You keep hearing about AI agents. Your competitors have them. Your LinkedIn feed is full of people automating their businesses. You know you should probably get one. But every guide you find is either too technical or too vague.
This one is neither. By the end of this page you'll have a working AI agent that knows your business and is ready to handle real tasks. Five steps, five minutes, zero code.
An email address and a web browser. That's it. Agent HQ runs entirely in the cloud - nothing to install, nothing to download.
Step 1: Create Your Account
Once you verify your email, you'll land on the Agent HQ dashboard. It might look empty right now - that's normal. Your agent doesn't exist yet. That's what step 2 is for.
Step 2: Run the Setup Wizard
The wizard has four quick screens:
- Your business - Industry, company name, what you do. One sentence is fine. "I flip vacant land in Texas" or "I run a digital marketing agency" both work perfectly.
- Your goals - What do you want the agent to help with? Scheduling, research, customer outreach, data analysis? Pick as many as apply.
- Your plan - Starter ($29/mo) gets you one agent with generous AI usage. Starter+ ($49/mo) adds priority support and more tokens. Pick whichever feels right - you can upgrade any time.
- Name your agent - Give it a name. "Atlas," "Friday," "Jarvis," whatever. This is your agent's identity. It'll use this name when it talks to you.
Pick a name that feels natural to say out loud. You'll be talking to this thing every day. If "Hey Atlas, check my calendar" feels weird, try something else. Some people use their business name, some go with something fun.
Step 3: Meet Your Agent
Your agent already knows your business context from the wizard. It'll respond with a list of things it can do based on what you told it. This isn't a generic chatbot - it's your agent, configured for your business.
Try asking it something real:
You'll get a usable draft in seconds. Edit it, send it, done. That's the workflow - delegate, review, execute.
Step 4: Set Up a Recurring Task
Here are some ideas for your first recurring task:
- Morning briefing: Every weekday at 8am, summarize my inbox and flag anything urgent
- Weekly report: Every Friday at 4pm, pull my key metrics and draft a summary
- Lead follow-up: Every Monday, check my CRM for leads that haven't been contacted in 3+ days
- Social monitoring: Daily, check mentions of my brand name and summarize sentiment
Pick one. Set the schedule. Save it. Your agent will run that task automatically, every time, without you lifting a finger. That's the moment it stops being a toy and starts being a tool.
Don't set up 10 recurring tasks on day one. Start with one, see how the agent handles it, tweak the instructions if needed, then add more. You'll get better results by being specific about one task than vague about ten.
Step 5: Check Your Agent's Work
This is the feedback loop that makes AI agents actually useful. The agent does the work, you review the output, you refine the instructions. Within a week, it'll be producing exactly what you need with zero edits.
Think of it like training a new employee. The first few deliverables need corrections. By week two, they're autonomous. AI agents learn the same way - except they never forget your feedback. You can even train your agent to match your business voice so every response sounds like you wrote it.
What Happens Next
You now have a working AI agent. Here's what to do over the next week:
- Day 1-2: Use it for one-off tasks. Get comfortable talking to it. Ask it to draft emails, summarize documents, brainstorm ideas.
- Day 3-4: Add 2-3 recurring tasks. A morning brief, a weekly summary, an inbox scan - whatever saves you the most time.
- Day 5-7: Connect your business tools. Calendar, email, files - each connection makes the agent dramatically more useful. See our tool connection guide for the walkthrough.
Within a week you should have at least one task that the agent handles completely - from start to finish - without you touching it. That's your first automation win. Need ideas? Check out our 5 tasks to automate in your first week.
Common Questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. Everything happens through plain English conversations and the visual dashboard. There is literally nothing to code.
What if my agent gives a bad answer?
Tell it. Say "That's not quite right - here's what I meant." The agent adjusts. Be specific about what was wrong and what you want instead. It learns fast.
Can I change my agent's name later?
Yes. Go to Settings in your dashboard and update it any time.
What AI model does it use?
Agent HQ supports multiple models including Claude (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) from Anthropic. Starter plans default to a fast, efficient model. You can upgrade to more powerful models as your needs grow.
Is my data safe?
Yes. Your conversations and business data are stored securely in your private account. We don't sell your data and we don't use it to train AI models. See our privacy policy for details.
- 01 Hook: "I set up an AI agent for my business in 5 minutes. Here's what it did in the first hour."
- 02 Before/after: Screen record the wizard (30 seconds), then show the agent completing a real task. Side by side: you doing it manually vs. the agent doing it instantly.
- 03 The naming moment: "What should I name my AI agent?" - poll your audience, then show the reveal when the agent says hello with its new name.
- 04 Day-in-the-life: "7am: agent sends me my morning brief. 9am: agent drafted 3 follow-up emails. 2pm: agent summarized a 40-page document. I did none of this manually."
- 05 Close: "Most people think AI agents are complicated. It took me 5 minutes and zero code. Link in bio."
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