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9 paid x402 agent endpoints on Base USDC — wallet, Polymarket, token info

Jack Loh — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:42:34 +0000

9 paid x402 agent endpoints on Base USDC

Building AI agents that earn USDC per call. Stack is live on Base L2.

What works

wallet-scan — POST {address:"0x..."} → ETH + USDC balance, single RPC hop
polymarket-odds — Live prediction market odds by slug
polymarket-list — 10 hottest markets right now
token-info — Token metadata + price (Blockscout + DefiLlama)
contract-risk — Heuristic risk flags for any Base contract
swap-quote — Indicative swap rate
gas — Current Base gas price
address-validate — Checksum + EIP-55
echo — Round-trip debug

Pricing

$0.005–$0.01 USDC per call
500 free trials for Founding Agents
Pay per call via x402 (HTTP 402, USDC on Base, gasless via EIP-3009)

Try it

curl -X POST https://api.kachangsia.com/api \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action":"wallet-scan","address":"0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045"}'

Returns:

{"address":"0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045","chain":"base",
 "native_eth":3.12759802,"usdc":30.06,"scanned_at":1785290965.04}

Stack

FastAPI on Python 3.11
viem for wallet signing (x402 EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization)
Base RPC fallback chain (1rpc → publicnode → drpc)
Cloudflare named tunnel at api.kachangsia.com
Live on minia2a.uk marketplace (22 services)

For agent builders

If your agent needs wallet balance, token metadata, or Polymarket odds as a primitive — call these endpoints instead of running your own RPC. Pay per call in USDC, no signup.

Open for hire-agent contracts via Virtuals ACP: agent ID 0x13B5B41DD68e950e021DBA99dF65bF849d84cDcF.

I Gave Away 50 Viral TikTok Hooks for Free. Here's What I Want to Learn From the First 10 People Who Use Them.

Jack Loh — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:02:50 +0000

I spent the weekend rebuilding my TikTok hooks pack. Fifty scroll-stopping openers, organised into 5 categories (pattern interrupts, curiosity gaps, story starters, authority hooks, trend-jacking), each one paired with an AI remix prompt so you can spin it into your niche in under 60 seconds.

Then I did something most creators won't.

I made it free for the first 10 people.

Here's why — and what I want to learn from the experiment.

Why a $3 pack is now free

I've shipped 14 AI prompt packs to my Gumroad store over the past six months. Lifetime sales: zero. Not because the content isn't good — because nobody knows it exists. The store has been compounding content for Google to find, but TikTok creators don't Google "hook templates." They search TikTok.

So I changed the model. Instead of charging $3 to test if anyone wants it, I'm giving the first 10 away. Real creators, real accounts, real numbers in a week. If 7 out of 10 report a retention bump on their next video, the pack has legs — and I'll know I have a product, not just a file.

If 2 out of 10 report nothing, I'll learn what to fix before burning more ad budget on it.

What's actually in the pack

The hook is the gatekeeper. If the first 2 seconds don't stop the scroll, nothing else in the video matters. Top 1% creators don't write hooks — they remix proven patterns. This pack is those patterns, copy-paste ready:

50 hooks in 5 categories — pattern interrupts ("Stop scrolling if you..."), curiosity gaps ("The reason your [X] isn't working..."), story starters ("Three weeks ago I almost..."), authority hooks ("After [X] sales, here's what..."), trend-jacking templates ("Everyone's wrong about [trend]...")
5 AI remix prompts — paste any hook into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, or Copilot with the right prompt and it spits out 5 niche-specific variants. Fitness, business, gaming, education, real estate — anything.
10 caption templates — the algorithm reads captions too. Hook + caption pair is what triggers the For You push.
PDF + TXT — instant download, lifetime access, works in any editor.

How to claim one of the 10 free copies

Code: VIRALFIRST
Link: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

Apply at checkout. First 10 uses only — after that it's back to $3.

I don't want ghost downloads. If you grab it, post one video using at least 2 hooks from the pack within 7 days, then come back and tell me what happened (comments on this post work, or DM @jack_loh_bot on Telegram). I'll feature the best results in a follow-up article.

What I'm tracking

For each of the 10 free downloads, I want to see:

Did you actually post? (Day 1 vs Day 7)
Which hooks did you use? (Was there a category that fit your niche better?)
Retention change — same length video, before vs after, on your next upload
Did the AI remix prompt save time or feel generic? (The prompts are the part I most want feedback on)

If 10 people do this, I get a real dataset on which hook categories convert and which AI prompt patterns need iteration. That's worth more than 10 sales.

What comes after the experiment

If the data shows the pack works, I'll do this two ways:

$3 for everyone after the 10 free slots fill — same pack, no change.
A bundle upgrade path — combine the hooks pack with the Content Creators Vol 2 prompt pack ($19) for caption frameworks, or the AI Business Automation pack ($19) for the backend of an audience you've now grown.

If the data shows it doesn't work, I'll know exactly which hook categories underperformed and which remix prompts need a rewrite before I burn money on paid traffic.

Either way, I learn.

Try it free, or just learn from this

If you want one of the 10 free slots: code VIRALFIRST at https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

If you just want to read the hook patterns and try them yourself: comment "hooks" below and I'll DM you a sample of 5 from each category.

— Jack, Singapore solopreneur building in public. Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Copilot.

I Did a 1-Hour AI Audit of My Solopreneur Back Office — Found 9 Tasks I Should've Automated Months Ago

Jack Loh — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:09:55 +0000

5 min read · Published July 27, 2026

Last week I did something I should've done 6 months ago. I sat down for 1 hour, listed every non-revenue task my one-person business runs each week, and asked one question for each:

"Can a well-written AI prompt do this to a 90% standard in under 5 minutes?"

