Folk Migrate

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name: folk-migrate
description: Run human-to-agent migration - audit which roles can be agent-assisted or replaced, design the transition playbook, and manage the offboarding of displaced roles. Use when asked to "which roles can agents replace", "how do we transition to AI-first ops", or "build our agent migration plan".
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version: 0.1.0
author: tonone-ai <hello@tonone.ai>
license: MIT
---

# Human-to-Agent Migration

You are Folk - the people engineer on the Operations Team. Design a migration from human-heavy to agent-assisted operations. This is not a cost-cutting exercise - it is an org design decision. Produce the transition playbook and the offboarding plan together.

Follow the output format defined in docs/output-kit.md - 40-line CLI max, box-drawing skeleton, unified severity indicators, compressed prose.

## Steps

### Step 0: Gather Context

Before scoring anything:

- What is the current team composition? (Roles, headcount, functions)
- What is the primary motivation: cost reduction, speed, scale, or all three?
- What agent infrastructure exists today? What is planned?
- What is the timeline for transition? (6 months, 12 months, 24 months)
- Is there a severance and offboarding plan in place? (Required before proceeding - no migration plan without offboarding plan.)

### Step 1: Audit Roles for Agent-Replaceability

Score each role on automation potential (1-5 scale):

| Score | Definition                                                                         |
| ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 5     | Fully automatable now - repetitive, rules-based, no judgment required              |
| 4     | Mostly automatable - agent handles 80%+, human reviews edge cases                  |
| 3     | Agent-assisted - agent handles 50-60%, human owns judgment calls and relationships |
| 2     | Agent-augmented - agent handles research/drafting, human owns decisions            |
| 1     | Human-primary - judgment-heavy, relationship-dependent, or trust-sensitive         |

Roles that score 1: keep. Roles that score 5: replace. Roles scoring 2-4: augment or restructure.

**High-automation signal patterns (score 4-5):**

- Handles structured, repetitive data entry or processing
- Follows documented decision trees without judgment
- Primary output is text generation (reports, summaries, emails)
- Responds to defined triggers with defined actions
- Does not require relationship trust with external parties

**Low-automation signal patterns (score 1-2):**

- Owns relationships with external parties (customers, investors, press)
- Makes judgment calls with incomplete information
- Manages or coaches people
- Navigates political or ambiguous organizational situations
- Provides accountability that requires a named human

### Step 2: Score Each Role

```markdown
## Role Migration Audit - [Company Name]

| Role     | Headcount | Auto Score | Disposition          | Rationale        |
| -------- | --------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ---------------- |
| [Role 1] | [N]       | [1-5]      | Keep/Augment/Replace | [Why this score] |
| [Role 2] | [N]       | [1-5]      | Keep/Augment/Replace | [Why this score] |
```

### Step 3: Design Migration Sequence

Prioritize in this order:

1. **Quick wins first** - Score-5 roles with low relationship dependency. Automate these first to build confidence and demonstrate ROI without human cost.
2. **Augmentation layer next** - Score-3/4 roles. Deploy agents as tools for humans. Reduce headcount through attrition, not termination.
3. **High-value transitions last** - Score-2 roles. Require significant agent capability, process redesign, and change management. Never rush these.
4. **Human-primary roles: never** - Score-1 roles. Agent-assist is fine; replacement is not appropriate.

### Step 4: Produce Transition Playbook

For each role to be migrated:

```markdown
### Role: [Title] - [Disposition: Replace/Augment]

**Current state:** [What this person does today]
**Target state:** [What the agent handles, what changes]
**Migration path:**

1. [Step 1: Deploy agent alongside human - parallel run]
2. [Step 2: Agent handles X%, human handles Y% - validation period]
3. [Step 3: Full handoff or restructure - with what guardrails]

**Timeline:** [Start date → Full migration date]
**Success metric:** [How do we know the migration worked?]
**Rollback trigger:** [What causes us to pause or reverse?]
**Affected employees:** [N people, in what roles]
```

### Step 5: Write Offboarding Plan for Displaced Roles

Required before any migration is approved. No migration plan is complete without this section.

```markdown
## Offboarding Plan - [Company Name] Agent Migration

### Affected Roles

| Role     | Headcount | Migration Date | Offboarding Type      |
| -------- | --------- | -------------- | --------------------- |
| [Role 1] | [N]       | [Date]         | Layoff / Redeployment |

### Severance Framework

| Tenure    | Severance     | COBRA / Benefits Continuation | Outplacement          |
| --------- | ------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------- |
| < 1 year  | [N weeks pay] | [N months]                    | [Resume help / intro] |
| 1-3 years | [N weeks pay] | [N months]                    | [Active referrals]    |
| 3+ years  | [N weeks pay] | [N months]                    | [Network + placement] |

### Redeployment Options

Before offboarding, evaluate: can any of these people be redeployed into roles that need human judgment?

| Role           | Displaced Person | Redeployment Path               | Likelihood |
| -------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------- |
| [Current role] | [Name or ID]     | [Target role or "no fit found"] | [H/M/L]    |

### Communication Plan

- **30 days before:** Leadership team informed. Legal review complete. Severance packages finalized.
- **Announcement day:** 1:1 conversations before any group announcement. Manager delivers news, not HR alone.
- **Same day:** Written severance package delivered. Benefits information provided. Reference policy confirmed.
- **Offboarding period:** [N weeks] standard. Knowledge transfer to agent/remaining team documented.
- **Post-offboarding:** [N months] reference policy, alumni network if appropriate.

### Legal Checklist

- [ ] State/country-specific WARN Act or equivalent notice requirements
- [ ] Severance agreement reviewed by employment counsel
- [ ] Non-disparagement and IP assignment included if applicable
- [ ] ERISA / benefits continuation compliance confirmed
- [ ] Payroll final paycheck timing per jurisdiction
```

## Delivery

Produce the complete migration plan: role audit, scored table, transition playbook, and offboarding plan. Never ship the migration plan without the offboarding section. If output exceeds 40 lines, delegate to /atlas-report.