AI agents that do the work. Not chatbots.
I’m Matt. I build AI agents that run real workflows end-to-end — quoting, scheduling, intake, review and competitor checks — for small businesses around Batavia and Cincinnati. Agentic engineering from one builder — no enterprise contract, no team to manage, no software to learn. Starter builds from $1,500.
A chatbot answers. An agent acts.
Most “AI” for small business is a chatbot bolted to your homepage — it replies to questions and captures a lead. An agent is different: it does the actual job, step by step, and hands you the finished result.
- Answers FAQs and captures a lead
- Waits for someone to type to it
- Hands the work back to you
- Sounds smart; changes nothing
- Runs a multi-step workflow end-to-end
- Pulls data, decides, and takes the action
- Delivers the finished result — a quote, a booking, a report
- Works on its own, on a schedule or trigger
Agents I build, in plain English.
Every business has a task that eats hours and follows the same steps every time. That’s the sweet spot. A few examples:
Quoting agent
Pulls job specs, calculates materials, and emails a PDF estimate in under 60 seconds.
Scheduling agent
Reads inbound requests, checks your calendar, books the slot, and sends the confirmation.
Review & competitor agent
Each night it checks new reviews and competitors, then emails you a plain-English summary by morning.
Intake & triage agent
Sorts incoming leads and emails, flags the urgent ones, and drafts a first reply for you to approve.
Between a toy and an enterprise project.
The market splits in two: cheap chatbots that can’t do the work, and enterprise builds that need a cloud account and an IT department. Earlybird sits in the gap — real agents, small-business priced.
Answers FAQs and captures leads from your site.
- —Can’t run a real workflow
- —Subscription forever
- —Generic, off-the-shelf
A real agent that does the job end-to-end.
- —Built for your exact workflow
- —You own it — no lock-in, no IT
- —One local builder you can call
Powerful, but heavy to start and run.
- —Long timelines
- —Heavy setup & IT overhead
- —Built for big-company budgets
Two ways to start. Prices on the page.
Flat, scoped, and visible before anything begins. Most businesses start with one Starter agent, prove it earns its keep, then add more.
Starter Agent
One focused agent that automates a single repetitive workflow, built around the tools you already use.
- —One workflow automated end-to-end
- —Connects to email, sheets, your site & tools
- —Built, tested, deployed — you own it
- —A working demo before you pay the balance
Custom Agent
For work that spans several systems or needs judgment at each step — or a small crew of agents working together.
- —Multiple agents or multi-step logic
- —Deeper integrations (CRM, scheduling, docs)
- —Scoped on a 15-minute call
- —Optional managed running & tuning
No retainer, no lock-in, no IT department. Agents run on infrastructure I manage — you just use the result. Want it watched and improved over time? Ask about a managed plan.
I don’t just talk about agents. I run a crew of them.
Moonlings is my overnight crew — a set of agents that handle recurring busywork like competitor checks, lead hunting and review triage, then email a plain-English report by morning. The same engineering goes into what I build for you.
- Runs every night on a schedule — no one presses a button
- Checks competitors, reviews and leads across the web
- Decides what actually matters and what to skip
- Emails one plain-English brief by morning
Got a task that eats your week?
Tell me the steps you repeat. If an agent can do it, I’ll tell you straight — and what it’d cost.