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Notes on building an AI teammate: what it takes for agents to complete whole jobs, stay under control, and earn a place on the team.
Agencies and operators are already deploying AI agents for clients. Here is the whole offer, published: what a deployer actually does, the four playbooks, and the real terms, with no income projections anywhere.
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