Pick a path. Every tool I use, with setup guides. @ZachS-o3e4j
A full AI agent in your pocket — emails, research, content, scheduling. Runs your business from Telegram.
Record once, generate forever. Your AI avatar delivers scripts on video — no camera, no crew, no reshoots.
Generate, edit, and enhance images with AI. Remove backgrounds, upscale, create from scratch — all for free.
Raw footage in, finished video out. Auto captions, smart cuts, color grading — hours of work in minutes.
Emails, scripts, tweets, captions — written in your voice. Upload samples, it learns your style in seconds.
Apps that pay you for doing nothing. Share unused bandwidth, complete 30-second tasks, cash out to PayPal.
Daily market briefs — top movers, sector analysis, stock news. Delivered to your email or Telegram every morning before the bell.
Drop any video — AI watches it and gives a scored quality report. Catches glitches, audio issues, and visual problems before you publish.
Text your expenses to Telegram. AI categorizes everything, builds a live budget dashboard you can check anytime. Weekly spend reports included.
Auto-sorts incoming mail, flags what matters, trashes the junk. Daily digest shows you what you actually need to see.
🔒 Get found in ChatGPT, Perplexity, AND Google. Full GEO audit + fix guide. Free for early subscribers — agencies charge $500/month for this.
Describe any car problem. AI searches TSBs, common repair issues, and technical databases. Gives you likely causes, repair difficulty, and estimated cost.
Auto-generate posts, detect trends, write scripts. Schedule to X and Telegram. Daily content without the daily grind.
Control your Philips Hue lights from Telegram. Dim the living room, set movie mode, schedule sunrise wake-ups — all by text.
Track competitors, monitor academic papers, watch prediction markets. Weekly briefing of everything that changed in your world.
Tell the Builder agent what dashboard you want. It builds it — budget tracker, inventory manager, habit tracker, whatever you need. Live in your browser in minutes.
Talk instead of type — into Telegram, email, docs, anywhere. Faster than typing, more accurate than built-in dictation. I use this to text Hermes hands-free.
$3/month total · 10-minute setup · Runs your business from your phone
This is the exact stack I use every day. It handles email, research, content creation, scheduling, and more — all from Telegram. You talk to it like a person. It costs less than a coffee.
Open your terminal (Mac/Linux/Windows WSL) and run the one-line installer from hermes-agent.nousresearch.com. Takes about 90 seconds.
Sign up at platform.deepseek.com. They give you free credits to start. Create an API key from the dashboard. The V4 Pro model costs $0.28 per million tokens — most people spend $2–5/month.
Create a Telegram bot with @BotFather (free, 2 minutes). Paste the bot token into Hermes config. Run hermes setup and follow the prompts.
Run hermes gateway start. Open Telegram, find your bot, and say hello. Your AI assistant is live. Try: "Search the web for the latest AI news and give me a summary."
Use DeepSeek V4 Pro (not the free Chat model). It's $0.28/M tokens and handles complex multi-step tasks. My entire month costs ~$3. If you're on a tight budget, DeepSeek Chat is free and still solid for basic tasks.
| Tool | Plan | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go (V4 Pro) | ~$2–5/mo |
| Telegram Bot | Free | Free |
| Total Monthly | $2–5 | |
From $5 · Record once, generate forever · 1080p video output
Record a 2–3 minute video of yourself talking. HeyGen creates a digital clone that looks and moves like you. After that, type any script and your clone delivers it on video. No camera, lighting, or reshoots. I use this for YouTube Shorts — 10 videos in an afternoon.
Go to HeyGen.com and sign up. Start with the Creator plan ($29/month) or use the free trial. This gives you access to Instant Avatar.
Film a 2-minute video of yourself in good lighting, looking at the camera, speaking naturally. Follow HeyGen's recording guide — neutral background, clear voice, natural gestures. Upload it under "Instant Avatar."
Once your avatar is ready (takes ~2 hours to process), type any script into HeyGen. Your clone delivers it. Export as 1080p MP4. Each generation takes about 60 seconds.
For the full clone stack, use ElevenLabs voice cloning. Record 3 minutes of audio, it creates an AI voice that sounds exactly like you. Use this for voiceovers without recording.
