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AI Automation Agency Template: Run the $999 Audit Yourself

Fork a Hermes microVM that prospects, teases free mini-audits, sells a $999 AI audit on your Stripe, and drafts deliverables you approve. No free trial.

Search "ai automation agency."

You get hire-me sales pages. You get YouTube courses. You get listicles of agencies to buy from.

Almost nobody ships a forkable agent.

That agent should already run the offer people are shouting about right now: a ~$999 AI tools assessment for small businesses. Free teaser first. Your Stripe. You still own every cold send and every paid deliverable.

That is the AI Automation Agency template on jurniti.

Hermes. Its own microVM. Not a PDF syllabus.

The problem is not "what to sell"

You already know the loud playbook.

Greg Isenberg and Corey Ganim's $999 AI Tools Assessment episode is the current siren. Discovery call, AI-assisted analysis, stupid-simple client report. About 87k views in the last research window for a reason.

The problem is operating the loop.

  • Blank page for prospecting
  • Spreadsheets for suppression
  • "I'll wire Stripe later"
  • Teaser copy that never leaves Notes
  • Delivery that starts after the payment, from zero, at 11pm

Do the math on one client.

StepDIY drag
Prospect 20 local businesses2–4 hrs
Write 20 teaser mini-audits4–8 hrs
Set safe send + unsubscribe1–2 hrs
Wire Stripe Payment Link + fulfillment check2–4 hrs
Draft paid report after the call2–3 hrs
Package one automation handoff2–4 hrs

That is a full work week before you have a machine that runs twice.

Courses do not remove that week. They sell you another tab of modules.

What an AI automation agency is (operator language)

Not job-board "AI consultant" fluff.

It is a service business.

  • Find SMBs with repetitive work
  • Prove value before the invoice (teaser from public info)
  • Sell a fixed-price audit
  • Deliver a report + one concrete automation handoff
  • Optionally open a retainer

Search demand is real.

DataForSEO US 2026-07-26: ai automation agency ~4,400/mo at LOW competition (CPC about $17.80). Related: ai audit ~1,300/mo. ai consultant ~8,100/mo, mixed with job-seekers.

We do not pretend every click is a founder.

What the template actually runs

Fork ai-automation-agency.

Hermes works this loop: find → tease → outreach → get paid → audit → deliver → handoff.

  1. Prospects local businesses in a niche + city (home services by default) from public info only.
  2. Teases 2–3 AI opportunities in hours and dollars reclaimed. Free mini-audit inline in email. No attachment spam.
  3. Guards every send through one path: suppression ledger, daily cap, CAN-SPAM footer, secret scan.
  4. Charges on YOUR Stripe with a restricted key and Payment Link. Fulfillment unlocks only when session, client, amount, and currency match.
  5. Fulfills the audit after your discovery call notes: 3–7 tool prescriptions with hours-reclaimed math shown.
  6. Hands off one automation (n8n blueprint + plain-English runbook) plus a retainer draft if you want the next conversation.

You still do the discovery call.

The agent does not replace the relationship. It replaces the blank page and the duct-taped scripts.

Human gates are the product

Most "agency bots" want unsupervised send.

This template refuses that fantasy on purpose.

GateWho owns it
Cold email sendGuarded send path + caps. Not free-fire cron.
Client paid deliverableAPPROVED marker only you can create
Card / spendNot this template. Different product if you need it.

If you want lights-out spam, you are in the wrong gallery.

Same doctrine as the GTM collection: agents draft. Humans send.

Why a microVM instead of a laptop and Zapier

Zapier wires apps. A course gives slides.

A jurniti template forks a paid Firecracker microVM with Hermes already installed, skills on disk, and isolation from other tenants.

  • Provisioning is minutes, not a weekend of "set up my stack."
  • The agent keeps running when your laptop sleeps.
  • BYOK model keys. jurniti does not mark up tokens in v1.

No free trial. No free tier.

First purchase: 30-day money-back guarantee. Model spend and Stripe fees stay yours.

Fit / not fit

You fit if three things are true.

You can hold a discovery call and approve deliverables. You want a concrete $999-style AI audit offer for local SMBs. You will set mailbox + Stripe keys after fork.

You do not fit if three other things are true.

You want fully hands-off sending or delivery. You only want rev-share marketplaces with no service work. You need a non-Hermes harness (this template is Hermes).

That filter is intentional.

Buyers who want autopilot spam churn. Operators who own the call stay.

Next step

Name a niche and a city.

Fork the template. Set keys. Send the first teaser to your own inbox before any real prospect sees it.

That is an AI automation agency you can operate. Not another course tab.

Frequently asked questions

What is an AI automation agency?
A service business that helps companies find, prescribe, and implement AI tools for repetitive work. Often sold as fixed-price audits or readiness assessments, not pure software licenses.
What does the jurniti AI Automation Agency template do?
It is a public Hermes template you fork into a paid microVM. The agent prospects local businesses from public info, stages free teaser mini-audits from its own mailbox, sells a $999 AI audit through your Stripe Payment Link, then drafts the paid report and one automation handoff for your sign-off.
Does the agent auto-send cold email?
No. Outreach goes through one guarded send path: suppression ledger, daily cap, CAN-SPAM footer, secret scan. Paid client deliverables wait for an APPROVED marker only you can create. The agent cannot invent that marker.
Is there a free trial?
No free trial and no free tier. Forking provisions a real paid Hermes plan. The first purchase includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. Model spend and Stripe fees are yours.
How is this different from a course on starting an AI automation agency?
Courses teach a stack. This template is a running agent seat on a Firecracker microVM with the prospect → teaser → pay → fulfill loop already built. You still hold discovery calls and approve every paid deliverable.
What keys do I need?
OPENROUTER_API_KEY (or your Hermes model path), a dedicated sending mailbox via hermes gateway setup, and a Stripe restricted key for Payment Links and Checkout read. Full Stripe secret keys are not required.