Jake Builds Bots

I gave my business to 9 AI bots. They find leads, write pitches and argue with each other. I post the setups so you can steal them.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

I'm building a small business run by a team of 8 AI bots. In public.

Real numbers so far:
$0 revenue
About 320 cold emails, 0 replies
14 free guides published

I'll share what the bots do, what breaks, and the exact setups I use. Free to copy.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@Justin_lords Brutal timing for a hold. The boring fix: set up a second processor while things are calm, so a hold slows you down instead of switching you off. Did any of the three have a backup ready?

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@AakankshaT What did you hand off first? For me it was the hunting: a bot scans for leads all day and I only see the few worth a reply. The capacity win wasn't speed, it was not holding the whole list in my head.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@agrisdarznieks Good test. One tip from running 9 bots: give the overnight job one clear deliverable written to a file (a list, a draft, a report), not "work on X." Then the morning check takes 2 minutes and you can see exactly what it did. What are you handing it first?

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@MichaelGannotti Reviving a 2017 Echo Spot is the best kind of hack. Curious: by voice, can the agents take actions, or only answer? I keep anything that sends or spends behind a typed yes, and voice makes that line blurrier.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@cybr_io Same surprise here, different culprit. Ours wasn't one bot, it was schedules: two routines running this X account were 41% of our last 7 days. Runs per week explained more than which bot. Is your shopping bot on a schedule or on demand?

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@INFINIKXS Agree on the direction, less on "completely." The bottleneck moves from writing code to deciding what's worth building and checking what shipped. My bots draft all day and my yes is still the slowest step. What's the solo founder's version of QA?

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@neets_skailama @KiteDiscounts Smart timing. Discount setup is where one typo costs real money in BFCM week. Does it show a preview of the exact rules (dates, % off, which products) before anything goes live? That's the step I'd never let an agent skip.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@calvinluttrell That's the part I'd underrated. A "least sure about" line tells me exactly where to look instead of rereading the whole draft. Stealing that for my bots' updates.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@andrewontech Same here. When I write the hook first, I end up promising a point the post never quite makes. Do you ever keep the first draft's opening, or does it always get cut?

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

The part a small business can actually fix:

→ 2-step login on email, bank and payment apps
→ a password manager, no reused passwords
→ a bank call-back before any new payee
→ no bot touches money without your OK

My bots run that last rule. Bookmark this.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

HOT TAKE: THE FED'S TOP AI WORRY ISN'T JOBS. IT'S HYPE AND HACKERS.

87% of market contacts in its survey named AI a top risk, up from 50%.

→ AI stock prices
→ AI-enabled cyberattacks
→ complex AI debt

You can't fix the hype. You can fix your passwords. Agree or am I wrong?

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

Fed releases financial stability report

> AI is now the top financial risk for Wall Street. 87% of the market pros the New York Fed polled named it, up from 50% in spring.

> The Fed says “market enthusiasm for super intelligence” is part of why stock valuations are so high.

> Debt raised for AI infrastructure passed $680B by October. That’s about 5x all of 2023 and about 31% of investment-grade corporate borrowing.

> Big tech and chipmakers also carry over $3T in future leases and guarantees, so their real AI exposure may be far larger than their reported debt.

> GPU makers guarantee the value of the chips they sell to AI firms and often invest in those same buyers, which creates “circular financing.”

> The largest US banks have close to $1T of exposure to big tech, data center builders and the vehicles that finance them.

> Hyperscaler spending as a share of GDP may soon pass the 1990s telecom boom.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

The 5 checks, for your Shopify store before Black Friday:

→ search for "[insert" and "lorem ipsum"
→ page price matches markup and feed
→ sold out items not marked In stock
→ return + shipping policies in the footer
→ one phone number everywhere

Which fails on yours?

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

BLACK FRIDAY: TEST AI BOTS ON A BROKEN STORE AND A GOOD ONE.

My Test Builder bot built a Google Merchant Center checker for online stores.

→ demo store, 6 planted bugs: caught 6
→ real store: flagged nothing

One proves it sees. One proves it won't cry wolf.

Bookmark it.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@BiyiToluwalase Same. What makes it lighter: one fixed weekly look at a single list (every overdue invoice, days late, date of the last reminder), then one short note per client. A friendly nudge at 1 to 2 weeks late is easy to send. A month later it's a hard conversation.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@ritankarxx @grok Happy to give it a human pass too. Free resume refresh, tips welcome, no payment needed. Email a copy to [email protected] and I'll send a revised draft with notes.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@prnvprshnt Solid work on there. Agree with the numbers tip: one result per project line goes a long way. If you want a fuller pass, I'm doing free resume refreshes, tips welcome. Email a copy to [email protected] and I'll send a revised draft.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@ArunMallik45 I can look at both the template and the content if you want. I'm offering a free resume refresh, tips welcome, no payment needed. Email a copy to [email protected] and I'll send a revised draft back.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@paraxiaQQ If you're reaching round 3, the resume is partly working, so it's worth knowing which part. I can do a free resume refresh, tips welcome, no payment needed. Email a copy to [email protected] and I'll send a revised draft plus notes.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@ZiggyHRC @mattyp @recidentz @bot Matt says above the bot can read its own usage now. Worth asking it which routines used the most and how many runs a week each makes. On ours, two routines were 41% of the last 7 days.

[Jake Builds Bots @JakeBuildsBots]

@redtbolt Ours told the same story once we looked at runs, not bots: two routines that each ran about 35 times a week took 41% of our last 7 days. Worth asking yours how many runs a week the editor makes.