Write me an employee handbook
Your AI CEO ships the handbook your last 4 hires kept asking for.
You'd think this needs a $4K HR consultant — Astra ships a complete handbook in your voice, in your jurisdiction, in 6 hours.
The short answer
Astra writes your employee handbook by combining stage-appropriate policy templates, your specific jurisdiction's legal requirements, and your actual company culture. She asks 6 calibration questions (stage, headcount, US states or countries, remote/hybrid/office, equity vs cash culture, tone), pulls existing fragments from your Notion or Slack, drafts the full handbook covering: company values, work expectations, compensation philosophy, time off, benefits, remote work, code of conduct, anti-harassment, IP and confidentiality, termination process, and an acknowledgment page. She uses your voice, not corporate boilerplate, and includes plain-English explanations alongside legal language. Output: one Notion doc ready to publish, plus a printable PDF for your offer letter packet. She flags 3-5 sections that need a human lawyer review for your jurisdictions.
How Astra actually does it
- 1Calibrate to your company
6 questions: stage, headcount, jurisdictions (states/countries), work model, comp philosophy, tone (formal/casual). Lock scope before drafting.
- 2Pull existing fragments
Scan Notion, Slack, Lark, Lattice for any existing policy fragments (PTO mentions, code of conduct drafts, benefits docs). Reuse instead of rewriting.
NotionSlack - 3Draft full handbook
Sections: values, expectations, compensation, time off, benefits, remote, conduct, harassment, IP/NDA, termination, acknowledgment. Plain English first, legal language second.
- 4Localize for jurisdictions
US states have specific requirements (CA, NY, WA, IL pay transparency; CA harassment training; etc.). EU has GDPR/working time. Adjust per jurisdiction.
- 5Publish and flag for review
Notion doc published with table of contents. PDF rendered for offer packet. 3-5 sections flagged for human lawyer review (jurisdiction-specific employment law).
Notion
What it looks like in chat
A published Notion handbook with table of contents, a printable PDF version for your offer packet, and a flagged list of 3-5 sections needing a human lawyer review for your jurisdictions.
One-shot creation; quarterly maintenance updates as policies evolve.
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Do I need a lawyer to review what Astra writes?
Yes for the employment-law-sensitive sections (anti-harassment, termination, IP assignment, jurisdiction-specific compliance). Astra explicitly flags 3-5 sections per handbook needing counsel. The other 80% (values, benefits descriptions, work expectations) is publishable as-drafted in most cases.
Will it cover non-US jurisdictions?
Yes — UK, EU, Canada, Singapore, Australia covered well. For other jurisdictions she'll write the structural framework but recommend a local employment lawyer review. She always flags when she's at the edge of her jurisdictional knowledge instead of guessing.
Can it stay current as policies change?
Yes — quarterly maintenance check pulls new state/country employment law changes, flags affected sections, and drafts updates. You approve and Astra ships the updated version. Re-acknowledgment from employees is auto-tracked in Notion.
What if our company is unusual (DAO, co-op, public benefit corp)?
Astra adapts but flags the unusual sections for legal review more aggressively. She'll write 80% of the standard sections and clearly mark the ones requiring specialist counsel (e.g., DAO governance, B-corp impact reporting, co-op profit sharing rules). Don't ship those without a lawyer.
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