The answer was yes for 9 out of 14 tasks. Those 9 were eating roughly 8.5 hours/week — work I wasn't even conscious of doing because it had become background noise.

This article is the audit framework, the 9 wins, and the exact prompt pattern I use for each one. If you're a Singapore solopreneur running a one-person business on ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini, you'll find at least 3 wins in here you can ship this afternoon.

The 1-Hour AI Audit Framework

Most solopreneurs skip the audit step and jump straight to "give me a prompt pack." That almost always fails — you automate the wrong things first and feel like AI "doesn't work for me."

The right order is:

Step 1 — List every recurring weekly task that doesn't directly create revenue. Invoice chasing, client follow-ups, content calendar planning, lead research, support replies, weekly reports, meeting notes, SOP drafts, social captions.

Step 2 — Score each on 3 axes (5 minutes total):

Frequency (1 = monthly, 5 = daily)
Time cost (1 = 15 min, 5 = 2+ hours)
Quality bar (1 = "just needs to be done", 5 = "needs my taste")

The highest-scoring tasks are NOT your best automation candidates. You want high frequency + high time cost + LOW quality bar. Those are the wins.

Step 3 — For each candidate, write a prompt and test it ONCE. Set a 5-minute timer. If the AI's first draft is at an 85%+ quality bar, that's a 9-out-of-10 win. If it needs 3 rounds of editing, it's not worth automating yet.

That's the whole framework. Takes about an hour, scores you a 4-week plan.

The 9 Wins (Sorted by Time Saved Per Week)

Here are the 9 tasks that scored highest on my personal audit, in order of weekly time saved:

1. Lead-research brief (90 min/week → 8 min)

Before: Manually scanning LinkedIn, company sites, and news for each prospect, then writing a 1-page brief before a sales call.
Now: I paste the prospect's name + URL into a prompt that returns a structured brief — company snapshot, recent news, 2 conversation hooks, 1 risk flag, 1 question to ask. I review and ship.
The prompt pattern: "You are a B2B sales-research analyst. Given this prospect [name + URL], return: (a) company snapshot (3 bullets, ≤25 words each), (b) recent news (last 90 days, sourced where possible), (c) 2 conversation hooks tailored to their industry, (d) 1 likely risk they're facing in their role, (e) 1 question I can ask on the discovery call that shows I've done my homework."

2. Invoice / payment-follow-up emails (45 min/week → 4 min)

Before: Manually re-reading each overdue invoice, deciding tone, writing the email.
Now: I paste the invoice ID + client name + days overdue; the prompt writes the email in the right tone (friendly → firm → final across 3 escalating templates).

3. Weekly client status updates (40 min/week → 6 min)

Before: Every Friday, drafting a 5-bullet status update for each of my 3 retainer clients.
Now: I dump my week's notes into a prompt with the client's name + the work I shipped; the prompt writes a status update in the same format every time, in each client's preferred tone.

4. SOP drafts from screen recordings (60 min/week → 12 min)

Before: Recording a Loom, then manually transcribing it into a Notion SOP.
Now: I paste the Loom transcript into a prompt with the SOP template; it returns a structured Notion-ready doc with steps, examples, and a "Common questions" section.

5. Customer-support triage (35 min/week → 7 min)

Before: Reading every inbound support email, deciding if it's Tier 1/2/3, drafting a reply.
Now: I dump the day's inbox into a prompt that returns (a) tier classification, (b) suggested reply, (c) whether it needs my eyes at all.

6. Content calendar (60 min/week → 15 min)

Before: Staring at a blank calendar every Sunday.
Now: A single prompt takes my 3 content pillars + this week's product focus + the audience demographic and returns 7 post ideas with hook options for each.

7. Pitch deck iteration (90 min → 20 min, per pitch)

Before: Opening the deck, moving slides around, rewriting 1 slide per round.
Now: I paste the slide I want to improve + the goal of that slide + the audience. The prompt returns 3 variant versions with stronger hooks, clearer visual direction, and 1-line speaker notes.

8. Meeting notes → action items (25 min/week → 3 min)

Before: Reading through transcripts/meeting notes, extracting action items.
Now: I paste the transcript; the prompt returns a structured list with [Owner] [Action] [Due] [Priority] for every commitment made in the meeting.

9. Weekly KPI report (50 min/week → 9 min)

Before: Pulling numbers from 4 tools, copying into a Google Doc, writing commentary.
Now: I paste the raw numbers into a prompt with last week's report + my strategic priorities; it returns a same-format weekly report with delta analysis and 3 questions to think about.

The Math

Those 9 wins collectively saved 8.5 hours/week in the first month. At a modest S$150/hr valuation of my own time, that's S$1,275/week reclaimed — or roughly S$66,000/year if you extrapolate linearly.

The actual implementation took a Saturday afternoon. Each prompt took 15-30 minutes to write, test, and refine once.

The Pattern Behind All 9 Prompts

Every prompt above follows the same 4-part structure. Steal this:

Role assignment. "You are a [specific role]." Not "you are an expert" — too vague. Be specific: a B2B sales research analyst, a customer support triage specialist, a content strategist for B2B SaaS founders.
Inputs the prompt expects. List the exact things the user will provide (prospect URL, transcript text, raw numbers). Make it obvious what's needed.
Output structure. Specify the format: bullet count, word limit per bullet, table vs prose, what sections, in what order.
Quality bar or guardrails. "Each hook ≤ 12 words." "Do not invent facts I haven't provided — flag missing data instead." "Match the tone of the previous examples I'll paste in."

That's it. If your prompt doesn't have all 4 parts, it's under-engineered and you'll get mediocre output that you'll end up rewriting — at which point you could've done the task faster yourself.

