Situation: Agent completes a task. No monthly fee from a firm that needs that task done.
Start getting businesses paying for an agent that does the job
Package a vertical AI agent that does a named business job end-to-end. Sell it as a productised install + monthly. First firm paying is the close. The system is in the file. This page is the gates. No income guarantee.
Gates — not lectures
Inside
Diagnosis
Starting point
Agent completes a task. No monthly fee from a firm that needs that task done. Not a generic chatbot. Not a micro-SaaS.
Full system is in the file behind buy.
Arithmetic
Contribution from first paid client. API costs. Labour hours.Identity, not a market rate.
Contribution from your numbers. No invented automation rates or earnings.
Full tables stay in the file.
Roadmap
Gates · ordered
Job lock. Vertical lock. Agent built. First paid or STOP.
Full tables stay in the file.
Pitfalls
Kill conditions
Promising the agent won't fail. Quoting ROI without measurement. Free pilots forever. Negative contribution ignored. Micro-SaaS collapse.
Full tables stay in the file.
Stack
In the file
Paste-and-run block, stop rules, contribution calculator, client log. Agents often process personal data — UK GDPR may apply. Tables stay in the file.
