The AI Agents Starter Kit for SMBs

What's Inside

Every AI newsletter is selling "agents" right now, but almost none of them show a small business owner what an agent actually is, where it lives, or how to get one running before dinner. Most SMBs don't need a multi-agent swarm or a custom-built framework. They need one agent that reads the shared inbox and drafts replies, or one that qualifies inbound leads, or one that turns a sales call into a CRM update. That's it. That's the whole game. This free starter kit strips out the jargon and gives you a working mental model for AI agents plus five ready-to-fork templates. You'll learn the difference between a workflow automation, an AI workflow, and a true agent — and when each one is the right choice. You'll see side-by-side comparisons of the four platforms most SMBs should actually evaluate in 2026: Lindy for email and meeting agents, Gumloop for multi-step document and data workflows, n8n for teams that want full control and self-hosting, and Relay.app for human-in-the-loop agents where approval matters. Then you get five starter agent templates you can copy today: an inbound lead qualifier that scores and routes new form submissions, a meeting-to-CRM agent that pushes action items and next steps into HubSpot or Follow Up Boss, a support inbox triager that classifies and drafts first-response replies, an internal SOP assistant that answers team questions from your docs, and a weekly reporting agent that pulls numbers from your stack and writes the summary. Each template includes the platform it runs on, the exact setup steps, and the prompts you'll need.

What You Get

• 48-page starter kit
• Platform comparison: Lindy vs. Gumloop vs. n8n vs. Relay.app
• 5 starter agent templates you can fork
• Lead qualifier, meeting-to-CRM, and support triage blueprints
• Prompt library for each template
• Decision tree: workflow vs. AI workflow vs. agent
• Newsletter with weekly agent teardowns