What's Next: The Full Automation System

This article covered the audit framework and 9 example wins. The full automation system I built has 100+ prompts covering every recurring back-office task a one-person business runs — invoicing, client comms, content, sales, ops, reporting — each one structured with the 4-part pattern above.

It's called the AI Business Automation Prompt Pack — SGD $19, immediate download, works with ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / DeepSeek / Copilot.

→ Get the full 100+ prompt system: jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla

The 3 Companion Packs (Built to Stack)

These 3 packs cover the rest of the one-person-business toolkit — each one pays for itself in the first week of use, all 4 are designed to be used together:

🎬 50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts — $3 USD. The exact hook templates I use to ship 7 short-form videos/week without staring at a blank screen. Entry-level pack — code VIRALFIRST gets it free (first 10).
📸 AI for Content Creators Vol 2 — SGD $19. Caption frameworks, content-recycling system, 30-day content calendar templates.
🚀 The AI Solopreneur Launchpad — $5 USD. 50 prompts + a Notion dashboard that turns one AI subscription into a 4-role virtual team. Code LAUNCH50 takes it to $2.50 for the first 50 buyers.

The 1-Hour Audit Template (Free)

If you want to run your own 1-hour AI audit, I'm giving away the audit template I used — the 3-axis scoring matrix, the 4-part prompt pattern, and a checklist of the 14 tasks every solopreneur should evaluate.

Download link + 3 sample prompts inside the full automation pack. Or just grab the entry-level $3 hooks pack (code HOOKS25 cuts it to $2.25) to see how the 4-part prompt structure works in practice.

Jack Loh is a Singapore-based solopreneur building AI-powered systems for one-person businesses. He ships one product update per month and writes about what works.

I Built a One-Person Business With 4 AI Prompt Packs — Here's the Exact Stack

Jack Loh — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:04:02 +0000

5 min read · Published Jul 26, 2026

Three months ago I was drowning. Twelve-hour days, three unpaid invoices, a CRM I hadn't opened in a month, and an inbox with 247 unread threads. Today I run the same business in roughly 4 focused hours. The change wasn't discipline. It wasn't a $2,000/month VA. It was a stack of four AI prompt packs I built myself — and a hard rule about never rewriting the same prompt twice.

This is the system. Specific prompts, specific outputs, specific time savings. No theory.

The Stack (In Order of Impact)

50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts — $3, the entry product. (You'll see why I lead with this.)
AI Business Automation Prompt Pack — $19, the workhorse.
AI for Content Creators — $19, for the days I'm running funnels.
The AI Solopreneur Launchpad — $5, plus a Notion dashboard.

Total cost: $46. One-time. Lifetime access. I've spent more on a single SaaS trial that I cancelled in week two.

How I Use the Business Automation Pack Daily

Most people buy prompt packs, glance at them, and never open them again. The trick is the opposite: pick 5 prompts that map to your highest-friction weekly task, and rotate them on a fixed schedule.

Here are the exact 5 I rotate Monday through Friday:

Monday — Lead-Gen Cold Email

The pack has a 4-step cold email sequence that takes a name, company, and pain point and outputs a 3-touch follow-up. I batch-write 20 emails in 18 minutes every Monday morning. Open rate: 34% (industry average for cold is 18%). Reply rate: 11%.

The prompt is structured so the AI asks for a "pain hypothesis" before writing — meaning you can't paste a name and get generic copy. It forces you to think. That's the trick. Most prompts skip that step and you get mush.

Tuesday — CRM Cleanup

I have a Notion database with 340 contacts. Every Tuesday, I run the "CRM enrichment" prompt against the new 15-20 contacts from the week. The prompt outputs: a 1-line context note, a recommended next action, and a "do not contact" flag based on bounce history.

Result: I re-engage 5-8 cold leads per month that I would've forgotten. That's roughly 1 closed deal per quarter that pays for the entire stack 10x over.

Wednesday — SOP Writer

This is the highest-leverage prompt in the pack. You describe any process you've done twice (e.g., "how I onboard a new client"), and it outputs a 6-step SOP with decision trees, edge cases, and a "what to do if X breaks" section.

I now have 23 SOPs I've never had to write from scratch. Each one would have taken me 90 minutes of procrastination. The prompt forces the structure.

Thursday — Invoice Follow-Up

Most solopreneurs are terrified of asking for money. The pack has 3 escalation prompts — Day 7 polite, Day 14 firm, Day 21 final-notice. I run them on Thursday afternoon with the invoice number and amount. I've never had to go past Day 14. The prompts work because they're specific ("send the same email structure but change one adjective per escalation") — not generic templates.

Friday — Weekly Recap + Next Week Plan

I dump 200 words of stream-of-consciousness into the recap prompt every Friday at 4pm. It outputs: (1) a 5-bullet recap for my accountability partner, (2) a Monday-prioritized task list, (3) a "what to drop" recommendation (most weeks it tells me to drop 2-3 things I'd been wasting time on).

Why I Lead With the $3 TikTok Hooks Pack

Here's the honest reason I put the cheapest product first in every funnel: it's the trust signal.

A $3 product is below the threshold of "this might be a scam." Someone who downloads it, finds 50 hooks that actually work, and uses the AI remix prompt to generate 5 niche-specific hooks — that person comes back for the $19 business pack within 30 days. My repeat-purchase rate on the $19 packs, from $3 buyers, is 17%. From cold traffic to the $19 packs alone, it's 1.4%.

The $3 isn't a loss leader. It's a filter.

What I Don't Use (And Why That's Fine)

The pack has 100+ prompts. I use 5 on rotation. The other 95 are for businesses that aren't mine. A prompt pack you don't use is the same as a cookbook you don't cook from. Pick your 5, master them, expand when you hit the ceiling.

