Agentic operations 1 min read
The 90-Day Agent Swarm Playbook (From Zero to Revenue)
How we shipped 12 single-purpose agents, priced them, and kept ops sane without a 10-person team.
Why this matters
- Single-purpose agents beat mega-prompts.
- Speed > perfection; ship, measure, prune.
The plan
- Week 1-2: Pick 3 verticals, 1 wedge per vertical. Write the price first.
- Week 3-4: Ship MVP agents (one ZIP, one deploy). No dashboards until someone pays.
- Week 5-8: Add guardrails (auth, rate limits, logging). Publish 3 demos per agent.
- Week 9-12: Kill losers, double on winners. Bundle best-performers with a beta discount.
Pricing we used
- Solo: $49/mo — capped runs, email support.
- Team: $199/mo — more runs, Slack support, basic SSO.
- Ops+: $499/mo — priority support, custom connectors.
Metrics that mattered
- Time-to-first-output < 5 minutes.
- Daily active runs per account.
- Support burden: < 1 ticket per 20 runs.
Punchline
Stop polishing. Ship narrow agents, watch usage, and retire anything that doesn’t earn its keep.