Vol. I · Issue 01Spring · 2026
AI Worker · live$5,000 USD · One-time setup

Your next hire doesn't sleep, doesn't forget, and doesn't cost $80,000 a year.

The AI Worker is a done-for-you private agent installed in one week. It connects to your email, calendar, Slack, CRM, and billing tools. It learns your voice, your rules, and your priorities. It runs on your own infrastructure. Your data never leaves your control.

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The runbooks are the product.

Each runbook is a single Markdown file¹ with a workflow, a voice, and stop conditions you can actually paste into a CRM webhook before lunch². The Builder generates AGENTS · TOOLS · HEARTBEAT scaffolds you keep in your own repo³.

AGENTS.md
Specimen · SMB Pack · 18 lines
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# Missed Call Text-Back Agent
 
You are a friendly assistant for {BUSINESS_NAME}.
When a missed call is logged, send a warm text
within 2 minutes.
 
## Workflow
1. Detect missed call from CRM webhook
2. Look up caller in contacts
3. Send: "Hey {FIRST_NAME}! This is {YOUR_NAME}
from {BUSINESS}. Sorry I missed your call —
what can I help you with?"
4. Log to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md
5. Wait for reply, escalate if no response 24h
 
## Stop Conditions
# do not text the same number twice in 1 hour
# escalate if caller is flagged VIP
$ cat AGENTS.mdencoding · utf-8view source ↗
1. Markdown was chosen so future-you can read it without remembering the framework you picked.
2. Average reader gets to a working agent in under three hours. Often less.
3. No vendor lock-in. Runbooks travel with you across runtimes.
The gap

The gap between "I could automate this" and "it's actually automated."

Most executives have spent at least one afternoon thinking about how an AI tool should be doing something they're still doing manually.

Email triage. Morning prep. Lead follow-up. Weekly reporting. Draft replies that sit in Drafts because they take twenty minutes to review and approve.

The problem isn't knowing what to automate. It's that every tool that promises to help requires setup time you don't have, access you're not sure you want to grant, and a subscription that goes stale if you don't maintain it.

An agent that runs privately, knows your business, and operates inside tools you already use is a different category of thing.

What it does

What the AI Worker does.

This isn't a SaaS subscription or a chatbot. It's a configured private agent, installed on infrastructure you control, connected to your actual tools.

Morning briefings, every day

At 6am, the agent reads your calendar, email backlog, and any ongoing projects. At 7am, it delivers a prioritized brief: three recommendations for the day, one non-negotiable, and a summary of what needs your attention. You start every morning with a clear picture, not an inbox.

Email triage and draft replies

Twice a day, the agent reads your unread mail, drafts replies using your voice and your rules, and queues them for your approval. You become the editor, not the author. Nothing sends without your sign-off. The agent is configured to draft only, by design.

Calendar and scheduling management

The agent creates events, finds meeting times, and surfaces conflicts. It can book a call, block focus time, or prepare a brief before a meeting, all from a single message to your Telegram or Slack.

Lead follow-up and outreach

Tell it your ICP and the agent pulls live company data, drafts personalized outreach, and queues it for review. You approve the batch; it runs the sequence. No CRM dashboard required.

Weekly metrics and reporting

The agent connects to Stripe, your analytics, and any reporting tool with an API. It assembles the weekly numbers into a readable brief: revenue, churn, pipeline. It surfaces anomalies before you'd normally find them.

Rules and approval gates

The agent operates under the constraints you define. It never sends an email, posts anything, or spends money without your explicit approval. Every action that touches the outside world goes through a gate. The agent drafts; you decide.

Method

One week from now, your agent is running.

The whole setup, from first call to handoff. Written down so you know exactly what to expect.

i.
Day 1-2 · Discovery

Map your operation.

90 minutes on a call. We learn your tools, where your time goes, what your voice sounds like in writing, and what rules your agent should never break. The configuration comes from that conversation.

ii.
Day 3-5 · Installation

Wire everything in.

We install Hermes on your infrastructure: your machine, your VPS, or your cloud account. Email, calendar, Slack, CRM, Stripe. Memory structures, approval gates, and scheduled automations built to your workflow.

iii.
Day 6-7 · Handoff

You run it.

You put the agent through its paces. We tune what needs adjusting. You receive full documentation: what each automation does, how to modify it, and how to add new capabilities yourself. The controls are yours.

Infrastructure

Your data doesn't leave your control.

The agent runs on Hermes, an open-source agent runtime that operates on infrastructure you own.

We install it on your machine, your VPS, or your private cloud. There is no shared SaaS backend. Your email, your conversations, your business context: none of it routes through our servers or anyone else's.

This matters for the obvious reasons: confidentiality, compliance, and the practical reality that the most capable agents need to know sensitive things about your business to be useful.

