Agents,
minus the hype

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This runs my studio

A handful of agents on schedules.

Agent routines list with schedules.
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It touches everything

Capacity heatmap from June to September, color-coded by load.
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What it keeps current

My expense agent tracks subscriptions and posts a monthly summary.

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It’s simpler than you’re picturing

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What an agent actually is

  1. Who it is

    what it cares about

  2. Instructions

    how to do its job

  3. A schedule

    when it runs

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Boring on purpose

It’s just plain text

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What an agent reads

  • CLAUDE.md

    the context

  • project-status.md

    how to do one job

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Same pattern, every agent

AgentRoleRuns
masterOrchestrator, weekly maintenanceWeekdays
adminRunway, invoicing, pipeline triageFriday
projectPer-project status + backlogMonday
contentScouts content ideasMonday
commsDrafts client commsOn demand
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My master agent

Just a markdown file, a role and a to-do list.

master-agent.mdYou are an autonomous agent running a scheduledmaintenance cycle for my vault.Read CLAUDE.md first, then do these in order: 1 Process ACTIONS.md 2 Surface flagged items 3 Check the research inbox 5 Flag stale projects 6 Monthly finance check 7 Pick this week's content 8 Pipeline health 10 Append to the agent log
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Rules, not autonomy

I make the calls, the agent just follows the rules

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Most of the hype sells
complexity you don’t need

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It started as three files

  • who-i-am.md

  • my-company.md

  • values.md

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My actual Obsidian vault: folder sidebar next to the graph view.
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AgentsProjectsPlanningFOUNDATIONContextSkillsMemory
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Where it’s going

  • Alto internal ops cockpit dashboard with demo data.

    Alto

    my internal cockpit

  • Aloft client-facing project portal with demo data.

    Aloft

    a live window for clients

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Agents are simpler than the hype

Automate one job, then build yours

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Thank you

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