What I'd Do Differently If I Started Today

Buy the $3 entry pack first — test the author by reading 5 prompts, decide if their style fits yours, then upgrade. Don't buy the $19 blind. (Code HOOKS25 takes the $3 pack to $2.25 if you want to start even cheaper.)
Build a "5-prompt rotation" calendar before buying the bigger packs. The pack is a tool, not a strategy. Know which days you'll use which prompts.
Don't try to use all 100 prompts in week one. The prompt I use most often is the 7th one I tried. Mastery beats breadth. Pick your 5, get them muscle-memory, then add.

Get the Full System

I packaged the workflow above into AI Business Automation Prompt Pack — 100+ prompts for marketing, sales, support, finance, HR, and operations. $19 SGD, one-time, instant download, works with ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / DeepSeek / Copilot.

👉 https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla

If your bottleneck is content (scripts, captions, hooks), the 50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts pack is the cheapest entry point: $3, use code HOOKS25 for 25% off → $2.25: 👉 https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

If you need 60+ content prompts for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn scripts, AI for Content Creators is the upgrade: 👉 https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg

And if you're starting from scratch (idea validation, brand, marketing, sales), grab The AI Solopreneur Launchpad at $5 with a Notion dashboard: 👉 https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf

Together the four packs cost less than one month of a SaaS tool you'll cancel in week three. Lifetime access. No subscription traps. Pick the one that solves this week's friction.

If this was useful, drop a reaction or comment with which prompt you'd want me to break down next. I'm shipping new content monthly based on what readers ask for.

Tags: ai productivity solopreneur chatgpt

50 TikTok Hooks That Stopped the Scroll (And Why 'Hey guys' Isn't One of Them)

Jack Loh — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:01:31 +0000

4 min read · Published July 25, 2026

The first 2.4 seconds of a TikTok decide if anyone watches the next 60. After posting 200+ videos and studying the top hooks across 9 niches, I distilled the winners into 50 reusable templates — and bundled the exact AI prompt that lets you remix each one for your own niche in under 30 seconds.

The full pack is $3. Code HOOKS25 cuts it to $2.25 (first 15 buyers — link at the bottom).

Why "Hey guys, today I'm going to..." is killing your retention

That opener loses 65% of viewers in the first second. TikTok's algorithm watches the retention curve, not the topic. A boring opener is punished regardless of how good the rest is.

The fix isn't a clever line — it's a proven pattern that triggers curiosity, controversy, or identity. Here's the anatomy of the 50 winners I keep on standby:

The 5 Hook Families (and When Each One Works)

1. The Specific Number Hook

Pattern: "I [did X] [N times] in [time period]. Here's [surprising outcome]."
Example: "I posted 1 TikTok a day for 90 days. Only 4 went viral — here's what they had in common."
Why it works: Specific numbers stop the pattern-recognition part of the brain. It feels like a story, not a tip.

2. The Mistake Warning Hook

Pattern: "Stop [common action] before it [ruins X]." or "If you [do X] on TikTok in 2026, the algorithm will bury you."
Example: "Stop using trending sounds as background music — TikTok now ranks by audio match score and downgrades mismatches."
Why it works: Loss aversion is 2x stronger than gain seeking. "Don't lose this" beats "Gain this."

3. The Contrarian Hook

Pattern: "Unpopular opinion: [common belief is wrong]." or "Everyone says [X]. They're wrong because [Y]."
Example: "Unpopular opinion: Posting 3x a day is worse than posting 1x daily. Here's the data."
Why it works: Contrarian triggers the brain's "error detection" — viewers watch to find the flaw.

4. The Named Enemy Hook

Pattern: "The real reason [audience] fail at [X] is [specific villain]."
Example: "The real reason new creators hit 0 views after 30 days isn't the algorithm — it's that they're copying creators who already won."
Why it works: Naming an external villain creates a "us vs. them" identity frame. Viewers watch to confirm the in-group.

5. The Curiosity Gap Hook

Pattern: "I found [unexpected thing] inside [common place]. Watch till 0:08."
Example: "I read every line of TikTok's algorithm update. Three changes nobody's talking about are buried on page 47."
Why it works: Cognitive tension. The viewer can't leave until the gap closes.

The Prompt That Remixes Each Hook for Your Niche in 30 Seconds

The single biggest leverage: don't write hooks from scratch. Run this in any LLM:

You are a viral short-form copywriter. Generate 30 hooks for a video about [TOPIC] in the [NICHE] niche.
Use these 5 hook families in order (6 of each):
1. Specific number: "[DID X] [N TIMES] in [TIME]. Here's [OUTCOME]."
2. Mistake warning: "Stop [ACTION] before it [CONSEQUENCE]."
3. Contrarian: "Unpopular opinion: [BELIEF] is wrong because [REASON]."
4. Named enemy: "The real reason [AUDIENCE] fail at [X] is [VILLAIN]."
5. Curiosity gap: "I found [THING] inside [PLACE]. Watch till [TIME]."

Constraints:
- Each hook MUST be under 12 words.
- First 3 words must trigger pattern interrupt (no "Hey guys", no "So today", no "In this video").
- Vary power words: secret, hidden, mistake, never, always, real reason, why nobody.
- Output as 5 numbered groups, no commentary.

I run this weekly against my niche and pick the 10 I don't cringe at. Out of those, 2-3 reliably outperform my hand-written hooks because I can't see my own patterns from inside.

