🎯 What you'll have at the endYou'll plan your own 'one-person agency' where each step of your service is done by a separate AI helper, and you do the people side.

🧰 Before you start

A service you already know how to deliver (e.g. marketing, research, content)
An AI agent tool: Grok Bot, ChatGPT or Claude
A simple project tracker (Google Sheets or Notion)

⏱️ Time needed2-4 weeks to build up

💵 Rough costUnder USD 1,000/month in AI tools for the original agency; you can start from about USD 20-50/month

🪜 Step by step

🧑‍💻 This one is rated Advanced: you may want a tech-savvy friend or colleague to help with the setup.

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Write down your service as steps
List every step from 'new client' to 'final report', e.g. research, plan, write, design, report.
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Mark what AI can do
Next to each step write AI, ME, or AI + ME. Keep relationship and sensitive work for yourself.
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Create one AI helper per step
In your AI tool, set up a helper for each AI step (a Grok Bot, a ChatGPT project or a Claude project), each with its own instructions (prompt below).
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Write a checklist for each helper
Tell each helper exactly what a good result looks like, with an example.
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Connect the steps
Have each helper save results in one shared folder or tracker so the next one picks them up.
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Run a test client
Do a pretend project end to end and fix weak spots.
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Price by result
Sell a monthly retainer (fixed monthly fee) for the outcome, not 'AI hours'.
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💬 Copy-paste prompts

Tap Copy prompt, paste it into your AI (Grok, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini), then replace the [yellow bits] with your own details.

💬 One helper's job description

You are the [step name, e.g. Customer Research] specialist in my agency.
Input: [what you'll receive, e.g. client website + 3 competitor names].
Output: [exact deliverable, e.g. a 1-page summary: top 5 customer pains with quotes, top 5 buying reasons, 3 message ideas].
Quality bar: use only real sources and include links; say 'unknown' instead of guessing.
Save the result to [folder] named "[client] – [step] – [date]".

💬 Map my service

I run a [type of service] for [type of clients]. Break my delivery into 8-12 steps. For each step tell me: can AI do it alone, with my review, or should I do it myself? Suggest a name and a one-paragraph job description for each AI helper.