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AI research team onboarding runbook for a new RA
Use AI to draft a 2-week onboarding runbook for a new research assistant joining an active project.
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The main moves in order
- 1The premise
- 2RA onboarding
- 3research operations
- 4institutional knowledge
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Section 1
The premise
AI can scaffold a 2-week onboarding runbook so a new RA reaches first useful contribution faster.
What AI does well here
- Sequence required trainings (CITI, IRB, data security)
- Map first deliverables and pairing partner per day
- Draft the 'what to ask in your 1:1' prompts for the new RA
What AI cannot do
- Replace the relationship-building of the first weeks
- Make the onboarding decisions about access and tools
- Capture the unwritten lab norms
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