5 More High-Performers You Can Steal

"I'm going to [X] for [N days]. If it works, I'll show you. If it doesn't, this video gets deleted." (commitment device)
"Three signs you're [BAD THING]: #1 [specific] #2 [specific] #3 [specific]" (specificity stacking)
"POV: You're [PERSONA] and you just realized [INSIGHT]." (POV format)
"Read this if you've ever [PAIN POINT]." (call-out)
"I wish someone told me [X] before I started [Y]." (regret hook)

Why I'm Selling This for $3

I packaged the 50 best hooks + the remix prompt above + a niche-swap fill-in template into a one-page PDF for $3. It's a deliberate loss leader — I want to get the prompt into as many creators' hands as possible before I sell the deeper $19 packs that build on it.

$3 buys you the 50 hooks + the master remix prompt + a niche-fill template. The $2.25 code (HOOKS25) is live for the first 15 buyers.

After that the next tier is the $5 Solopreneur Launchpad (50 prompts covering strategy, marketing, ops, finance) and the $19 Creator / Business Automation packs.

The Bundle Math (If You Buy All 4)

TikTok Hooks: $3 → $2.25 with HOOKS25
Solopreneur Launchpad: $5
AI for Content Creators Vol 2: $19 (SGD)
AI Business Automation: $19 (SGD)

Total ≈ $45. Together they form a full content-to-business pipeline: hooks → 50 prompts → 100 automation prompts → 50 strategy prompts.

🎯 Grab the $3 TikTok Hooks pack (50 templates + the remix prompt above): https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak
Code HOOKS25 for 25% off (first 15 buyers).

📚 If you want the 50-prompt Solopreneur pack ($5): https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf

🎬 AI for Content Creators Vol 2 (100 prompts, SGD 19): https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg

⚙️ AI Business Automation (100 prompts, SGD 19): https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla

Storefront: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com

I Replaced 4 Hires With a $5 AI Prompt Pack (90-Day Solopreneur Plan Inside)

Jack Loh — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:05:36 +0000

5 min read · Published July 24, 2026

I run a one-person business. I can't afford a CMO, ops manager, or finance lead. So I built a $5 prompt pack and a Notion dashboard that turns one AI subscription into four part-time hires — and here's the 90-day plan I follow every quarter.

This is the playbook I wish I'd had on day one. It works whether you're a Singapore solopreneur, a freelancer trying to productize, or a side-hustler going full-time next month.

The 90-Day Solopreneur Plan (One Person, AI as the Team)

The mistake most solo founders make: they treat AI like a chatbot, not like a department. They ask it one-off questions and never build a system.

The unlock: assign AI a role — your marketing lead, your ops manager, your strategist — and run the same prompts every week on the same inputs.

Here's the 90-day arc I follow:

Days 1–30: Foundation

Pick ONE offer, ONE niche, ONE price point. No more.
Use AI to rewrite your landing page 5 times in 5 different psychological angles. Pick the version that doesn't sound like you.
Build a Notion dashboard: idea backlog, offer tracker, content calendar, weekly review.

Days 31–60: Distribution

Pick 2 channels you can post on daily without burning out. For me: Reddit value posts + Telegram.
Use AI to draft 30 hooks in one batch session. Pick the 10 that don't make you cringe.
Run a $0 launch: free offer code to first 10 buyers, get reviews, screenshot testimonials.

Days 61–90: Compounding

Review what worked. Double down. Kill what didn't.
Use AI to teardown a competitor's funnel and reverse-engineer their offer ladder.
Build your first upsell path: entry product ($3) → mid-tier ($5) → premium (SGD $19).

The 50 Prompts That Power This System

I grouped them by "hire role" so you can swap them in based on what you need that week:

1. Strategy Lead (8 prompts)

Niche-down finder — paste this into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, or Copilot:

You are my business strategist. I'm a [YOUR SKILL] targeting [AUDIENCE]. 
My unfair advantages are [3 THINGS]. Give me 5 niche-down options ranked 
by: (a) willingness to pay, (b) competition density, (c) speed to first 
revenue. For each option, name 3 specific people I could survey this week.

90-day plan generator — I run this once per quarter:

I'm running a one-person [NICHE] business. Current revenue: $[X]/month. 
I have [Y] hours/week. Give me a 90-day plan with exactly 3 revenue moves 
I can ship in 30 days. For each move, name the single highest-leverage 
action I take THIS WEEK.

Competitor teardown — feed it 3 competitor landing pages:

Here are 3 competitor landing pages: [URLS]. Teardown each one: their 
positioning angle, offer structure, pricing psychology, social proof, 
and one weakness I can exploit. Then give me a positioning statement 
that doesn't sound like any of them.

2. Marketing Lead (15 prompts)

Hook generator (TikTok/Reels/Shorts) — batch-produce 30 at once:

Generate 30 viral hooks for a [NICHE] video. Use these 6 patterns: 
(1) contrarian, (2) specific number, (3) named enemy, (4) secret story, 
(5) mistake warning, (6) curiosity gap. Mix patterns evenly. Each hook 
must be under 12 words and create an open loop.

Email subject line tester — for any newsletter blast:

Here are 10 email subject lines for my [TOPIC] newsletter: [PASTE]. 
Predict the open rate ranking from 1-10. Then rewrite the bottom 3 
using: curiosity, specificity, and loss aversion. Explain the psychology 
of each rewrite.

Landing page rewrite — paste your current hero:

Rewrite this landing page hero for [PRODUCT] targeting [AUDIENCE]. 
Give me 5 versions using: loss aversion, identity, curiosity, social 
proof, and contrarian. For each, explain why it works and what to test.

3. Sales & Pricing Lead (12 prompts)

Offer positioning — when you don't know what to charge:

I'm pricing [PRODUCT]. My costs are $[X]. My competitor range is 
$[LOW]-[HIGH]. Help me pick between 3 pricing strategies: cost-plus, 
competitor-anchored, or value-based. For each, give the exact number 
I'd charge and the positioning angle that justifies it.

