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Aaron Lynn

Build AI Agents That Do Real Work — Without Writing a Single Line of Code

Learn to design and deploy real AI agents using tools you already have — ChatGPT and Zapier. No code, no jargon, no pretending you already know what an agent is.

Build your first AI agent in 5 minutes while everyone else is still reading 20-hours of technical documentation.

The AI agent conversation has a problem: most of the people talking about agents have never built one that does real work.

What you see on LinkedIn and YouTube are demos. Polished, impressive, and completely disconnected from the actual workflows running your business. They show an agent booking a flight or generating a poem. They don't show an agent processing your expense receipts at 3am, or screening resumes before your Monday meeting, or summarising client activity across four platforms into a single briefing.

After this course, you will:

  • Build an army of digital workers that handle your weekend backlog while you sleep.
  • Create AI agents in minutes using tools you already know (ChatGPT + Zapier).
  • Steal back the 47 hours per month you lose to repetitive tasks.
  • Walk into Monday morning with 3 AI agents already handling your catch-up work.
  • Get 10–20 extra hours back every week to spend on what you actually love.

The gap between "using AI" and "automating with AI" is where the actual advantage lives. Microsoft found that AI users save 1.2 hours daily. LinkedIn shows they earn 25% more. Yet Slack's research reports that only 20% of professionals actually automate their work. The rest just use ChatGPT for one-off tasks. That gap between "using AI" and "automating with AI"? That's your unfair advantage over 80% of your competition.

AI agents are different. They run processes. They chain tasks together. They work while you don't. And they don't require a computer science degree to build.

Most courses teach you where to click. This one teaches you how to think. The DECIDE framework helps you determine which tasks deserve an agent and which are better left as simple automations. The BIG MANGO framework turns ChatGPT into a reliable process runner, not a novelty. The hands-on Zapier builds give you working agents handling real business tasks — not toy demos.

Why This Course Is Different

This ISN'T a $2,497 "AI Mastery" course from a 20-year-old who's never seen the inside of a corporate office. It's NOT the 47-hour Coursera certification that puts you to sleep. Nor is it another YouTube compilation disguised as a structured course.

Those courses exist to make their creators look smart. This course exists to make YOU look smart.

Unlike other courses that claim "no-code" but secretly require JavaScript snippets, API keys, or OAuth consent screens, this course delivers on its promise of zero technical barriers. You won't face complex setup requirements with installation failures, and you won't waste time learning experimental tools that break after platform updates.

By Next Friday, You'll Have:

  • A customer service agent handling emails while you sleep.
  • A research agent preparing your meeting briefings.
  • An expense agent processing receipts automatically.
  • Your colleagues asking "How are you getting everything done so fast?"
  • At least 5 hours back in your week.

What You Will Actually Learn

Levels of AI Agents: Level 0 Non-Agent through Level 3 True AI Agent
Turns out that managing AI agents is much like managing employees

The DECIDE Framework: When to Build an Agent vs. When Not To

Not every task needs an AI agent. Some tasks are better served by a simple automation. Some are better done by a person. The DECIDE framework gives you a repeatable method for identifying which tasks to automate, which to delegate to an agent, and which to leave alone. This prevents the most expensive mistake in AI automation: building something impressive that solves nothing.

DECIDE Framework: scoring model for evaluating which tasks deserve an AI agent
The DECIDE Framework: scoring whether a task deserves an AI agent

"Aaron's course makes building AI agents simple, practical, and immediately useful for business work. The step-by-step guidance, frameworks like BIG MANGO and DECIDE, and hands-on Zapier examples give you real results without any technical headaches."

— Beatriz M.

The BIG MANGO Framework: Prompt Agents That Actually Work

A prompt agent isn't a clever prompt. It's a structured instruction set that turns an AI model into a consistent, reliable process runner. The BIG MANGO framework teaches you how to build prompt agents that produce repeatable output, not the random-quality results you get from casual ChatGPT usage.

Big Mango Prompt Framework: structured instruction components for building reliable AI agents
The Big Mango Prompt Framework: 8 components for reliable AI agents

7 Complete Zapier Agent Builds

Not walkthroughs. Not demos. Seven working agents you build during the course and deploy to your business:

  1. Call dossier agent: prepares briefing documents before your calls.
  2. Industry news monitor: scans and summarises relevant developments.
  3. Customer service agent: handles email inquiries while you're away.
  4. Expense processing agent: processes receipts automatically.
  5. Client activity summary agent: consolidates activity across platforms.
  6. Resume screening agent: filters candidates before they reach your desk.
  7. Multi-agent chain: agents that hand work to other agents for complex workflows.
Zapier AI Agent: Call Dossier Agent with real Slack output showing automated meeting briefing
Zapier Call Dossier Agent: automated meeting briefings delivered to Slack

"This is the kind of course that pays for itself quickly. I now have a Prompt Agent handling my daily email replies and a ChatGPT Agent that helps with lead generation."

— Ciano

Agentic Design Patterns

You will learn the four core patterns that underpin every AI agent: reflection, tool use, planning, and multi-agent systems. Understanding these patterns means you can design agents for any new task — not just the seven examples in the course.

