the sop company

SOPs as infra

Turn a business process into
a usable SOP in minutes

Describe the work. Create a new SOP, execution checklist, and OpenAI tools JSON with guidance on when to call each tool.

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FIELD MAP / 01

From one person’s judgment to a system every team can learn from.

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A large isometric workplace spanning nine connected neighborhoods, with five office departments, two glass meeting rooms, a table-tennis corner, a city post-and-call center, assembly line, delivery truck, and walking courier. A blank isometric browser window takes the place of the central knowledge platform while animated data paths enter and leave it.

War-room / live system
Looping by design
01 / Expert source
01people with first-hand
operating knowledge
Docs, interviews, examples, exceptions
02 / Foundation model
02clear steps with context,
owner, and conditions
Readable by people, structured for agents
03 / Benchmark
03scenarios test the step
against real conditions
Exceptions are part of the test

COVERAGE / ALL KINDS OF WORK

One operating language,
across every team.

Every role has a different rhythm. The same clear structure carries the trigger, owner, next action, and exception through each handoff.

01

Logistics

Receive, scan, sort, and reconcile a shipment.

02

People & shifts

Schedule coverage, name a backup, and hand over the floor.

03

Customer operations

Route requests and make the next update accountable.

04

Finance

Check charges, receipts, and approvals against their source.

05

Field service

Confirm parts, access, and site contact before dispatch.

THE SOP STANDARD / FOUR CHECKS

Specific enough to run.
Clear enough to check.

A procedure should keep the original context and make its decisions visible from the first signal through the final handoff.

01 / SOURCE

Keep the source close.

Every step can be traced to its original SOP or the expert who explained it.

02 / OWNER

Name who acts.

Each handoff makes the accountable role clear before the work is passed along.

03 / TRIGGER

Start on a real signal.

Describe the event or condition that tells a teammate it is time to act.

04 / EXCEPTION

Give edge cases a route.

When the normal path fails, show what to hold, who to contact, and what to record.

RESEARCH NOTE / SOP-BENCH

Different work.
The same demand for precision.

Amazon Science’s SOP-Bench is a useful reference for evaluating agents: the work changes by industry, but every task asks the agent to follow a procedure, choose the right tools, and return a checkable result.

01 / CONTENT MODERATION

Flagged content

Assess trust signals and policy violations before routing a case.

02 / CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Service diagnosis

Check account and system details before choosing a resolution.

03 / SUPPLY CHAIN

Dangerous goods

Use shipment and safety-sheet details to determine handling class.

04 / TRANSPORT

Aircraft inspection

Reconcile maintenance records and component checks before release.

05 / RETAIL

Seller email routing

Classify the request and send it to the correct support path.

06 / FINANCE

Business verification

Review business details and risk signals against verification steps.

07 / HEALTHCARE

Patient intake

Register a patient while checking insurance and required information.

08 / AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

Video annotation

Locate and label objects in a driving scene using task instructions.

09 / MEDIA

Video classification

Classify submitted video and route moderation decisions.

10 / LOGISTICS

Warehouse inspection

Check package condition and compliance before the next handoff.

A RUN NEEDS MORE THAN A PASS / FAIL

See where the procedure breaks.

The benchmark separates a correct decision from a clean run and from the tools used along the way.

01 / TASK SUCCESS

Did the final decision match the expected outcome?

02 / COMPLETION

Did the run finish without an execution error?

03 / CONDITIONAL SUCCESS

When a run completed, was its result correct?

04 / TOOL ACCURACY

Did the agent choose and use the right tool?

Reference: the external SOP-Bench dataset card and its research paper. Benchmark performance is not, on its own, evidence of production readiness; the reference does not imply affiliation.

SOURCE → STRUCTURE → PROOF

From field notes
to tested procedures.

01 / collect

Start with the source.

Gather current SOPs and interview experts about the context and exceptions the page leaves out.

02 / model

Keep every condition.

Shape each procedure around its source, owner, trigger, action, and exception path.

03 / evaluate

Test the edge cases.

Benchmarks check whether the right action survives the messy parts of real work.

A FEW GOOD QUESTIONS

Before we get to work.

What we mean by an SOP, and how experts take part.

What makes a procedure useful to an agent?

It names the situation that starts the work, the person or role responsible, the action to take, and what to do when the expected path breaks.

Can I contribute from any industry?

Yes. We are interested in the practical knowledge behind work across teams and industries, from logistics and customer support to finance and field service.

Does my SOP need to be polished?

No. A checklist, notes, or a document is a useful starting point. The interview helps surface the context and exceptions that are usually left out.

How does the expert interview work?

Share your background and the SOPs you know best. If there is a fit, we invite you to a 10-minute video interview and pay $100 for your time.

The next station is yours

Know how the work really works?

Share your SOP expertise in a 10-minute video interview. We pay $100 for your time.