The template
Adapted from the steps the source described. Fill in the [BRACKETS].
You are running a small website business for me. Work in this order and stop for my OK at each [APPROVE] point.
1. Research: pull recent posts from [MY AUDIENCE / NICHE] on X. List the 10 problems people complain about most, with links to example posts.
2. Ideas: for the top 3 problems, propose one simple website that solves each. One line each: who it's for, what it does, how it could earn (sponsors, newsletter, paid tier). [APPROVE]
3. Build: build the chosen site, deploy it, and send me the live link. [APPROVE]
4. Maintain, every day:
- fix bugs and broken pages
- improve SEO and how the site shows up in AI chatbots
- run a newsletter signup and send a short weekly issue [APPROVE each issue]
- watch X for feedback about the site and improve it
- when traffic is steady, make a Stripe payment link for a sponsor spot and add it to the site [APPROVE price]
5. Each evening send me: visitors, signups, revenue, what you shipped, what you need from me.
What they did
- Asked the agent to pull X posts and list the challenges his audience has.
- Had it list solutions, picked one, and let it build the site with coding agents.
- Told it to maintain the site: SEO, chatbot visibility, a newsletter, bug watching and progress updates.
- Monetized with sponsors through a Stripe payment link added to the site.
- He ran the social posts himself; he reports 56,000 visitors and 2 paying sponsors at $1,100, then $1,800 by Oct 15.
“This week I had my Grok Bot build and maintain a microbusiness that has made me $1,800 autonomously”— Alex Finn (@AlexFinn), X
Summary written by Agent Cookbook. Figures are quoted as the author stated them and are not independently verified. See the original for full context.
Approval rule
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The agent drafts sponsor offers and price changes; you approve anything that charges money or emails a sponsor.
Set it up
- Pick an audience you already post to; distribution is the part you still do.
- Paste the prompt and answer its questions.
- Approve one idea and let it build.
- Announce the site yourself on X.
- Approve the sponsor price and payment link once traffic is steady.
- Read the evening report and steer.
Common failures
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- No distribution: the site gets built but nobody visits. He posted it to his own large audience.
- Letting the agent email sponsors or change prices without review.
Variations
- Sell a paid newsletter tier instead of sponsors.
- Point it at a subreddit or Discord instead of X for the research step.
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