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When someone asks ChatGPT or Google's AI for a business like yours, can it actually find and read your website? Paste your web address and get a 0 to 100 score with the fixes.
Check my websiteEvery house has rules. Your business is your house.
Your team is already using AI. Some of them told you. Some of them didn't. Either way, they're writing your emails, your posts and your proposals with it right now.
The numbers back that up. 58% of small businesses now use generative AI, up from 40% the year before (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 2025). And 78% of people using AI at work bring their own tools, while only 39% have had any AI training from their company (Microsoft and LinkedIn Work Trend Index, 2024).
House rules are one page that tells everyone what's okay, what's off limits and how your business should sound. It takes about fifteen minutes to write, and it's the single best guardrail a small business can put up.
Our Voice
How we sound, the words we always use and the words we never use. So everything AI helps write still sounds like us.
Our Vault
What never goes into an AI tool. Customer details, money, passwords and anything told to us in confidence.
Our Green Light
Which AI tools are approved, what they're approved for, and when to ask first.
Our Check
A real person reads every word before it goes out. Every name, number, date and price gets checked.
Our Truth
No fake reviews, no fake photos, no promises we can't keep. We're honest about when AI helped.
Voice. Vault. Green Light. Check. Truth.
Build your house rules
Each box has starter rules already in it. Edit them so they fit your business, delete what doesn't apply, add what's missing. Then print it or copy it. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.
RULE 1
How should anything with our name on it sound?
RULE 2
What never gets pasted into an AI tool?
RULE 3
Which tools, for which jobs, and when do you ask first?
RULE 4
Who reviews AI work before a customer sees it?
RULE 5
Where do we draw the honesty line?
Bonus move: paste your copied house rules at the top of any AI chat, and the AI will follow them too.
Rather talk it out? Let AI interview you.
Copy this into the free version of ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. It asks you one question at a time, then writes your one-page house rules for you.
Act as an AI policy coach for my small business. Interview me one question at a time to build our "AI House Rules." Cover five areas: 1. Our Voice: how we sound, words we use and words we never use. 2. Our Vault: information that must never go into an AI tool. 3. Our Green Light: approved AI tools and approved uses. 4. Our Check: who reviews AI work before it goes out, and what gets fact-checked. 5. Our Truth: honesty, disclosure, and what we will never fake. Start by asking what my business does and how many people work here. After the last question, write a one-page AI House Rules document in plain language that I can hand to every employee and post on the wall.
Roll it out in one team meeting
A rule nobody has read is just a file. This part takes ten minutes.
Print it
One page, plain language. If it doesn't fit on one page, it's too long for anyone to follow.
Read it together
Go through the five rules out loud, ask what's missing, and have everyone sign the bottom.
Post it and revisit
Put it where people work. Update it whenever you add a new tool or something goes sideways.
Two more free tools you can use today
House rules keep your team safe with AI. These two help AI find you and sound like you.
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The Me File
Four short blocks that teach AI who you are, who you serve and how you sound, so it stops writing like a stranger. Open it and pick your examples: real estate, or any other business.
Make my Me FileQuestions owners ask
Is AI dangerous for my business?
The bigger risk isn't AI taking over. It's someone on your team pasting a customer's private details into a chatbot, or sending out something AI got wrong with your name on it. Clear house rules handle both.
Do I have to tell people when I use AI in my ads?
If your ad shows an AI-generated person who isn't a real, recognizable human, New York requires a clear disclosure, and that applies to every business, not just certain industries. Even where it isn't required, telling people up front builds more trust than getting caught.
Do I need a paid AI plan to do this?
No. The builder on this page is free, and the interview prompt works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Is this a legal policy?
It's a plain-language team agreement, not legal advice. If you're in a regulated field like healthcare, finance, insurance, law or real estate, have your attorney or compliance person look it over before you roll it out.
How often should I update it?
Any time you add a new AI tool, any time something goes wrong, and at least every six months. AI changes fast and your rules should keep up.
What if my employees already use AI without telling me?
Assume they do. Lead with the house rules, not with blame. Most people want to know where the lines are, and this tells them.
Want JMan to build this with your whole team?
JMan is an AI strategist and keynote speaker who has helped more than 50,000 professionals put AI to work. He runs hands-on sessions where your team leaves with house rules, a Me File and real AI skills they use the next morning.
“The tech is artificial. The results are real.”
JMan