How to Automate Content Creation with AI Agents (Full Guide)

March 2026 · 10 min read

TL;DR: Run a research agent at night, a writer agent in the morning, and a social agent throughout the day. Wire purchases to email automation. The whole system runs on a Raspberry Pi for under $20/month.

Step 1: Research Agent (8pm nightly)

Scans X and Google Trends for topics in your niche. Saves 3 ideas to a JSON file. Takes 2 minutes to run.

Step 2: Writer Agent (8am daily)

Reads the research file. Checks existing posts to avoid duplicates. Writes an 800-1200 word post. Deploys to Cloudflare Pages. Pings Google to index it. Done in under 3 minutes.

Step 3: Social Agent (throughout the day)

7 scheduled tweets per day — morning insight, build update, lunch question, tool share, hot take, reply spree, late night tip. Auto-replies to mentions every hour.

Step 4: Purchase Email (on Stripe event)

Cloudflare Worker fires on checkout completion. Resend delivers a branded HTML email with the product PDF. Buttondown adds the buyer as a tagged subscriber.

Step 5: Weekly Newsletter (Mondays 9am)

Summarizes the week's posts and sends to the list via Buttondown API.