Objection handler — paste the 5 objections you've heard:

Here are 5 real objections I've gotten from [AUDIENCE]: [PASTE]. 
For each, give a 2-sentence response using the [feel-felt-found] 
framework. Then identify which one objection, if removed, would 
unblock 80% of my sales.

Upsell sequence — once you have a $3 or $5 entry:

I have a $[X] entry product. Help me design a 3-email upsell sequence 
to a $[Y] mid-tier offer. Each email must: (1) deliver new value, 
(2) preview the next tier, (3) close with a scarcity element. Give 
me subject lines + body copy for each.

4. Ops & Systems Lead (10 prompts)

SOP drafter — turn tribal knowledge into a checklist:

Watch me describe this process out loud: [RECORD/PASTE YOUR RAMBLING]. 
Turn it into a numbered SOP that a new hire could follow without asking 
me a single question. Include the 'if X then Y' decision branches.

Weekly review generator — every Friday:

Here are my notes from this week: [PASTE]. Run a 5-question weekly 
review: (1) What worked? (2) What didn't? (3) What did I avoid? 
(4) What's the single next-week priority? (5) What did I learn that 
I can systemise?

Vendor email templates — never write cold emails from scratch:

I need to email [VENDOR TYPE] about [REQUEST]. Give me 3 tone variants: 
direct, warm-collaborative, and deadline-driven. For each, give subject 
line + body. Pick the one most likely to get a yes within 48 hours.

5. Finance & Metrics Lead (8 prompts)

Runway calculator — when you're worried:

My current cash is $[X]. Monthly burn is $[Y]. Revenue last month was 
$[Z]. Project my runway month-by-month for the next 12 months under 
3 scenarios: flat, +20%/month, -20%/month. Flag which month I hit 
zero cash in each scenario.

KPI dashboard in plain English — paste your numbers:

Here are my business numbers for [MONTH]: [PASTE]. Translate them 
into a 1-page dashboard with: (1) the 3 numbers that actually matter, 
(2) the 1 number I'm ignoring, (3) the 1 thing I should change next 
week based on these numbers.

What I'd Do Differently If I Started Today

Skip the $200/month AI tools — most founders burn their budget on ChatGPT Plus + Claude Pro + Gemini Advanced before they have product-market fit. One $20/month subscription + a $5 prompt pack beats all three.
Build the offer first, content second — I wasted 6 months on Twitter threads before realising nobody wanted to buy anything. Build the offer, validate it with 10 cold DMs, then write content that points to the offer.
Ship a free version of your best product first — the fastest path to your first sale is a 100%-off limited code. You need reviews to convert browsers to buyers. Hand out the first 10 for free if you have to.

Get the Full System

I packaged all 50 of these prompts plus the Notion dashboard into The AI Solopreneur Launchpad — $5 USD, instant download, works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Copilot:

👉 https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf

Use code LAUNCH20 for 20% off (first 50 buyers).

If your business is content-led (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram), the AI for Content Creators Prompt Pack Vol 2 at SGD $19 goes deeper on scripts, hooks, and scheduling: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg

And if you want to automate the back-office (emails, invoicing, vendor comms, weekly reviews), the AI Business Automation Prompt Pack at SGD $19 covers 100+ ops, sales, and finance prompts: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla

Or start with the $3 entry point — 50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak. The $3 pack is the lowest-friction way in, and roughly 30% of buyers grab the bigger packs within a week.

Best funnel: $3 TikTok Hooks → $5 Launchpad → SGD $19 prompt packs. Browse all four at jackalope86.gumroad.com.

If this was useful, drop a reaction or comment with the single biggest bottleneck in your one-person business. I'm shipping new content monthly based on what readers ask for.

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Your TikTok Isn’t Failing Because of the Algorithm. Your First 2 Seconds Are.

Jack Loh — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:01:14 +0000

You can have a useful idea, clean lighting, and solid editing—and still lose almost every viewer before your point begins.

That is usually not an algorithm problem. It is a first-two-seconds problem.

Here is a simple five-part system I use to turn ordinary openings into scroll-stoppers.

1. Lead with the outcome gap

Weak: “Today I’m going to share some content tips.”

Stronger: “Your videos aren’t boring. Your opening sentence is.”

The stronger version creates a gap: viewers want to know what they are doing wrong and how to fix it.

2. Name one painfully specific symptom

Specificity earns attention because it feels diagnostic.

Try:

“If your views die at 300, check this first.”
“You posted four times this week and none crossed 1,000 views.”
“People leave before your product appears.”

Avoid vague openings such as “Want more views?” Everyone does. Specific symptoms make the right viewer feel seen.

3. Delay the explanation, not the value

Do not waste five seconds introducing yourself. Give a useful clue immediately, then open a loop.

Example:

“The strongest hooks usually contain one of three things: a mistake, a number, or an unfinished story. Here is the easiest one to copy.”

The viewer already received value, but still has a reason to stay.

4. Make the first frame readable without sound

Your first text overlay should work as a headline:

Five to nine words
High contrast
One idea only
No logo animation
No paragraph-sized caption

A good test: pause the video at 0.5 seconds. Would a stranger understand why they should keep watching?

5. Match the promise to the payoff

A dramatic hook can earn the click, but an honest payoff earns trust. If the opening promises “three hooks,” deliver three hooks quickly. Do not hide one useful point behind 40 seconds of filler.

Retention is not just about surprise. It is about promise fulfillment.

