templates25m
    Load your offer letter, policy pack, and handbook templates into Rippling and mark the fields that should auto-fill per hire.
  2. Input current company policies and role data20m
    Add your policy documents and the role/team structure so the tool can match the right clauses and schedule template to each new joiner.
  3. Build one first-week schedule template per role type30m
    Set up the standard day-by-day structure (intros, access, training, first 1:1) for your two or three most common role types.
  4. Connect your HRIS or import employee data15m
    Sync or upload existing employee data so manager, buddy, and team assignments populate automatically.
  5. Run one test hire through the full flow20m
    Enter a fake new joiner, generate the docs and schedule, check formatting and task assignment before trusting it with a real hire.
The standing prompt
You are helping me finalize a first-week onboarding plan. Given this new joiner's role [ROLE_TITLE] and start date [START_DATE], along with our standard first-week template and current policies, produce: 1) a day-by-day schedule with named tasks and suggested owners (manager, IT, buddy), 2) a short list of any policy clauses in the offer or handbook that need role-specific edits, 3) a one-paragraph welcome note I can send as-is. Flag anything that looks like it needs my judgment rather than a default.
Tools
Ripplingpricing on their siteThis is the one tool doing the actual work here: generating the customized docs and structured first-week schedule from your templates and policies, then handling distribution once you've reviewed it.
Watch someone do it
6:35
How to Use Claude Projects (Full Tutorial)
Kevin Stratvert · VIDEO · 7 HUMAN MIN · 222,328 VIEWS
Covers: Walks through creating a project, adding instructions, uploading files, organizing chats, and archiving old projects.
Skip 'Introduction' if you already know the interface.
What it will not do

It will not decide which manager or buddy is the right fit for a new hire, it will not catch a policy exception that isn't already written into your uploaded docs, and it will not chase anyone who ignores their assigned task. It also will not verify that a contract clause is legally correct for the hire's location.

Done when

For a new joiner starting next Monday, the customized offer letter, policy pack, and day-by-day first-week schedule with tagged task owners are sitting in your review queue by Thursday, and sending them takes one approval click, not a rebuild.

1 verified tool·1 video (7 min)·oldest check 10 Aug, all re-verified monthly
Tools
Ripplingpricing on their siteautomation 01 · checked 10 AugThis is the one tool doing the actual work here: generating the customized docs and structured first-week schedule from your templates and policies, then handling distribution once you've reviewed it.
Watch
6:35
How to Use Claude Projects (Full Tutorial)
Kevin Stratvert · 7 HUMAN MIN · AUTOMATION 01
Covers: Walks through creating a project, adding instructions, uploading files, organizing chats, and archiving old projects.
02 of 8answer employee questions about leave, payroll and policy1 hr 33 min/wk
Written on a full run
03 of 8handle exits: paperwork, clearances, final settlements1 hr 13 min/wk
Written on a full run
04 of 8draft internal announcements and HR emails1 hr 8 min/wk
Written on a full run
05 of 8keep the employee handbook and policies current54 min/wk
Written on a full run
06 of 8track appraisal cycles and chase managers for reviews38 min/wk
Written on a full run
07 of 8monthly payroll inputs and corrections with finance25 min/wk
Written on a full run
08 of 8maintain compliance paperwork and registers13 min/wk
Written on a full run

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