AI agents
An agent who doesn’t forget to check things out.
You know what you need to keep an eye on. You also know you won’t think about it every day. An agent does it for you, and only writes to you when they find something. No fancy words, no magic.
No fancy words
What an agent is, in plain terms
It’s a programme that does three things, every day, at a set time:
1 · It checks
A page, a list, a folder, a catalogue. Always the same place, every day.
2 · It sorts
It keeps only what matches the criteria you’ve set in advance.
3 · It sends you
An email, with what it has found. If nothing is found, no email.
It doesn’t make any decisions. It doesn’t reply to anyone on your behalf. It notifies you, and it’s up to you to take action.
The proof · in action
An agent that runs every day
I set one up for a friend who was looking for a house to rent. Every day, it checks the new listings, filters out those that don’t match the budget, the area and the number of rooms specified at the start, and sends an email with the rest. It did it yesterday. It’ll do it tomorrow. That’s the whole point.
A human being gets tired. They miss a day, then two, then a whole week. The agent doesn’t.
The point isn’t that he’s clever. The point is that he’s consistent.
In your line of work
The same process, in your case
Check, sort, notify: the process is the same everywhere. Four common uses:
Your Google reviews
A new review? You read it that very evening, not three weeks later. A negative review dealt with the same day causes far less damage.
Tenders in your sector
Published in places people forget to check. The agent checks them every day and flags only those relevant to your sector and region.
Your competitors’ prices
Three or four items that you sell too. If the price changes, you’ll know about it the very next day. You decide whether to follow suit.
Your stock-outs
The agent monitors your stock levels and alerts you before an item runs out — not on the day a customer asks for it.
If you’re already tracking something manually every week, let me know: that’s exactly the sort of task you can entrust to an agent.
Frankly
What an agent doesn’t do
- It doesn’t replace anyone. It carries out a repetitive task that nobody likes doing.
- It doesn’t make decisions for you. It informs you; you choose.
- It only sees what’s accessible. Some websites block automated scraping: I’ll tell you this before we start, not afterwards.
- You need to set it up. The first few days are for fine-tuning the criteria; otherwise, it’ll send too many emails and you’ll stop reading them.
Price and delivery time
How much does a police officer cost?
An agent isn’t something you’re given just once. It runs every day on a server, and it needs to be monitored. The price reflects this reality.
Managed from home · subscription
CHF 190 + 19.90/month
A source, an alert. Then hosting, day-to-day operations and repairs when the source changes form.
CHF 490 + 24.90/month
A business task, regular reports, an agent tailored to the way you work.
from CHF 1’350 + 29.–/month
Multiple sources, automatic sequences, autonomous agent. Price to be confirmed following the specification.
Installed in your home · one-off payment
from CHF 890
The agent runs on your computer or server. There’s no monthly fee — you own it.
from CHF 1’750
An advanced agent installed on your premises, with no subscription required. You remain responsible for any third-party service charges.
Optional services following installation: one-off call-out at 120.-/hour, annual inspection at 290.-/year. No obligation.
Without a subscription, an agent stops working at the first change to the site — and nobody notices.
That’s the worst-case scenario: you think you’re being monitored, but you’re not. The subscription is there to ensure that never happens.