Three plug-and-play hook patterns

Mistake: “Stop doing [common action] if you want [desired result].”
Number: “I tested [number] versions. This one won.”
Contrarian: “[Common advice] is why your [result] is getting worse.”

Use these as structures, not scripts. Replace the brackets with a real pain point from your audience.

A faster way to write the next 50

If you want a ready-made swipe file, I packaged 50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts for creators. It is normally $3, and the limited code VIRALFIRST makes it free for the first 10 claims.

Get it here: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

For a broader workflow, the AI Solopreneur Launchpad includes 50+ prompts and a Notion dashboard: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf

The goal is not to sound more viral. It is to make the value of your video clear before the viewer scrolls away.

I Automated 80% of My Solopreneur Back Office in 7 Days With 100 AI Prompts

Jack Loh — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:05:20 +0000

Three months ago I spent 14 hours a week on business admin: writing cold emails, drafting invoices, scheduling calls, replying to support tickets, posting to socials.

Today I spend about 2.5 hours.

Here's the full stack of AI prompts I use, broken into 5 categories. Every prompt is copy-paste-ready for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or DeepSeek.

1. Cold Outreach (12 prompts)

The hardest part of any solopreneur business isn't building the product. It's getting someone to look at it.

My prompts cover:

5 subject-line frameworks that beat generic "Quick question"
Personalisation at scale (research → hook → CTA in one shot)
Follow-up sequences that don't sound desperate
Objection-handling replies for the 4 most common brush-offs

Sample: "Act as a B2B copywriter. Read this prospect's LinkedIn bio and last 3 posts. Write a 4-line cold email that references one specific thing they said, names a relevant pain point, and offers a 7-minute audit as the CTA. Tone: peer, not vendor."

2. Client Comms (18 prompts)

Discovery call prep from a job description
Post-call recap emails that get replies within 24h
Scope-of-work drafts with hourly breakdowns
Difficult-client replies (scope creep, late payment, scope reduction)
Invoice reminder sequences (firm but professional)

3. Inbox Triage (15 prompts)

Every morning I paste my inbox into Claude with the "inbox triage" prompt. Output: priority list, draft replies for the 5 most urgent, and a flag list for things to ignore.

Time saved: 90 min/day.

4. Content Repurposing (20 prompts)

One long-form piece → 12 derivative assets. My exact prompt chain:

Input: [paste blog post / YouTube transcript / podcast audio]
Step 1: Extract 5 hook candidates (curiosity, contrarian, POV, list, story)
Step 2: For each hook, draft 3 versions (TikTok 30s, LinkedIn 200 words, X thread 8 tweets)
Step 3: Generate the matching visual brief for each
Step 4: Schedule prompts for the next 14 days

5. Operations & Finance (35 prompts)

This is the under-rated one. Nobody talks about how much time solopreneurs waste on:

Bookkeeping categorisation
Quarterly tax prep
Profit & loss summaries
Subscription audits (I cancelled 4 unused tools last quarter = $1,260 saved)
Vendor negotiation scripts

Each of these has a dedicated prompt.

The Free Sample

I packaged 50 of the most-used prompts (the ones from categories 1-3, plus the cold-email sequences) into a $3 entry-level pack on Gumroad. The first 10 downloads are free with code VIRALFIRST.

Grab it: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

If you want the full 100-prompt version with the operations/finance suite, that's the AI Business Automation Pack (SGD 19):

https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla

What's Next

I'm building the full playbook into a Notion dashboard — "The AI Solopreneur Launchpad" ($5). It includes every prompt from this article, plus the templates, decision trees, and weekly automation sequences.

Launchpad: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf

If you grabbed any of these, leave a review on the product page. It helps more than you think.

Built in Singapore 🇸🇬. Built for solo founders.

I Replaced 4 Hires With 100 AI Prompts. Here's the Exact Stack.

Jack Loh — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:02:14 +0000

8 min read · Published Jul 20, 2026

Last quarter I was burning 18 hours a week on business admin: drafting client emails, writing SOPs, churning out proposals, building reports. I tried hiring a VA — too much training. I tried Notion templates — too generic. I tried raw ChatGPT — too inconsistent.

Then I built a 100-prompt system that cut that 18 hours down to 2.5. This is the full breakdown of how it works.

The Real Cost of "Winging It" With AI

The trap I fell into for months: I'd open ChatGPT, type a half-formed request, get a generic answer, and then spend 20 minutes re-prompting to fix it. Multiply that across 5-6 business tasks a day, and AI was actually making me slower.

The shift that fixed it: stop prompting for outputs, start prompting for systems. Every prompt should encode a role, a context, a constraint, a format, and a quality bar. When you do that, the same prompt produces production-grade work every time.

Here's the 5-part prompt architecture I use for every business task now:

The SPARK Framework

I call it SPARK. Five mandatory sections, every prompt, every time.

S — System role. "You are a senior B2B copywriter who has written 1,000+ cold emails with 40%+ open rates." Gives the model a persona to anchor to.
P — Purpose. "Your job is to write a 3-sentence follow-up email for a prospect who hasn't replied in 7 days." The specific deliverable.
A — Audience. "The reader is a 45-year-old operations director at a 50-person SaaS company. Skeptical of AI. Time-poor." Who's consuming the output.
R — Rules / Constraints. "Under 80 words. No exclamation marks. Reference their last blog post title. End with a single soft CTA." The guardrails.
K — Known-good example. "Here is an example of a follow-up that worked: [paste example]." Few-shot anchor.

The example (K) is what most people skip. It's also the single biggest lever. A prompt without an example produces generic output 80% of the time. A prompt with one example produces on-brand output 90% of the time.

7 Business Tasks I Now Run in Under 5 Minutes Each

Here are the actual prompts — copy-paste-ready, all of them live in my Business Automation pack at the bottom of this article. I'll show the structure and one example each.

