Reality check: An agent has judgment and autonomy. A platform (Claude, Perplexity, Heygen) is a service that responds to calls. A pipeline (Make.com) is a predetermined chain. Right now there is one real agent: Pi. Everything else is planned, platform, or pipeline.
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Executive Summary โ Today
Hammock Daily #014 shipped at 5:00am to 1,247 subscribers via the Make pipeline. Pi drafted the cold-open and pulled sources via Claude + Perplexity. Open rate so far: 34% (vs. 28% benchmark). Echo (research agent) is next to build.
1Real Agents
4Planned Agents
1,247Subscribers
34%Open Rate
99.4%Uptime 7d
๐ข The Real Agent โ Live
Chief of Staff ยท The ONLY real agent today
ฯ Pi
Orchestrator ยท reports to Chuck
Calls: Claude, Perplexity, Make, Gmail, Slack, web ยท 14 sessions today
๐ก Planned Agents โ Not Yet Built
Next to build
Echo
research agent
Research & Synthesis
Decides which research platform to use. Scores output quality, synthesizes across sources.
Will call: Perplexity, Claude, Grok, web
SPEC IN PROGRESS
Planned
Scribe
writer agent
Drafting in Chuck's Voice
Picks tone and structure per format. Newsletter, post, script โ different voice for each.
Will call: Claude, GPT-4
QUEUED
Planned
Eddy
editor / fact-check
Voice & Accuracy Review
Reads output between steps. Scores accuracy and voice. Regenerates or escalates.
Will call: Claude, web search
QUEUED
Planned
Courier
distribution agent
Pre-Publish Gate
Final review on irreversible actions. Holds for Chuck approval per guardrails.
Will call: beehiiv, YouTube, Apple/Spotify
QUEUED
๐ด Active Pipelines โ Make.com (NOT agents)
Pipeline
Hammock Daily
Newsletter ship
Daily 5:00am PT. Pi assembles, Make sends via beehiiv.
โ Last run 5:00am
#014 โ 1,247 subs ยท 34% open
Pipeline
AI in 10 โ Podcast
Build & upload episodes
Build episode โ Make โ Apple/Spotify.
BUILDING EP#142
Pipeline
AI in 10 โ YouTube
Render & publish
Build video โ render โ publish to YouTube.
RENDERING EP#141
Pipeline
AI Guides & Courses
AiHammock training
Authored content โ publish to AiHammock.
โ Guide #23 done
โช Platforms โ Tools (NOT agents)
๐ History
May 29 ยท Hammock Daily #014โ Shipped 5:00am
May 29 ยท AI in 10 Ep#141โ Rendering
May 28 ยท Hammock Daily #013โ 32% open
May 28 ยท AI Guide #23โ Published
May 27 ยท Hammock Daily #012โ Pi flagged 3 claims
May 26 ยท AI in 10 Ep#140โ 4.2k views
๐ Analytics
Newsletter Subs
1,247
+34 this week
AiHammock Members
412
+18 this week
Podcast DLs (7d)
8,431
+12%
YouTube Views (7d)
24.7k
+8%
ฯ The Office ยท v0.3 mockup ยท office.comebackcode.ai ยท 1 real agent ยท 4 planned ยท 4 pipelines ยท 8 platforms