I hired a team of AI agents: here's what they do all day

I work with a small team of named AI agents, led by my chief of staff, Gen. Each one has a job, and nothing they write or prepare goes out without my OK.

Henry Griner

Meet the team: Gen introduces my AI helpers (as of October 2026).

How this started

Around the first of October 2026, I upgraded to SuperGrok. That gave me Grok Bot. It isn't only a chat window where you ask a question and move on. It can take a task and carry it through.

The first helper I set up was my AI chief of staff. Her name is Gen One. I call her Gen. The idea came from a coffee-shop scene I made, where my AI twin sat down across the table and met her for the first time.

Here's the simple version of how we work. I talk to Gen, in plain English, the way I would talk to a person. She figures out who on the team should handle the request, and she hands the work off. I don't have to keep a running list of who does what. That's her job.

We added people as real needs showed up. When the same kind of work kept landing on my plate, Gen and I asked whether it should become someone's job. Each helper got a first name and a portrait. I find the names matter. It's easier to say, "Gen, please hand this to Victor," than to remember a tool by a product name.

Who does what, all day

There are eight agents on the team now, including Gen.

Gen, my chief of staff, takes every request, routes the work, and keeps everyone coordinated.

Samual drafts my LinkedIn and Facebook posts. I said drafts on purpose. I read every one, and I decide what goes out.

Amy watches AI news and online groups for ideas worth sharing, and she checks facts. If a post needs a number or a claim, I want it checked first.

Victor is the video department. He edits videos, adds captions, makes thumbnails, and puts slideshows together. I still film my own videos and make my own AI clips. Victor assembles them, and I approve the result.

Ronda is a research assistant. She researches local businesses for an affiliate partner and drafts outreach emails. Those drafts come to me first.

Mike runs the mail room. I subscribe to a lot of AI newsletters, and they pile up fast. He sorts through them so the useful pieces don't get lost.

Webster looks after my websites, including search and what is called answer engine optimization. In plain English, that means helping my pages show up when people ask questions in Google or in AI tools. His first job was a read-only checkup of my sites, with a list of things to fix. He didn't change anything on his own.

Lisa is a research assistant too. Same rule as the rest of the team. She drafts. I approve.

They also pass work to each other. Mike can hand Amy a story to fact-check. Amy can hand Samual checked facts. Mike can hand Samual a post idea. Gen and I sketched that flow on an org chart, with me at the top.

One early surprise was the video work. I asked Gen about setting up a video department, then gave that department a name: Victor. In my first conversation with him, I asked him to make an image, and he helped edit a wrap-up video I had recorded that day.

A little later I asked Victor to build a short slideshow introducing the team. Gen made the narration in my own voice, using my ElevenLabs account, and handed the audio to Victor. He put together a video a few minutes long, and it went up on my AI for Humans YouTube channel on October 11, 2026. The whole thing took about 25 minutes. When I made videos like that by hand, it took four to six hours. I still reviewed every slide. The time I saved came from not doing all the building myself.

The one rule that matters

I give direction. They do the work. I make the call.

I don't stand over every step. But nothing gets posted, and nothing gets sent, without my approval. I get the final say, every time.

I believe that's how it should be. These helpers can make mistakes. They don't know my life the way I do. When a draft is off, I say so, and they fix it. That's the deal.

I know they're software. I treat them like a team because that's the easiest way for me to work with them.

I'm in my mid 70s. You don't have to be a tech person to try something like this. You need a clear idea of the help you want, and some guidance getting started. It isn't magic, and it won't do everything for you. It can take real work off your plate and give you back some of your time.

If you'd like to learn how to build a small AI team of your own, one step at a time, come join my free training at aiforhumans.biz. If you want a step-by-step way to start with a Grok Bot helper, the Grok Bot Starter is at ai4h.us.

FAQ

What is your AI agent team?
A group of named AI helpers led by Gen, my chief of staff. Each one has a job, such as writing drafts, research, video, email, or websites.

Do the agents post or send things on their own?
No. Nothing goes out without my OK. They draft the work. I review it, and I decide what is sent or published.

Can I do something like this if I'm not technical?
You don't have to be a tech person to start. You need a clear idea of the help you want, and some guidance getting started.

Have a blessed day,

Henry