Record your avatar video in 4K with good front lighting. The better the source video, the more realistic your clone. Avoid busy backgrounds and rapid head movements. A 3-minute recording with varied expressions produces the best results.
| Tool | Plan | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| HeyGen Creator | Monthly | $29/mo |
| ElevenLabs Starter | Monthly (optional) | $5/mo |
| Total Monthly | $29–34 | |
Free / From $10/month · Generate, edit, enhance · No Photoshop needed
Create professional images from text descriptions. Remove backgrounds in one click, upscale to 4K, generate logos, thumbnails, and social media graphics — all in your browser. Zero design skills required.
Sign up at Leonardo.ai. Free tier gives you 150 image generations per day. Choose a model (Leonardo Lightning for speed, Phoenix for quality), type your prompt, and generate. Download in up to 4K.
Open Photopea.com in your browser. It's a full Photoshop clone — layers, filters, background removal, text tools. Works with PSD files. No install, no account needed. Pair with Leonardo for the ultimate free creative suite.
Canva has templates for every platform — YouTube thumbnails, Instagram posts, TikTok covers. Free tier is solid. Pro ($13/month) unlocks background remover, brand kits, and premium templates.
The free combo (Leonardo + Photopea + Pexels) covers 95% of image needs. Only upgrade when you hit generation limits or need Canva Pro's brand kit. Most creators never need to pay for images again.
| Tool | Plan | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo AI | Free (150 images/day) | Free |
| Photopea | Free | Free |
| Canva Pro | Monthly (optional) | $13/mo |
| Pexels / Unsplash | Free | Free |
| Total Monthly | $0–13 | |
Free tier available · Auto captions, smart cuts, color grade · 10x faster
What used to take 3 hours now takes 3 minutes. AI handles captions, cuts dead space, color-grades, and adds effects. You focus on ideas — the engine handles editing.
CapCut is free on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. The desktop version is best for editing. It includes: auto-captions (95%+ accurate), background removal, AI color grading, and one-click templates for every platform.
Drop your raw footage in. Click "Text" → "Auto captions." CapCut transcribes and syncs captions automatically. Choose a caption style (I use the clean white-on-dark style for Shorts). Captions increase watch time 40%+.
Use "Remove silence" to cut dead air automatically. For Shorts/TikToks, keep clips under 3 seconds each — fast cuts hold attention. CapCut's templates handle transitions, zooms, and motion graphics.
Descript edits video like a document — delete words from the transcript and they disappear from the video. Perfect for tutorials, podcasts, and long-form content. Free tier includes 1 hour of transcription/month.
For YouTube Shorts, the sweet spot is 15–30 seconds. Hook viewers in the first 1.5 seconds with a bold statement or visual. Add pattern interrupts every 2–3 seconds (zoom, text pop, transition). CapCut templates do this automatically.
| Tool | Plan | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| CapCut Desktop | Free | Free |
| CapCut Pro | Monthly (optional) | $10/mo |
| Descript Free | 1 hr transcription/mo | Free |
| Descript Pro | Monthly (optional) | $24/mo |
| Total Monthly | $0–34 | |
Free / From $39/month · Learns your voice · Emails, scripts, tweets, captions
Upload examples of your writing. The AI learns your style, tone, and vocabulary. Then it writes emails, YouTube scripts, tweets, and blog posts that sound exactly like you — not like AI. I use this for scripts, replies, and content in bulk.
Go to Claude.ai. Paste 3–5 examples of your writing (emails, tweets, anything). Tell Claude: "Analyze my writing style — tone, vocabulary, sentence structure, common phrases." It will give you a style profile.
Now give Claude a task: "Write a Twitter thread about [topic] in my voice, using the style profile above." The output will sound like you — not generic AI text. Refine by giving feedback: "Shorter sentences, more sarcasm, fewer emojis."
Jasper is purpose-built for marketing copy. It has templates for ads, emails, landing pages, and social posts. Upload your brand voice and it applies it across everything. 7-day free trial, then $39/month. Worth it if you produce content regularly.
If you built the $3 AI Assistant (build option #1), connect it to Claude or ChatGPT. Your assistant can draft emails, generate scripts, and write replies — all from Telegram, in your voice, on demand.
The magic is in the examples. Give the AI at least 3 samples of your best writing — not random texts. Curate your best tweets, best emails, best posts. More samples = more accurate voice. Update your style profile monthly as your voice evolves.
| Tool | Plan | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Free | Limited messages/day | Free |
| Claude Pro | 5x more usage | $20/mo |
| Jasper Creator | Monthly | $39/mo |
| ChatGPT Free | GPT-4o mini | Free |
| Recommended Total | $0–59/mo | |
Free · Earns $30–80/month · Set it and forget it
These apps pay you for resources you're not using — bandwidth, processing power, and opinion data. Install once, cash out monthly. I stacked 4 of these and make $47–75/month doing absolutely nothing.
