# Install Binder: five go-live rules and a five-check script (free sample)

> From the Agency Install Kit: five rules to meet before an agent workflow goes live (a named owner per agent, a tested pause, a gate on every risky action, a dry run with a refusal case, a kill rule), and a read-only script that checks one small file for them.

- URL: https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/install-binder-five-go-live-checks-free-sample/
- Type: Prompt pack
- Category: Solo business
- By: PaperChaseWebb
- Works with: Claude Code, Codex, Grok Bot, Hermes (named in the listing); Plain .md plus one Python 3 script, standard library only; one prompt for all four harnesses
- Price: Free USD
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Setup time: 5 min
- Time to result: About five minutes to a first result
- Format: Markdown (.md) file, install-binder-five-go-live-checks-free-sample.md
- Version: 1.0, updated 2026-10-28
- License: Personal and commercial use.

## What you end up with

In a few minutes you can see which go-live decisions are still missing before an agent touches a customer.

## What you get

- Five go-live rules
- binder_mini.py: five read-only checks on one binder-lite.json
- One prompt for all four harnesses
- Worked example: 5 findings, then 0

## Who it is for

Anyone about to switch an agent workflow from draft to live who wants a quick check first.

## Tools needed

- Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes: the agent that helps fill the binder and runs the workflow; it reads the skill file, AGENTS.md snippet or rules block
- Python 3: runs binder.py (init, hash, owner approval, verify) and the fifteen-check checker; standard library only, no network
- You need: Python 3.9 or newer
- You need: Any of Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes

Cost to run: Free.

## Sample prompt: Check before go-live (Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes)

```
Read binder-lite.json for the workflow we are about to switch on. Run binder_mini.py on it and show me the output.
For each finding, tell me the smallest fix and what you need from me. Do not fill in owner names or pause dates yourself, and do not switch anything to live.
```

The rules and the script are in the file.

## Free preview of install-binder-five-go-live-checks-free-sample.md

````markdown
# Install Binder: five go-live rules and a five-check script (free sample)

Version 1.0, 2026-10-28. By PaperChaseWebb. For agencies and small business owners about to switch on an AI agent workflow in Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes. One Markdown file and one Python 3 script, standard library only. The script was tested on its worked example (5 findings, then 0) and on a missing file (exit 2). It was not run inside any agent harness or on a real install.

Most agent installs that go wrong were missing a decision, not a feature. Nobody owned the agent. The pause was never tried. A send step had no approver. The test set was all easy cases. There was no number that would turn the workflow off. This sample gives you the five rules that cover those, and a script that checks them on one small file before anything goes live.

## Install in one line

Save this page as FREE-SAMPLE.md, then:

```
python3 -c "import re;t=open('FREE-SAMPLE.md').read();open('binder_mini.py','w').write(re.search(r'~~~python\n(.*?)~~~',t,re.S).group(1))"
python3 binder_mini.py binder-lite.json
```

## Five go-live rules

1. **Every agent has one named human owner.** Not "the team". The owner answers for it and is the one who approves.
2. **Every agent's pause is tested on a real date.** The owner stops it once on purpose and writes down the day. The agent never fills that in.
3. **Every risky action has a gate.** Send, post, publish, spend, refund, delete, sign, book or commit needs an owner-yes, o
````

## Worth knowing

- The sample checks one file against five rules. The full binder, readiness map, reach inventory, cost cap, scorecard, run sheet, owner approval by hash and the fifteen checks are in the full kit.
- On 2026-10-28 binder_mini.py gave 5 findings on the worked example, then 0 on the fixed file, and exited 2 on a missing file. The prompt was not run inside a harness.

## Questions

**Does it send anything anywhere?** No. It reads one file and opens no network connection.

**What is in the full kit?** The Install Binder with fifteen checks and owner approval tied to the binder hash, plus the Agency AI Ops Workbook, Governed Agent Teams, Local Services Agent Kit, Agency Open-Loop System, Outreach Without Spam and the free Readiness Self-Check in full. $99.

## How to get it

Free sample. Download it directly at https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/install-binder-five-go-live-checks-free-sample/, no signup.

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