AI agent setups, with the real monthly bill.

Why it's different

• Numbered stepsYou can follow them, not just read about them.
• Real costsLow / typical / high, with sources and the date checked.
• Stays manualAn honest box on what the agent can't or shouldn't do.

Use cases

• Your first agent in 60 minutes: a daily inbox + calendar brief

  Connect an AI assistant to your email and calendar with read-only access, give it one fixed prompt, and schedule it to send you a short brief every morning at 7am. It summarizes what came in, what's o…

  Est. $0–20/mo

  Stays manual: Every reply, deciding what's important, calendar changes, weekly spot-check.

• Cap your AI bill: a usage-limit dashboard in a spreadsheet

  List every AI subscription and API key you pay for in one spreadsheet. Once a week, paste in usage from each provider's billing page, set a hard spend limit or budget alert wherever the provider offer…

  Est. $0–5/mo

  Stays manual: Which plans to keep or cancel, clicking cancel, setting the budget.

• Spec-first vibe coding: PRD → tickets → code

  Before you open your coding agent, write a one-page PRD. Have the agent split it into small tickets, each with acceptance criteria. Then work one ticket per session: the agent writes the code plus a t…

  Est. $17–200+/mo

  Stays manual: Writing the PRD, accepting tickets, every merge, defining done.

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