Sign up at Honeygain.com. Download the desktop app (Windows/Mac/Linux). It runs in the background and shares unused bandwidth with trusted partners. Pays ~$1–2/day. Cash out at $20 via PayPal. This is the biggest earner in the stack.
EarnApp works the same way — shares bandwidth, pays you. Install on the same machine. It's compatible with Honeygain (they use different networks). Stack both for $30–55/month combined.
Pawns.app shares bandwidth AND lets you complete surveys for extra cash. The surveys are optional — the bandwidth sharing is fully passive. Use referral code for bonus on signup.
Run all three simultaneously. They don't conflict. Combined earnings: $30–80/month depending on your location and uptime. Leave your computer on overnight for maximum earnings. Cash out all three to the same PayPal account.
These apps earn more with more devices and better locations. If you have an old laptop or Raspberry Pi, install all three and leave it running 24/7. US/EU IPs earn the most. Don't use a VPN — it'll get you banned. This won't make you rich, but it's truly passive — the money shows up whether you check it or not.
| App | Est. Monthly | Payout |
|---|---|---|
| Honeygain | $20–35 | PayPal / Crypto |
| EarnApp | $10–20 | PayPal / Gift Cards |
| Pawns.app | $5–15 | PayPal / Bitcoin |
| Stacked Total | $35–70/mo | |
$2-5/month · 10-minute setup · Daily briefings delivered before the bell
Get a professional daily stock briefing delivered to your inbox every weekday morning at 8 AM. Covers pre-market futures, top movers, sector performance, key headlines, and market sentiment. No more scrolling through 10 sites at 7 AM — one email, everything you need.
One command in your terminal. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL. Visit hermes-agent.nousresearch.com for the one-line installer.
Sign up at platform.deepseek.com. Free credits included. V4 Pro costs ~$0.28/M tokens.
We include a ready-to-deploy skill with all the formatting, data sources, and email templates. No building from scratch.
Configure what time you want briefings delivered. The cron job handles everything automatically.
Use DeepSeek V4 Pro (not the free Chat model). It handles multi-source data synthesis reliably. My monthly API bill for both morning and afternoon briefs: ~$3. The skill even supports multiple recipients — send it to your team or clients.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$2-5 |
| Gmail API | Free | Free |
| Total | $2-5/mo | |
$0-2/month · Drop video, get scored report · Catches issues before you publish
Most AI agents can't see. Hermes + this skill can watch your videos and tell you what's wrong — distorted audio, visual glitches, bad pacing, mismatched scenes. Scores every video out of 10 and tells you exactly what to fix. Used by creators publishing 3-5 videos a week who can't afford a human QC pass on every render.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
Free tier at aistudio.google.com. Flash model is nearly free for video auditing.
Pre-made skill with the exact Gemini prompt that scores videos on audio, visuals, timing, and tone.
Drop any MP4. In ~20 seconds you'll have a scored report with critical issues, minor issues, and a READY/NEEDS FIX/REDO verdict.
Set up a watch folder. Every time you render a new Short, drop it in and the auditor runs automatically. I catch 2-3 issues per week that would've gone live broken. Gemini Flash costs ~$0.0004 per audit — essentially free.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| Gemini Flash | Pay-as-you-go | ~$0-2 |
| Total | $0-2/mo | |
$0-3/month · Text expenses, AI tracks everything · Live dashboard + weekly reports
Stop using 3 different apps to track your money. Text "spent $42 on groceries" to your AI. It logs it, categorizes it, and updates your budget dashboard in real time. End of week: a full report with category breakdowns, budget vs actual, and spending trends. The Builder agent even builds you a personalized budget dashboard you can open in your browser.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
This is your budget database. The AI reads and writes to it via the Google Sheets API. Free with any Google account.
Pre-made skill that handles expense logging, categorization, and report generation.
Tell the Builder agent "build me a budget dashboard." It creates a live HTML dashboard from your actual spending data.
Text expenses as they happen. "Spent $23.50 on lunch." AI does the rest.
