Sales, Marketing & SupportDone with Claude Code, Codex Aug 1, 2026
Run a solo business with a team of 16 agents
A solo founder uses ~16 Claude and Codex agents for lead research, cold emails, CRM upkeep, SEO content and call prep, and says it found and qualified a first pilot customer.
- What They Did
- The founder runs industrial-insulation software solo alongside a full-time job, with about 16 agents orchestrated in Paperclip and powered by Claude and Codex. Those agents handle lead research, enrichment, personalized cold emails, CRM updates, SEO/blog publishing, LinkedIn commenting, Reddit scouting, call prep, and transcription; the founder says the system found and qualified a pilot customer on its own and they only joined for the demo.
- How It Went
- It sent 214 cold emails at a 3.3% reply rate and produced a first pilot customer, with the demo going well and the pilot due to start in mid-August. The founder says the funnel is still thin.
- Worth Knowing
- The main catch is time: this was built to let a side business run mostly in evenings and weekends while the founder kept a full-time job.
Try it yourself with Claude Code
I run a solo [type of business] selling to [target customer]. Set up a project folder with separate agent task files for lead research, cold email drafting, CRM upkeep (a simple spreadsheet), SEO article drafts and call prep notes. Start by finding [number] qualified leads that match [criteria] and drafting a personalized email for each, saved as drafts. Never send any email; stop and show me the drafts for approval.