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Ideas for AI agents that do the work

Practical thinking about repeat work, personal AI assistants and the operating knowledge between a model and a useful result.

October 27, 2026 · 2 min read

Recipes in Agent Harnesses: What the Published Evidence Supports

A research brief on codified specialist procedures in agent harnesses: what current published evidence supports, what it corrects, and what remains unproven.

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October 21, 2026 · 2 min read

Rolling Out AI Tools in a Call-Led Business: A 7-Point Practical Checklist

A 7-point checklist for rolling out an AI-native stack in a call-led business: ownership, data, integrations, workflow, usage, retraining and an exit ramp.

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October 20, 2026 · 2 min read

Supervising AI Agents in Marketing: A 7-Point Checklist for Agency Account Managers

A 7-point checklist for agency account managers supervising marketing agents: written rules, a stop list, exceptions, brand, compliance, a decision log and business measures.

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October 19, 2026 · 2 min read

Hiring an Agency in the Agent Era: A 7-Point Buyer Checklist

A 7-point checklist for hiring a marketing agency when agents do the routine channel work: accountability, the brief, review, logs, mistakes and ownership.

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October 18, 2026 · 2 min read

Can a Company Run Itself? A 7-Point Red-Line Checklist for AI Agents

A 7-point red-line checklist for letting an AI agent run a business process: money, contracts, a named owner, fixed steps, limited tools, logs and an off switch.

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October 16, 2026 · 2 min read

Can an AI Assistant Use Your Business Without a Screen? A 6-Point Service Test

A 6-point test for how ready a business is when a customer's AI assistant wants to act without a screen.

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October 16, 2026 · 2 min read

Is Your Product Data Ready for a Catalog Built for One Customer? A 10-Point Check

A 10-point check for a small business that wants its products ready when an AI assistant builds a catalog for one customer.

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October 13, 2026 · 4 min read

Check the Lead Handoff Before You Buy Leads from a Vendor

A practical checklist for judging a lead vendor by what your sales team can use.

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October 12, 2026 · 4 min read

Check the Conversation Handoff Before Adding an AI Sales Caller

A practical checklist for customer identity, delayed sources and accepted next steps.

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October 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Check the Customer Record Before Adding an AI Sales Interface

A practical checklist for identity, permissions, stale updates and record history.

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October 10, 2026 · 4 min read

Test an AI Sales Agent's Workflow Before Trusting Its Replies

A checklist for changed appointments, duplicate actions and human handoffs that nobody accepts.

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October 9, 2026 · 4 min read

Check AI Lead Qualification Before It Sends Work to Sales

A test plan for buyer answers, human requests, unanswered questions and callback ownership.

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October 8, 2026 · 3 min read

Check an Industry-Specific Agent Workflow Before You Connect Real Records

Check the host, data access and fictional output before treating an industry setup as a working product.

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October 7, 2026 · 4 min read

What "Agents Are the New Apps" Means for Choosing Agent Skills

Check the host, supported tools and data access before treating a reusable workflow as a working app.

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October 6, 2026 · 4 min read

How to Choose an AI Agent for One Business Job: Three Checks Before You Buy

Why a job-specific agent may reduce setup work, and what to ask a vendor before relying on it.

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October 5, 2026 · 5 min read

Should Your Business Build a CLI, an MCP Server or an API for AI Agents?

What the research says about how agents reach software today, and a short plan for businesses that want agents to use them.

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October 3, 2026 · 3 min read

Is Your Business Ready for AI Agents That Want to Buy Direct?

A seller checklist: price parity, a callable order flow, loyalty that carries over and honest terms.

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October 1, 2026 · 4 min read

How to Prepare Your Website for AI Agents That Take Action

Keep the human experience. Add clear information, safe operations and proof that a task finished.

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September 29, 2026 · 3 min read

How to Evaluate an AI Assistant Before It Acts for You

A nine-part evaluation checklist for workflow, task state, audit, browser work, API access, payments, memory, human escalation and identity.

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September 29, 2026 · 3 min read

How to Prepare a Store for AI Shopping Agents

A practical test for product variants, live stock, full quotes and a buyer-controlled checkout handoff.

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September 25, 2026 · 5 min read

Customers Stopped Answering. Here's Where They Went.

AI will kill the cold call and the cold email. It will also build the biggest channel we've had since search: messaging.

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September 24, 2026 · 6 min read

Humans Are Bad at Game Theory

We hide the tools that could lift everyone, and we flood the channels that only work while they're rare.

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September 22, 2026 · 8 min read

Software for Humans Will Die. Agent Infrastructure Will Survive.

Four ways AI agents could reshape software: native blocks, API-first services, managed context and outcome companies that own the whole job.

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September 19, 2026 · 7 min read

ChatGPT Replaced the Search Box. Personal AI Agents Are Replacing the Prompt Box.

The next AI interface is moving from one-off answers to repeat work. Here is what personal AI agents can actually do, and why operating knowledge matters.

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