Set up recurring bill reminders. Tell it your rent, subscriptions, and car payment due dates. It warns you 3 days before anything hits. I caught a forgotten $14.99 subscription in week one — the stack paid for itself for 6 months.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$2-3 |
| Google Sheets | Free | Free |
| Builder Agent | Included | Free |
| Total | $2-3/mo | |
$0-3/month · Auto-sorts inbox daily · Morning digest of what matters
Your inbox cleans itself every morning at 6 AM. Known senders stay. Newsletters get archived. Junk gets trashed. You get a morning digest: "3 important emails, 12 archived, 47 trashed." Two minutes to scan, zero minutes to sort. Works with any Gmail account.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
OAuth setup takes 2 minutes. The AI gets read/manage access to your inbox.
Pre-made with smart categorization rules, safe-sender whitelist, and digest templates.
Tell it which senders to always keep, which to always trash, and what time you want your daily digest.
The skill includes a safe-sender whitelist. It learns from your behavior — if you always open emails from a certain sender, it stops archiving them. After 2 weeks it's 95% accurate. Manual cleanup takes me 20 minutes a day — this cuts it to 2.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$2-3 |
| Gmail API | Free | Free |
| Total | $2-3/mo | |
LOCKED — Free for first 500 subscribers · $500/mo value · Full GEO audit + fix guide
🔒 This build is currently locked — free for the first 500 subscribers to @ZachS-o3e4j. Get found in ChatGPT, Perplexity, AND Google with a full Generative Engine Optimization audit. Includes keyword dominance mapping, GEO content templates, and a fix guide that agencies charge $500/month for. Early subscribers get the full engine free.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
Pre-made: generative-engine-optimization + local-seo-dominance skills. Handles keyword mapping, GEO content optimization, and AI-search ranking analysis.
The engine scans your site against AI search indexes (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) and identifies exactly what's missing — entity mentions, structured data gaps, content clusters.
Prioritized action list: what to fix first, what content to create, which entities to mention. Each fix includes the exact prompt or template to use.
GEO is the new SEO. ChatGPT and Perplexity now answer 40%+ of search queries directly — if your brand isn't mentioned in those answers, you don't exist. Agencies charge $500+/month for GEO optimization. Early subscribers to @ZachS-o3e4j get the full engine for free. Subscribe now before the 500 spots fill.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$2-3 |
| GEO Skills | LOCKED — Free for 1st 500 | Locked |
| Total (subscriber price) | $2-3/mo | |
$0-3/month · TSB lookups + repair databases · Diagnose car problems by describing them
No more googling "weird noise when turning left" at 11 PM. Tell your AI what the car is doing — it searches TSBs (Technical Service Bulletins), common failure patterns, and repair databases. Returns: likely causes ranked by probability, estimated repair cost, whether it's DIY-able, and what happens if you ignore it. Built by an actual shop foreman who knows what questions to ask.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
Pre-built by a Subaru shop foreman. Knows the right diagnostic questions to ask.
"Check engine light on, car shakes at idle, 2018 Honda Civic." AI asks follow-up questions, then searches TSBs and repair databases.
Likely causes ranked by probability, estimated repair cost range, DIY difficulty score, and "what happens if you ignore it."
This isn't a chatbot saying "take it to a mechanic." It does real TSB lookups and pulls from NHTSA complaint data. For common issues (like Honda A/C failures or Subaru head gasket patterns), it knows the exact TSB numbers and typical repair costs. Built by someone who writes repair orders every day.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$2-3 |
| NHTSA API | Free | Free |
| Total | $2-3/mo | |
$0-5/month · Auto-generate posts, detect trends · Schedule to X and Telegram
Writer's block is a scheduling problem. This stack auto-generates content ideas based on trends in your niche, writes the posts in your voice, and schedules them. You approve before anything goes live. Supports X (Twitter) and Telegram. Add your brand voice once, get daily content suggestions forever.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
OAuth setup for posting. The AI drafts, you approve.
Trend detection + script generation + scheduling. Pre-made templates for threads, Shorts scripts, and posts.
Give it 3 examples of your best posts. It learns your tone and generates in your style.
Set topic clusters (e.g., "AI tools, automation, no-code"). The skill scans trending conversations and suggests posts that fit your topics AND what's hot right now. Best of both worlds — relevant and timely.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$2-5 |
| X API | Free tier | Free |
| Total | $2-5/mo | |
$0-3/month · Control Hue lights from Telegram · Custom scenes, schedules, automations
Forget opening 3 apps to control your lights. "Dim the living room to 30%" "Set bedroom to warm white" "Goodnight mode" — all from Telegram. Pre-built scenes for movie night, dinner, morning routine, and party mode. The AI remembers your preferences and learns your patterns.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
Connect it to your router. Press the button on the bridge to pair.
