the map / step 5, delegate
An agent is an AI with a job, a set of instructions, and a schedule. It runs on its own and reports back. Everything above answers when you ask. This is the step where the AI does something without being asked each time.
This is what intro's builder makes, so this page is short and hands you over.
checked sep 2026. we say what each one is bad at on purpose.
Open The intro builder, paste this in, and change the parts in brackets. That is the whole first step.
Describe the job, not the tool
copy it, paste it into the tool, change the parts in [brackets]
I want an agent that [reads the news on one topic every morning and tells me only what is new]. What should it watch, when should it run, and what should it never do?
7 min read
What an agent is, and why now
A chatbot answers. An agent does. What changed in the last two years, what an agent is made of, and what it can do for you this week.
7 min read
Staying safe and sensible
The handful of habits that keep a beginner out of trouble. Privacy, money, mistakes, and the one trick that fools agents.
Do something with it
The fastest way to learn a tool is a real job.
Say who you are and we hand you one, in about ten minutes, with the prompt written.
Pick who you are