On Golf Clubs and AI Tools
In the 1996 flick Tin Cup, volatile golf pro Roy McAvoy routinely melts down. One particularly memorable scene involves Kevin Costner's character destroying all the clubs in his bag, save for his precious 7-iron. He then proceeds to par the back nine of the course he's playing using only that club.
Say what you will about McAvoy. By the end of the film, you're rooting for him.
I was thinking about that movie in the context of AI tools. In today's post, I'll explain why your bag should contain an array of clubs.
When Simple Becomes Complicated
Notion custom agents can do some downright remarkable things. Sadly, though, they can't always accurately and reliably handle what should be straightforward tasks. (Not for the first time, either.)
Case in point: I'm currently working with an author to conceptualize her second book. To this end, I wanted to quickly create a new shell of RacketHub—my comprehensive, Notion-based book-management system. My goal was simple: to change the default page and database prefixes from the generic RH to the author's initials. Doing so also helps me keep my sanity when working with multiple clients.1
Let me make the example more concrete. Take the dedicated book covers database—RH37:
Manually changing the database prefix from RH to any two letters—such as SH—takes two seconds. Editing dozens of other databases and pages, though, takes real time. The rote process screams automation. It would be simple to set up a Notion custom agent or prompt Notion AI.
Boy, was I wrong.
It'll only take a moment.
