I've had employees working for me all week—and I haven't paid a single salary.
They've built landing pages. Created apps. Written marketing campaigns. One of them even produced an entire eBook from hours of raw transcripts. And they did it while I focused on other things.
These aren't human employees. They're AI agents. And if you're still just chatting with AI instead of delegating to it, you're leaving an incredible amount of time and money on the table.
Let me break down exactly what's happening in the world of AI agents right now, the tools I'm using every day, and how you can start putting these virtual robots to work in your business.
What Exactly Is an AI Agent?
Here's the simplest way I can explain it:
Most of us are familiar with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity. You type a question, you get an answer. You ask for a recipe, it gives you a recipe. That's a chatbot.
An AI agent is different. An agent can actually go DO things for you.
Instead of asking, "What's a good marketing strategy?"—you tell the agent, "Go create a marketing strategy for my handyman business, research the competition, and outline an ad campaign." And it does it.
The AI is able to look and act because it's based on knowledge about how to accomplish tasks. It's the difference between asking your assistant a question and actually handing them a project.
And here's what's exciting: over the last few weeks, the world of agents has completely changed. With tools like Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and several others, we've crossed a threshold where these agents are genuinely useful for everyday business owners—not just developers and tech experts.
The Best AI Agent Tools Available Right Now
Let me walk you through the tools I've been using and what makes each one valuable:
Manus – The Easiest Starting Point
If you're brand new to AI agents, Manus is where I'd point you first. It's a general AI agent that anybody can use. You sign up for an account, and you can ask it to do just about anything.
I've used Manus to:
Create multiple versions of landing pages for clients
Research the best approach for building specific websites
Outline entire marketing plans
Extract emails from AWeber and create email writing systems
Rewrite complete marketing campaigns for new funnels
The beautiful thing about Manus is it can actually control your web browser and interact with your software. It goes into your tools and does the work. There's a free version, and about $20/month gets you solid capabilities to experiment with.
Lovable.dev – Website and Landing Page Builder
This one has been a game-changer for quickly spinning up professional websites. I tell it what kind of site I want to build, what text should go where, and the agent builds everything.
We've created sites for a handyman business, a dog grooming company, and various client projects. Instead of spending hours (or hiring someone for thousands of dollars), the agent handles the heavy lifting. You guide it, review the output, and refine from there.
Claude Code & Claude Cowork – Autonomous Development
Now we're getting into the more advanced territory, but don't let that scare you.
Claude Code is an autonomous coding agent. I'm not a software developer, and yet this week I've created:
A chatbot app
A transcript processing app
A scheduler app
A healthcare app for a client
Here's what blows my mind: you can give Claude Code a problem with your app, and it will literally sit there for an hour solving it in the background while you have other agents working on other projects. Imagine the possibilities of that.
Claude Cowork is the newer version designed for non-technical people. It can connect to your computer, work in your browser, organize your files, and perform tasks just like a human assistant sitting at your desk would.
You need a Claude Max account (about $100/month) to access Cowork, but for what it can do, it's a steal.
ChatGPT Custom GPTs & Agent Mode
Don't overlook what's built right into ChatGPT. Under "Agent Mode," you have access to both coding agents and general agents that can do work for you.
But the real power is in building Custom GPTs. Go to chat.gpt.com/gpts and you can find pre-built agents for copywriting, Facebook ads, workflows—you name it. Or click "Create" and build your own.
I built a Custom GPT specifically for writing Facebook ads. I feed it a landing page and sales copy, and it generates ads tailored to that offer. I built another one that turns kids' TV show episodes into homeschool lesson plans for my three-year-old son.
The GPT builder itself is an agent—it helps you create the instructions and parameters for your custom tool. It's agents building agents.
Replit – App Building Agent
If you want to build an app but don't know how to code, Replit has an agent that figures it out for you. You describe what you want, and the agent goes to work constructing it. This is another accessible entry point for non-technical folks who want to create software tools.
What I Actually Built This Week
Let me give you concrete examples of what's possible, because I think seeing real applications helps this click:
Landing Pages: For one of my clients, I had an agent create multiple versions of a landing page for an offer she was developing. Different angles, different layouts—all generated so we could test and compare.
