5 Easy Shortcuts to Build an AI Agent!

3 high-impact tactics, tools, and plays to launch smarter this week. Inside: How to actually launch an AI agent this week without wasting months, which path makes sense for you, and the exact play to test today.

1. Real Talk

Everyone talks about AI agents like they’re building Jarvis.

Reality?
Most founders don’t even have one simple agent running.

You don’t need to build a massive “multi-agent orchestration system.” That’s a trap. What you need is to pick one path that fits your team this week and ship something small that actually saves you time.

If you’re stuck, it’s usually because:

  1. You’re overcomplicating it with “we’ll build the full stack later.”

  2. You skipped the easy wins (a no-code or embedded agent).

  3. You don’t have a loop to measure if the agent is actually helping.

Take these Actions for you Startup

Here’s how to choose your own path:

Path 1 → No-Code Starter

Best if you’re solo or super scrappy.

  • Example: auto-draft sales follow-up emails, enrich leads, move data between tools.

  • Do this: In Make.com or Zapier, connect Gmail + Hubspot → auto-create follow-up drafts.

Path 2 → Wrap an Agent Around a Workflow

Good if you’re stuck in the same routine every week.

  • Example: every sales call → get a 3-bullet summary + suggested next step.

  • Do this: Gong/Zoom transcript → pipe into GPT → auto-send summary to Slack.

Path 3 → Build a Copilot for One Repetitive Doc

Great for founders writing the same thing again and again.

  • Example: investor updates, weekly plans, client proposals.

  • Do this: Train a GPT on your last 3 updates → generate the next draft in Notion.

Path 4 → Embed Into Your GTM Stack

If your team already lives in Intercom, Zendesk, or Hubspot.

  • Example: FAQ agent inside Intercom that auto-replies but escalates if confidence <70%.

  • Do this: Launch Intercom Fin or Zendesk AI, set rules + escalation.

Path 5 → Build From Scratch

Only if you’ve got dev bandwidth.

  • Example: full onboarding agent that checks docs, emails, CRM in one flow.

  • Do this: Use n8n + Supabase + GPT.

Try These

  1. The One-Day Agent Challenge

Pick the most annoying task you do every day → ship an agent to handle it in 24 hours.

  • Example: follow-up email drafts → Gmail + Zapier + GPT.

  • Example: auto-log LinkedIn DMs into Hubspot with Make.com.

  1. Turn Outputs into Growth Content

Every useful agent output can double as content.

  • Example: Call summary → turn best line into a LinkedIn post.

  • Example: FAQ agent → turn customer questions into SEO blog drafts.

  1. The Agent Ladder

Don’t jump straight to complex builds.

  • Go step by step: No-code → Workflow → Copilot → Embedded → Scratch build.

  • Each rung teaches you what actually works.

2. Tools We Actually Use

Tool

What It Does

Best For

n8n

Open-source automation + agent builder

Custom + flexible builds

Make.com

Drag-drop automations

Quick no-code agents

CrewAI

Multi-agent orchestration

Scaling beyond one agent

Zapier AI Actions

AI + SaaS workflows

Automating everyday tasks

3. Steal This

This prompt turns ChatGPT into an expert SEO expert capable of copywriting. We’ve used it to write it our own blog and see a sudden growth in our blog.

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SEO OPTIMIZED BLOG WRITER PROMPT
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“You are an elite-level SEO expert and copywriter capable of producing highly optimized, detailed, and comprehensive content that ranks on Google’s first page. Your task is to create a long-form, highly valuable blog post in fluent and professional English on the topic of [topic]. The article must be approximately [word count] words in length and directly compete with, and aim to outrank, the existing webpage at [URL of Competing Page]. Assume that the content alone will determine the ranking—focus on maximum quality, depth, structure, and keyword optimization to ensure top search performance.

Context:
- Target Keyword: Generate 5 - 10 relevant ones based on topic 
- Secondary Keywords: List..........."


NOTE: This is not the full prompt. Click Below to the the full prompt

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