Building a great agent.
For small-business owners, founders and the person who'll look after the agent, in businesses of 1 to 100 people. In four hours you design an AI agent, build it on your own inbox, try to break it, and switch it on safely. No code.
You leave with
- 1A working draft-only agentIt sorts your new enquiries and drafts replies in your voice. You still press send.
- 2Your Agent CanvasThe one-page brief for your agent: its job, its limits, its tests and who looks after it.
- 3A 30-day planA shadow week, then supervised, then running, with the number you'll measure.
Built for small businesses, not IT departments.
A good fit if you…
- run or manage a business of 1 to 100 people
- lose time to the same emails, follow-ups or admin every week
- want AI doing real work, with you still in charge of anything that touches customers or money
- have (or will get) a paid Claude account
Not the right fit if you…
- want a lecture on AI news rather than building something
- need a developer course on code and APIs
- want an agent that sends to customers on its own from day one
About a third talking, two thirds doing.
- 0:00
What an agent is
Chatbot, automation or agent, and the running example: the new-enquiry inbox every small business has.
- 0:15
Design
Pick one job, map how it's done today, and decide what the agent may do alone and what waits for you.
- 0:50
Specify
What it needs to know, which tools it may use, and the rules it must never break.
- 1:45
Live build
Build your enquiry agent, draft-only, on a test folder of your own emails. Nothing reaches a customer.
- 2:30
Test and launch
Test it on real past cases, then try to trick it. Plan the switch-on: shadow week, supervised, running.
- 3:15
Your Agent Canvas
Finish your canvas, then compare it with ten well-prepared examples from real small-business jobs.
- 3:50
Your next 30 days
Commit to the first agent, who looks after it, and the number you'll measure. Download everything.
Includes a 15-minute break.
Worked examples you'll take home.
Simple on the day.
1 · Book
Pay by card; your tax invoice arrives by email. Booking for your team? Choose up to five seats and name each person.
2 · Your student number
Each person gets their own student number by email. It works only with their email address.
3 · On the day
The course opens 30 minutes before the start. Enter your number and email, and we email you a one-time sign-in link.
4 · Afterwards
Keep access for 30 days to finish your canvas and run your shadow week.
Choose a date.
Prices include GST. Pay securely by card; your tax invoice arrives by email straight away.