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Parker Rex DailyApril 13, 2025

Avoid this AI Agent Trap, Build Workflows FIRST(Free template + 5 step algorithm to win)

Avoid AI agent traps. Build workflows first with a free template and a 5-step algorithm to win in AI, SaaS, and productivity.

Show Notes

Parker lays out a practical path: don’t chase full-agent automation yet—build solid, agentic workflows first, use a reusable PRD approach, and leverage open-source tooling to scale. Here are the key takeaways and actionable steps from today’s daily update.

Audience Q&A and PRD prompt

  • Five audience questions drive the format; no bad questions.
  • PRD prompt is a core part of the strategy: use a PRD to capture goals, open questions, and success criteria before building.
  • Actionable: write a PRD for your next project (landing page, feature, or workflow) and fill in open questions first.

Code snippet: PRD skeleton (as a quick template you can copy)

PRD - Objective: [What problem are we solving?] - Target audience: [Who benefits?] - Open questions: [List uncertainties to resolve] - Requirements: [Must-haves] - Constraints: [Time, budget, tech limits] - Success metrics: [How we’ll measure success] - Stakeholders: [Who needs to weigh in]

PRD Prompt: what it is and why it matters

  • PRD = the communication backbone for agentic systems.
  • It helps align humans and AI, capturing the exact questions and outcomes you’re targeting.
  • Quick tip: share the PRD publicly for feedback, but keep your future plans in a single, updateable doc.

Actionable: create or update your PRD for the next build and attach the open questions you still have.

Agentic workflows vs agents

  • Agent: fully autonomous, decision-making AI that can lead to low-quality edge cases if deployed too early.
  • Agentic workflow: humans in the loop; AI handles well-defined steps with checks, but you review outputs before moving forward.
  • Practical pattern: start with agentic workflows (checkpoints, human review), then consider automation of well-vetted steps.

Actionable: map a current workflow to an agentic version first, then convert the stable portions into automated steps.

Elon Musk five-step automation algorithm

  1. Question every requirement
  2. Do it manually first to learn the exact steps
  3. Simplify and optimize the process
  4. Accelerate cycle time
  5. Automate (only after the manual version is clean)

Actionable: pick a repetitive task (video production, a research flow, or a content loop) and apply the five steps end-to-end.

Turbo Kit, Map project, and open-source updates

  • Turbo Kit: a wrapper/template approach to standardize AI web-app primitives; reduces replication when building AI-powered apps.
  • Map project: a five-in-one productivity system with multi-agent tooling; open-sourced to the community.
  • Key components highlighted:
    • Taskmaster MCP: keeps AI outputs on track
    • Cursor Superbase rules: performance optimizations
    • Google Calendar integration patterns and type-safe API wrappers
  • The big takeaway: focus on reusable primitives and clear integration points instead of bespoke one-off builds.

Actionable: review the Turbo Kit and Map project docs; identify a reusable primitive you can fork for your workflow.

News highlights and takeaways

  • Canva launches a no-code-ish code-view feature; Bolt and Lovable getting more capable.
  • Sam Altman TED talk: skyrocketing usage due to a viral image-gen feature; extrapolate cautiously.
  • Practical takeaway: pick one AI stack to go deep (e.g., Google + OpenAI) and iterate; you don’t need every tool—depth > breadth when you’re building early.

Actionable: decide on a primary stack for your next 90 days and align your experiments around it.

Strategy: code vs. media — leverage for growth

  • Two buckets: code (developers) and media (sales/marketing).
  • Cross-leverage is the new normal: technical work fuels media output and vice versa.
  • The path forward: skills, audience, assets (the new route to optionality).
  • Productization angle: one strong, packaged agentic workflow can become a SaaS-like offering instead of bespoke builds.
  • Prompt library concept: XML-based prompts organized in a MIMO-style playground to compare outputs across providers.

Actionable: build a single, repeatable agentic workflow as a minimal viable product and package it as a reusable asset (prompt library, starter templates, or a small automation kit).

What’s next on the channels

  • Main channel will dive deeper into agentic workflows and the five-step algorithm.
  • A future “agent hub” concept and a media scorecard for tracking video performance (and trends) will be shared as freebies or open resources.
  • Plan to demonstrate end-to-end workflow automation vs. manual builds to illustrate the value of agentic layering.

Actionable: expect deeper dives on agentic patterns and a practical scorecard to guide content decisions.

Community, pricing, and calls to action

  • The community (Vibe with AAI) is moving toward higher value with weekly calls and topic-driven sessions.
  • Price bump coming; rationale: maintain a high-quality, highly engaged community.
  • Catch-all call to action: join the school if you want behind-the-scenes content, live calls, and access to the evolving workflows.

Actionable: consider joining to access the hands-on workflows, live sessions, and ongoing updates.

If you want the behind-the-scenes code and templates Parker references, drop a comment and I’ll share the exact PRD prompt and starter workflows used in today’s setup.