Complete Apps: Using Claude Code, I built KrakChat (a chatbot), a transcript processor, and a scheduling tool. These are functional applications I'm actually using in my business.
An Entire eBook: We had hours and hours of raw transcripts. I fed them into an agent, and it produced a full eBook that we're now editing and adding images to. What would have taken weeks took a fraction of the time.
Marketing Campaigns: I had an agent rewrite my entire marketing campaign for a new funnel. Research, copy, structure—all of it.
Email Systems: An agent went into AWeber, extracted emails, analyzed the patterns, and created a system prompt for writing future emails in that style.
This is what I mean when I say my agents have been going to work.
How to Apply AI Agents in Your Business Today
So how do you actually start using this? Here are the practical applications I'd recommend:
1. Website and Landing Page Creation Stop spending weeks or thousands of dollars on basic web pages. Use Lovable or Manus to generate landing pages in minutes. You'll still want to review and refine, but the heavy lifting is done.
2. Research and Planning Before you build anything, have an agent research best practices, competitive landscape, and strategic approaches. I do this constantly—feeding research from Manus into my other tools.
3. Content Repurposing This is something I'm actively building right now: an agent that takes a single video (like the one I recorded on this topic), extracts the transcript, and generates social media posts, graphics, memes, and multiple pieces of content from that one source.
4. Custom GPTs for Repetitive Tasks Think about the tasks you do over and over. Writing certain types of emails. Creating ad copy. Developing lesson plans. Build a Custom GPT for each one and watch your efficiency multiply.
5. Email Marketing Automation Agents can schedule emails, write sequences, and even analyze what's working. The integration capabilities are expanding rapidly.
The Future of AI Agents (It Gets Wild)
I asked Claude Opus to brainstorm novel ways agents might help us in the future, and the ideas were fascinating:
Ambient Agents: Instead of summoning them, they passively observe what you do and build context maps. They understand, not just act.
Adversarial Partner Agents: Their job is to argue against your plans, find holes, and stress-test your assumptions.
Temporal Agents: They model you six months from now and six months ago, simulating outcomes based on your trajectory.
Dream Agents: They take your half-baked ideas and develop them into something useful.
Relationship-Aware Agents: They understand your social graph and help optimize your network dynamics.
We're barely scratching the surface. Think about Elon Musk's Tesla Optimus robots—physical autonomous robots that can move and work. My Tesla can drive itself autonomously. These AI agents are the same concept applied to our digital work.
The agents we have today are not where agents will be in a year, or five years. But today's agents are already incredibly powerful.
Getting Started: My Recommendations
Here's how I'd approach this if I were starting fresh:
For Beginners: Start with Manus (free tier available, ~$20/month for more). It's the most accessible general agent. Ask it to do something you'd normally spend an hour on and see what happens.
For Website/Landing Page Needs: Lovable.dev is intuitive and produces great results quickly. Also has affordable pricing tiers.
For More Advanced Users: Claude Max ($100/month) gives you access to Claude Cowork for non-technical autonomous work, or Claude Code if you want to build actual software.
For Everyone: Build at least one Custom GPT in ChatGPT for a task you do regularly. It's free and takes minutes.
One Important Note: Don't Lose Your Voice
Here's something I emphasize with my clients: you can have an army of agents working for you like virtual employees, but don't lose your autonomy and your voice in the process.
These tools amplify what you create—they don't replace your unique perspective, your experience, or your judgment. Use them to eliminate busywork so you can focus on the things only you can do.
The Opportunity in Front of You
The amount of time, effort, and energy you put into brainstorming, solving problems, building assets—agents can start doing that work for you. That's where we're headed.
I'm teaching my clients inside the Wealthy Coach Academy how to implement these tools, how to build agents, and how to scale their businesses without losing what makes them unique. If you're a business owner looking to leverage AI agents to get results—whether that's six figures, seven figures, or beyond—I'd love to help you.
But regardless of whether we work together, I want you to take action on this. Go try one of these tools today. Give an agent a real task. See what happens.
Because the businesses that figure out how to work with AI agents are going to operate at a completely different level than those still doing everything manually.
Your virtual employees are ready to clock in. Put them to work.
This blog post was generated using A.I. but is based on the content of the following video training: