Field notes.
From running agent fleets in production. Patterns that keep working, patterns that broke, and the honest edges of the method.
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How the Agent Fleet Actually Coordinates
How seven AI agents share one codebase without collisions. State files, cron schedules, and a synthesizer pattern keep the fleet aligned.
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Claude Code Scheduled Tasks for Marketing Teams
Learn how to set up Claude Code scheduled tasks to run a marketing agent fleet on your own repo. State files, cron cadences, and practical setup steps.
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AI Agent Handoff Checklist for Founders
A step-by-step checklist for taking ownership of your AI agent fleet after a consultancy engagement. Covers repo transfer, scheduled tasks, monitoring, costs, and first-week rhythm.
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Agentic Marketing SaaS vs. Consultancy
Agentic marketing SaaS platforms run pre-built agents on vendor infrastructure. Consultancies deploy custom agents into your codebase. Compare both models.
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What a Production Runbook for an Agent Fleet Looks Like
An AI agent runbook covers monitoring, permissions, rotation, escalation, and decommissioning. See a real example and learn what breaks without one.
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What Is Agentic Marketing?
Agentic marketing uses autonomous AI agents that plan, execute, and adapt marketing work without human prompting. Learn how it works and when it fits.
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Three Times an Agent Fleet Is the Wrong Answer
Not every company needs an AI agent fleet. Here are three honest signals that tell us you should not engage Armada Works.
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How to Audit AI Agent Permissions in 30 Minutes
A step-by-step AI agent permissions audit: review .env.local, scope Supabase and GitHub tokens, configure PreToolUse hooks. Complete it in one sitting.
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What an Agent Fleet Actually Costs a Pre-Revenue Founder
A founder-voice breakdown of what you spend on an AI agent fleet before you have revenue. Armada Works pricing, infrastructure costs, and the honest math.
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How to Monitor Your AI Agent Fleet in Production
AI agent monitoring is not APM. Learn what to watch for, how daily briefs replace dashboards, and the patterns that catch drift before it compounds.
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Why Most AI Agent Projects Stall
AI agent deployments fail for three predictable reasons. Learn the failure modes, what successful teams do differently, and how to tell if your company is ready.
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Agent Fleet vs. Fractional CMO vs. Marketing Agency
How three marketing-resource models compare on cost, speed, ownership, and strategy for a seed-to-Series-A founder making the call.
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Your AI Coding Agent Can Delete Your Entire Production Stack. Here's How to Stop It.
AI coding agents have full access to your production credentials. A PreToolUse hook blocks unrecoverable commands before they execute.
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How Six AI Agents Coordinate Without a Slack Channel
Armada Works runs six AI agents with no Slack and no message bus. State files in git and a CMO synthesizer keep the founder to one five-minute read a day.
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What Breaks After the AI Consultancy Leaves
After the AI consultancy leaves, two things always break first. Learn the three daily habits that keep your agent fleet running on its own.
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The Operate Tier: What a Managed Agent Fleet Actually Does
A managed AI agent fleet runs daily in your codebase, posting briefs and committing work. Here is what the Operate tier delivers.
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Five Questions to Ask Before You Hire an AI Consultancy
The five most common questions founders ask before hiring an AI consultancy, with direct answers on visibility, ownership, timelines, and how agents differ from ChatGPT.
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Marketing Agents vs. Marketing Automation
Marketing automation handles workflows. Autonomous marketing agents handle decisions. Here is when each approach fits and when you need to upgrade.
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Agent Fleet vs. Marketing Agency: What's Different
A side-by-side comparison of autonomous AI agent fleets and traditional marketing agencies, covering cost, speed, ownership, and transparency.
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AI Agent Consulting for Startups: What Founders Need to Know
AI agent consulting helps startups deploy autonomous agents into their codebase. Learn what it costs, what you own, and when your startup is ready.
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How an Agent Engagement Actually Works: Week by Week
A walkthrough of what happens during an Armada Works engagement, from the first agent brief to the handoff milestone.
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The Transfer Engagement Model: How Handoffs Work
The transfer engagement model gives founders full ownership of an AI agent fleet in 2 to 4 weeks. Here is how the handoff works at Armada Works.
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Build Your Own Marketing Agent Fleet
A marketing agent fleet is a coordinated set of AI agents handling SEO, content, outbound, and sales: running autonomously in your codebase via git.
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DFY AI Marketing: What Founders Actually Get
Done-for-you AI marketing means a fleet of autonomous agents running SEO, content, outbound, and sales ops in your codebase: with daily briefs and full ownership.
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How to Deploy Claude Code Agents into Your Codebase
A step-by-step guide to deploying Claude Code agents: from prerequisites to fleet architecture. Learn what works, what breaks, and when to bring in help.
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What Is an Agent-First Consultancy?
An agent-first consultancy deploys autonomous AI agents into your codebase instead of billing hours. Learn how it differs from SaaS tools and traditional agencies.
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