Contents

What's inside the box.

Fourteen runbooks, organized into two packs. Each one is one Markdown file — readable, forkable, yours.

Idea Inbox

Captures stray ideas from anywhere, tags them, surfaces the best each Monday.

Notes appVoice memosWeekly top-5 digestTagged archive

Newsletter Draft

Drafts your next issue from the week's saved links and a topic prompt.

Reading listNotesDraft in Ghost/Beehiiv format

YouTube Script

Turns a rough outline into a script with hooks, beats, and B-roll cues.

OutlineChannel voice docFull scriptB-roll list

YouTube Checklist

Pre/post publish checklist that runs automatically when a video is scheduled.

YouTube Studio webhookChecklist runDone log

Longform Repurpose

Slices a long video or essay into ten short-form posts in your voice.

TranscriptVoice doc10 short postsThread

Auto-Reply Triage

Triages incoming creator DMs, drafts replies, escalates the real ones.

DMsVIP listDraftsEscalation queue

Analytics Digest

Monday email with what worked, what didn't, and what to try next.

Platform analyticsWeekly digest
Comparison

vs. building it yourself.

Two paths to the same agent. Same outcome — wildly different weekends.

Concern
From scratch
With the kit
Time to first working agent
2–3 weeks of reading
An afternoon
Decision fatigue
Choose your own architecture
Sensible defaults, picked
Safety / stop conditions
Easy to forget
Built into every template
Memory & logs
Hand-roll a folder structure
HEARTBEAT.md included
Tools wiring
Spelunk forum threads
TOOLS.md with examples
Updates
Re-research every quarter
Lifetime updates
Dispatches

From the field.

What three early builders said when we asked what changed.

Set up my first agent in an hour. The idea inbox template alone was worth the price.
Alex · Newsletter operator · 14k subs
The SMB pack saved me 10 hours a week on lead responses. Clear documentation, practical examples.
Jordan · Owner, Bright Lawn Co.
Worth every penny. The runbooks are so easy to follow, even if you aren't deeply technical.
Taylor · YouTube · 47k subscribers
Oracle

Tell us your problem.

A small machine that points at the runbook that handles it. No login, no waitlist.

oracle.clawempirev1 · offline-deterministic
// describe your problem
// or try one
↳ Suggestion
Idea Inbox.
Captures stray ideas from anywhere, tags them, surfaces the best each Monday.
Creator pack · drops in today
Pricing

A senior operator for a one-time fee.

A mid-level operations hire costs $80,000 a year before benefits, onboarding, and the six months it takes them to actually know your business. The AI Worker costs $5,000 once, knows your business by day three, and runs every day without accumulating vacation.

AI Worker Setup · Done for you

We install it. You run it.

$5,000USD · one-time
  • Discovery call + full configuration to your workflow
  • Installed on your own infrastructure. Nothing shared.
  • Email, calendar, Slack, CRM, and Stripe connected
  • Memory, approval gates, and scheduled automations
  • 30 days post-launch support + complete handoff docs
  • Optional: $500/mo maintenance for ongoing tuning
We reply within 1 business day
Starter Kit · DIY

Start yourself, when you're ready.

$49USD · one-time

14 runbook templates, two packs, setup guides, and a builder. For people who want to configure their own agent before committing to a full setup.

  • 14 ready-to-use runbooks
  • Creator & SMB packs included
  • Step-by-step setup guides
  • Gated builder for .md scaffolds
  • Lifetime updates
Get Instant Access
Secure checkout · Stripe
Questions

Frequently asked.

Same questions every week. Here they are, plainly answered.

Do I need technical knowledge to use this?+
No. You interact with the agent the same way you'd message an assistant, via Telegram or Slack. We configure everything during setup. The agent learns your preferences and improves over time; you don't need to touch any configuration files.
What tools does it connect to?+
Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Slack, most CRMs with an API, Stripe, and any other tool that offers a standard API or MCP connector. During discovery we map your stack and confirm what's connectable before setup begins. For tools without an API, we configure browser automation as a fallback.
Is my data private?+
Yes. The agent runs on your infrastructure: your machine, your VPS, or your private cloud. Nothing routes through our servers. You own the installation and can inspect every file.
How long until it's useful?+
Most clients have the morning briefing and email triage running by day three. Full capability: all connected tools, scheduled automations, tuned approval gates, by end of week.
What if I want to add capabilities after setup?+
The agent is built on Hermes, which has a skill and runbook system for extending behavior. The handoff documentation covers how to add new automations. We also offer monthly maintenance for teams that want ongoing support.
What happens if I want to cancel the maintenance subscription?+
You keep the agent. The monthly subscription covers ongoing support, not access to the software. Your installation continues running.