AI-First Thinking before and after flowchart: traditional 8-step onboarding vs AI-first 2-step process
AI-First Thinking: using AI to transform your workflows to become AI-First
Aaron Lynn, course instructor introduction
Aaron Lynn, course instructor

See the Guide in Action

A real lesson showing how these concepts work in practice.

What This Course Will Not Do

  • It won't make you an AI engineer. You'll build practical business agents, not production software.
  • It won't require coding. Zero code. Zero API keys. Zero OAuth consent screens. If a "no-code" course has ever asked you to paste JavaScript, this is different.
  • It won't teach experimental tools that break after the next update. The course uses ChatGPT and Zapier: stable, widely-used platforms with business-grade reliability.
  • It won't promise you'll replace your entire team with AI. Agents handle specific, well-defined tasks. The course is honest about what they can and can't do.
  • It won't take 20 hours. The course is 3 hours. Every minute is practical instruction with immediate application.

Curriculum Outline

3 hours of zero-filler instruction. Designed for business people, not engineers.

Watch the First Lesson — Free

Press play. This is the actual opening lesson, not a highlight reel.

  • Build your first working agent in the first lesson.
  • Master the BIG MANGO framework for consistent, reliable prompt agents.
  • Persona development and advanced prompting techniques.
  • Create CustomGPTs that save your instructions and scale across teams.
  • What AI agents actually are, from business, technical, and practical perspectives.
  • The DECIDE framework: when you need an agent vs. a standard automation.
  • Agentic design patterns: reflection, tool use, planning, multi-agent systems.
  • AI-First Thinking for transforming traditional business processes.
  • Core Zapier automation features without technical complexity.
  • How AI integrates with Zapier through the AI by Zapier action.
  • Connecting business tools with zero-code integrations.
  • The difference between standard automations and true AI agents.
  • Call dossier, industry news monitor, customer service, expense processing, client activity summary, resume screening, multi-agent chain.
  • Debugging and troubleshooting for consistent performance.
  • Multi-agent architectures that chain agents together.

"I went from knowing nothing about AI agents to building my own working CustomGPT in just a few days."

— Felix M.

"Really informative without overloading you on complex jargon... the teacher really got through a lot of topics in a clear and very concise timeframe."

— Max L.

Also included:

  • Copy-paste prompts and ready-to-use Zapier links.
  • Individual written summaries for every lesson.
  • Real-world business scenarios and case studies.
  • All templates and frameworks as downloadable resources.
$147
Lifetime access. All future updates included.
  • Self-paced. Build your first agent today.
  • No cohort deadlines. No expiration.
  • 3 hours of practical instruction. 7 complete agent builds.
  • Copy-paste prompts, Zapier links, and templates included.

30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund if the course doesn't deliver practical results.

4.4 ★ average rating · 267 reviews

62,532+ students across all courses

Agents automate your tasks. The All Access Bundle upgrades everything else.

The AI Agents Guide gives you working automation. But agents are one layer of a much bigger AI toolkit. And automation works best when you know which tasks to automate in the first place.

The All Access Bundle adds the AI strategy framework for evaluating any tool or announcement before you spend money on it. Claude and terminal AI tools: advanced AI that goes far beyond chat. Manager-specific AI prompts for feedback, delegation, and team decisions. And a productivity foundation (energy management, focus frameworks, and an Anti-Fragile Calendar) so you have the clarity to direct your agents toward the work that actually matters.

Agents are the hands. The full bundle gives you the brain.

All Access Bundle: $397 (save 37% vs buying individually)

Includes: Next Level Productivity + The AI Playbook for CEOs + The AI Agents Guide + AI for Work Productivity + ChatGPT for Managers

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Lifetime access with no deadlines.
3 hours of practical video. Concise by design. Every lesson builds a working agent or teaches a framework you'll use immediately.
This course is built for non-technical business people. No code, no API configuration, no terminal commands. If you can use ChatGPT and navigate a web browser, you can build every agent in this course.
ChatGPT free works for the prompt agent sections. Zapier's free plan works for most examples. The Professional plan ($30/month) unlocks higher limits for real business use.
The design frameworks (DECIDE, BIG MANGO, agentic patterns) transfer across any platform. The specific Zapier builds use stable, widely-adopted tools. Lifetime access includes future updates as tools change.
No. This teaches business-person automation: visual tools, no-code platforms, and AI-native design. The goal is working agents, not technical mastery.
I offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund, no questions.
YouTube shows you individual tricks. This gives you structured frameworks: DECIDE for deciding what to automate, BIG MANGO for building reliable agents, and agentic design patterns for designing new agents on your own. The difference is between copying someone's demo and understanding how to build agents for any task.

"This course is worth every penny. Clear, concise, and results driven — perfect for busy professionals."

— Timothy C.

Start automating your repetitive work.

30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund if the course doesn't deliver practical results.

Hero Mode Hours

Every productivity system you've tried worked for about a week.

That is not your fault. Rigid systems break because they assume every hour is interchangeable. You do not have a time problem. You have an energy problem.

Hero Mode Hours is a short guide to finding the one or two windows each day when your brain is genuinely sharp — and putting your hardest work there instead of wherever the calendar has a gap.

One framework. One day of observation. No app required.