Pre-made with OpenHue integration. Auto-discovers all your lights and rooms.
Text commands like "dim bedroom to 20% warm" or "set whole house to energize." Create custom scenes: "date night" = living room 15% warm + kitchen off + bedroom 30% soft.
Set up automated routines. "If it's after sunset and I say 'goodnight', turn off everything except the bedroom at 10%." The skill handles scheduling too — wake-up light sequences, vacation mode to simulate occupancy, and sunset-activated evening scenes.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$1-2 |
| Hue Bridge | One-time | ~$60 |
| Total (after bridge) | $1-2/mo | |
$0-5/month · Track competitors, papers, markets · Weekly briefing of everything that changed
Set it and forget it. Tell the AI which competitors to track, which research topics matter to you, and which markets to watch. Every Monday morning you get a briefing: competitor website changes, new papers in your field, prediction market shifts, and blog posts from sources you care about. No more checking 8 tabs every morning.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
Pre-made: arxiv watcher, blog monitor, competitor tracker, and Polymarket integration.
Add competitor URLs, research keywords, blog feeds, and prediction markets to track.
Weekly digest delivered to your email or Telegram. Flagged: what changed, what's new, what's worth your attention.
Set priority levels. "High priority: notify me immediately. Medium: include in weekly digest. Low: track but only surface if significant change." The AI learns what you actually read and adjusts. After a month, your briefing is perfectly tuned to your interests.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| DeepSeek API | Pay-as-you-go | ~$2-5 |
| Total | $2-5/mo | |
$0-3/month · Tell it what you need, it builds it · Live dashboards in minutes
You shouldn't need to learn React to track your inventory. Tell the Builder agent what you need — "a dashboard that tracks my eBay inventory with cost, listing price, and profit per item" — and it builds you a live dashboard in minutes. Budget trackers, habit trackers, inventory managers, client portals. If it fits in a dashboard, the Builder can build it.
One command. 90 seconds. Works on Mac, Linux, Windows WSL.
"I need a dashboard for my car detailing business — upcoming appointments, supplies inventory, customer history, monthly revenue."
The Builder agent creates the HTML/CSS/JS, deploys to Vercel, and gives you a live URL.
"Add a search bar for customer history." "Make the revenue chart show last 6 months." Builder updates in real time.
Start with one clear use case. Don't say "build me a business dashboard" — say "build me a dashboard with 3 tabs: today's appointments, this month's revenue, and supply inventory." The more specific you are, the better the Builder performs. You can always add more later.
| TOOL | PLAN | MONTHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | Open Source | Free |
| Builder Agent | Included | Free |
| Vercel | Free tier | Free |
| Total | Free-$3/mo | |
Free tier / $12/month Pro · Talk 3x faster than typing · Works in ANY app
Wispr lets you talk instead of type — in Telegram, email, Google Docs, Slack, anywhere you can put a cursor. It's faster, more accurate, and works across every app on your computer (Mac or Windows). I use it to dictate messages to my AI assistant on Telegram — hands-free, 3x faster than typing on my phone. The free tier gives you 1,000 dictations/month.
Go to wispr.ai and download the desktop app. Available for Mac (Apple Silicon + Intel) and Windows. Install takes 30 seconds. Create a free account — no credit card required for the free tier.
Open Wispr preferences. Set a shortcut you'll remember — I use Ctrl+Shift+Space (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+Space (Mac). This key combo opens the dictation mic anywhere on your system.
Click into any text field — Telegram message box, email compose, Google Doc, anywhere. Hit your activation key. Start talking. Wispr transcribes in real time and inserts the text where your cursor is. Punctuation works naturally — just say "comma," "period," "new line."
Open Telegram → click the message box → hit your Wispr shortcut → dictate your message to Hermes. Hands-free AI commands. This is how I send long prompts without typing a single word. Combined with Telegram voice notes for Hermes' responses, you can have full AI conversations without touching your keyboard.
Speak in complete sentences with natural pauses. Wispr is context-aware — it gets more accurate the more you use it. For coding or technical terms, just say them clearly and Wispr adapts. The free tier gives 1,000 dictations/month (about 33/day). If you're dictating all day, Pro is $12/month for unlimited. Pair this with the $3 AI Assistant stack and you can run your entire AI workflow by voice.
| Tool | Plan | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Wispr Free | 1,000 dictations/month | Free |
| Wispr Pro | Unlimited dictation | $12/mo |
| Telegram | Free | Free |
| Total Monthly | $0–12 | |