Best Practices

This page covers the important concepts and workflow tips that will make you dramatically more effective with Whisper. If you only read one guide page, make it this one.

The Review-First Workflow

There's a natural progression to using Whisper, and skipping steps costs you:

Start with review, graduate to unreads, then go fully autonomous.

Start with /review. Reviewing AI drafts before they go out teaches you what the AI does well and where it needs guidance. You'll also be training Whisper's style learning with every edit.

Graduate to /unreads once you're consistently hitting "Send" without editing. At this point, Whisper has learned your voice and the drafts are solid.

Move to --auto when you trust the output enough to let it run without you. Auto mode uses the same AI and the same style rules, just without the approval step.

Skipping straight to auto mode means Whisper hasn't learned your voice, and you haven't built confidence in its output. The review phase is short (a few sessions) but it makes everything after it dramatically better.

The Edit Feedback Loop

Every edit you make in /review teaches Whisper something. Don't just approve or skip. If a message is close but not quite right, edit it.

The pattern is simple:

1. The AI drafts a message
2. You tweak it to sound more like you
3. Whisper notes the correction
4. After about 5 edits, it starts auto-generating style rules
5. After about 20, it writes in your voice

The more you invest in editing during your first few sessions, the faster you get to hands-free. Think of it as a one-time investment that pays off on every message after.

Directive Hygiene

Directives are powerful, but they can pile up. Here's how to keep them useful:

• Review regularly. Type /notes every few days and scan the list.
• Remove the stale ones. Old promotions, expired sales, outdated strategies. Remove them so Whisper stays focused.
• Use expiry dates for promotions. /note --expires 2026-02-28 Valentine's sale is live saves you the cleanup step.
• Check AI-created directives. These show up tagged [agent] in your notes. Most are good, but remove any you disagree with.
• Keep them concise. "Push Beach Day set to outdoor fans" is better than a long paragraph. The AI works best with clear, specific instructions.

Subscriber Profiles Matter

Whisper maintains a profile for each subscriber with preferences, spending patterns, rapport level, and notes. This profile drives every conversation. Better profiles lead to better conversations.

The AI updates profiles automatically as it learns things. But you can speed this up by telling the AI directly:

note that Alice prefers video content and tips on weekends

Over time, these profiles become a rich knowledge base that makes every interaction more personalized.

Routing for Focus

When you need to work with a specific subscriber, use /sub alice instead of staying at the general > prompt. The per-subscriber session has all of Alice's context, history, and profile loaded. The general session doesn't.

Use @bob for quick one-off tasks when you don't want to change your focus.

Always /sub clear when you're done so you don't accidentally direct instructions to the wrong person.

Scoring is a Guide

The conversion score (shown in /unreads and /review) ranks subscribers by opportunity based on historical patterns. A high score means the conversation looks like past successful conversions.

But it's a probability, not a guarantee. Use it to prioritize your time. Work on high-scored conversations first, but don't ignore low-scored subscribers entirely. Sometimes a conversation just needs a different approach.

Content Strategy

Before selling content, the AI checks what's available in your vault and what has performed well historically. It matches subscriber preferences to content categories automatically.

You can help this work better by:

• Organizing your vault with descriptive folder names
• Having a variety of content types (photos, videos, sets)
• Running whisper insights periodically so the AI knows what sells

Session Management

Your sessions persist between Whisper restarts, so you can pick up where you left off. If a session gets very long, Whisper automatically compacts it (summarizing older context to free up space). You'll see a brief "session compacted" message, but nothing important is lost.

This is normal and means the system is working as designed. You don't need to do anything.

Multi-Account Operations

If you manage multiple accounts (common for agencies):

• Each account has its own persona, directives, profiles, and session history
• Nothing leaks between accounts
• Use whisper accounts to see all your configured accounts
• Directives are per-account. "Push the Beach Day set" on Account A doesn't affect Account B
• You can run auto mode on multiple accounts simultaneously by opening separate Terminal windows

Safety Awareness

Whisper enforces platform rules automatically. In auto mode, rate limiting prevents sending too many messages too fast.

But you're still the person responsible for your account. Good habits:

• Review AI-created directives periodically
• Spot-check auto mode by reviewing sent messages
• Use /review for sensitive or high-value subscribers where you want personal oversight
• Start with /review for any new account until Whisper has learned the persona