Start an AI Automation Agency business while you keep your day job

You do not run the day to day of this agency, Actionist does. Here is how it works on any business idea, applied to AI automation: you pick it, the agent plans every task, then works through them and brings you the few that need a human.

1. 01

   You pick the niche and set the scope

   You choose the type of business to target, the manual work you will fix, and how many clients you want to carry. That brief is all Actionist needs to start planning the whole agency around your schedule.

   →A clear brief Actionist can plan and price against.
2. 02

   Actionist maps every task and subtask

   Actionist breaks the agency into a plan: setting up the business, finding clients, doing the discovery audit, building each automation and maintaining it. You see the full scope in one place before a single call is booked.

   →A complete task plan for launching and running the agency.
3. 03

   It schedules the work and works through it

   Actionist schedules the tasks and works through them in the background, so the agency makes progress while you are at your job. It moves to the next task as soon as the previous one is done and keeps your board current.

   →Steady progress on every client without you driving it.
4. 04

   It assigns you the human-only tasks

   Some tasks only you can do: taking the discovery call, choosing the clients to target, deciding what to charge. Actionist flags those with everything you need, then carries on with the plan once you are done.

   →A short, clear list of the tasks only you can handle.
5. 05

   It asks before anything reaches a client

   Before Actionist sends a proposal, delivers an automation or invoices a client, it stops and asks you to approve. You set how hands-on you want to be per task, from reviewing every message to letting routine check-ins run.

   →You stay in control of every client-facing move.
6. 06

   You keep your day job and check in when it suits you

   You run this around your existing hours. Check the board, approve what is waiting, and send Actionist a message over Telegram or Slack to redirect anything. The agency moves forward between your check-ins.

   →An agency that grows around your schedule.

This is the plan Actionist builds to launch and run the agency: every stage, task and subtask. The work is split across your Actionist agents, from finding clients to delivering automations to keeping retainers. Only a handful of tasks and approvals are yours.

An example plan Actionist builds for this business. Yours adapts to your niche, your pricing and the pace you can keep.

Here is what a week looks like once the first few clients are running. Your agents keep every client automation maintained and chase the next one while you are at work. You step in for the calls, the approvals and the moments that need your judgment.

Your clients trust you with access to their business systems. Actionist only operates those systems with your approval on every move that matters, and keeps a record of every action so you can account for every change.