Framework

ROSTER The Agent Dream Team

ROSTER is a six-skill protocol for a one-person company that runs named specialist agents: Roles, Objectives, Skills and tools, Triggers, Evaluation, Rotation. Roles give each agent a charter. Objectives make the charter measurable. Skills and tools bound what the agent may use. Triggers decide when it runs. Evaluation scores output instead of vibe. Rotation retires the agent that was built for last quarter's work. One chatbot that never hands off is not a team.

The moves
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When to use it

Use it when one generic assistant is doing research, drafting, ops, and follow-up in the same thread, and quality swings because nothing has a charter.

The moves

  1. 01

    Roles

    Give each agent a charter so one job has an owner instead of a shared thread.

  2. 02

    Objectives

    Make the charter measurable. A role without an objective is a job title.

  3. 03

    Skills and tools

    Bound what the agent may use, and cut the access it does not need.

  4. 04

    Triggers

    Decide once, at your clearest, which event starts which agent.

  5. 05

    Evaluation

    Score output with a scorecard. Judgment by vibe is hope, not management.

  6. 06

    Rotation

    Retire the agent built for last quarter's work before it quietly fails this quarter's.

The book

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The Agent Dream Team

Build Your Autonomous Specialist Roster for a One-Person Company

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The series

Related frameworks

CHORUS

The Multi-Agent Organization

CHORUS is a six-skill coordination protocol for teams of 2 to 15 people who share work with specialised AI workers: Charter, Handoff, Orchestrate, Review, Update, Sync. Org charts name reporting lines. CHORUS names coordination lines.

STACK

The Agentic Codebase

STACK is a five-layer architecture for repositories where humans and agents share work: Structure, Toolchain, Agent configuration, Connection, Knowledge and quality. The agent OS is versioned like the app.

SENSE

AI Agents for Startup Strategy

SENSE is a five-move strategic intelligence layer: Scan, Evaluate, Navigate, Simulate, Execute. It turns agent work from a productivity shortcut into a sourced claim that changes a watchlist, an assumption register, or a Monday decision.

Terminology

Not an HR org chart, not CHORUS, and not a prompt pack. ROSTER is the named system in The Agent Dream Team, available now in English and Dutch paperback, hardcover, and Kindle. CHORUS coordinates a human team of 2 to 15. ROSTER coaches a roster for a company of one.

Citation

ROSTER (The Agent Dream Team). Len P. van der Hof, Systems for the Strategic Self. https://lenvanderhof.com/frameworks/roster/

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