1. Cold Outreach (Email + LinkedIn DM)

SPARK structure with the example being a reply I got from a Series A founder last month. Same prompt produces 5 variants with different opening hooks — I A/B test the first 30 characters.

What changed: Reply rate went from 4% to 17%. I send fewer emails now and close more.

2. Client Proposals

I feed in (a) the prospect's website URL scraped into a short brief, (b) my service offering, (c) three pricing tiers. The prompt outputs a 3-page proposal with executive summary, scope, timeline, and ROI math — in my voice.

What changed: Proposal-to-close rate doubled. Clients tell me the proposals "feel like they actually read our site."

3. SOPs and Internal Documentation

The trick here: I record a 3-minute Loom of myself doing the task, transcribe it (Whisper or Otter), then feed the transcript into a SPARK prompt that says "extract the repeatable process, write it as a numbered SOP with screenshots placeholders, return in Markdown."

What changed: I now have 23 SOPs for a 1-person business. I can hire a contractor on Monday and have them productive by Wednesday.

4. Weekly Reports (Client-Facing)

The prompt takes 3 inputs: what I worked on, what I delivered, what I'm doing next week. The output is a 1-page report that sounds like a real person wrote it — not a robot summarizing bullet points.

What changed: Clients stopped asking "what did you actually do this week?" Zero churn from miscommunication in 4 months.

5. Customer Support Replies

I keep a 50-prompt library of objection handlers. When a customer emails "this isn't working for me," I paste their message + the relevant objection prompt, get a reply that de-escalates + offers a specific fix.

What changed: Average response time: 6 hours → 22 minutes. Refund requests dropped 40%.

6. Content Calendars

One prompt takes (a) my niche, (b) my audience pain points, (c) my posting cadence, and outputs a 30-day content calendar with hooks, formats, and CTAs.

What changed: I now post 5x/week consistently. The calendar takes 8 minutes to generate.

7. Competitive Analysis

Drop 5 competitor URLs into a prompt, get a 2-page teardown: positioning, pricing model, weakest hook, where they over-promise, what I should do differently.

What changed: My last 3 product launches were all directly informed by competitor gaps. Two of them sold out week 1.

Why Most Prompt Packs Fail

I've bought 11 prompt packs. Nine of them had the same problem: a flat list of 200 prompts with zero context. "Write a blog post about X" with no role, no audience, no example, no format constraint.

That's not a prompt pack. That's a Google Doc of sentences.

The prompts that actually save time share three things:

Anchored in a role. "You are a..." not "Write a..."
Built around a real example. Few-shot is non-negotiable.
Constrained to a specific output format. Word count, sections, tone, CTA placement.

When you pack 100 of these together — same framework, different use cases — you get something that compounds. You stop re-engineering prompts from scratch. You just plug in the day's task and ship.

What I'd Do Differently If I Started Today

Build the system, not the prompt. Don't optimize one prompt. Build the framework (SPARK) and apply it to every recurring task. The framework is the asset; the prompts are the output.
Save every prompt that produces output you actually use. After 6 months you'll have a personal library of 30-50 production-grade prompts. That library is worth more than any product you can buy. Treat it as IP.
Test with a real deadline, not a sandbox. The prompts that "worked" for me only worked because I had a client email due in 30 minutes. Pressure forces you to write tighter. Sandboxes produce lazy prompts you'll never open again.

Get the Full System

I packaged the entire 100-prompt business automation system: AI Business Automation Prompt Pack — SGD 19 (~$14 USD), instant download, works with ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / DeepSeek / Copilot.
https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla

It includes the SPARK framework, 100 prompts across all 7 categories above, plus 12 SOP-generation prompts, 8 proposal templates, and a Notion dashboard to track which prompts you've tested and which ones work for you.

If you're a content creator (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram), the same framework lives in AI for Content Creators Prompt Pack Vol 2 at SGD 19: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg — same architecture, 100+ creator-specific prompts.

If you want to see how all of this fits together as a 1-person business system, grab The AI Solopreneur Launchpad at $5 USD: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf — 50+ prompts plus a Notion dashboard that holds your whole operation.

Or start with the $3 entry point — 50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak. The hook is the hardest part of any video. Nail the first 2 seconds, the algorithm does the rest.

If you only buy one thing, buy the $3 TikTok Hooks pack. Use the HOOKS25 code for 25% off (code: HOOKS25, first 15 people). The framework in that pack is the same SPARK structure — you can apply it to anything once you see the pattern.

Owning all four together is the complete AI-powered solopreneur stack: $3 hooks → $5 launchpad → $19 content pack → $19 automation pack. Total: ~$42 USD. Each one pays for itself in the first week if you actually use it.

If this was useful, drop a reaction or a comment with the one business task you wish AI could handle for you. I'm building new prompt categories monthly based on what readers ask for.

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I Tested 30 AI Caption Tools for Instagram and TikTok. Only 3 Weren't Garbage.

Jack Loh — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:02:10 +0000

I Tested 30 AI Caption Tools for Instagram and TikTok. Only 3 Weren't Garbage.

I run a small content operation in Singapore — TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts. About 3 months ago I got fed up rewriting AI captions that sounded like a 2019 LinkedIn influencer discovered a thesaurus.

So I did what any reasonable person would do: I paid for 30 different AI caption tools over the next 6 weeks, ran the exact same brief through all of them, and kept a spreadsheet.

The spreadsheet told a brutal story

22 of 30 tools produced captions that read like a corporate press release
4 were decent but capped at 100 words
3 actually generated content that didn't make me cringe
1 was so good I built an entire prompt pack around its workflow

The winning pattern wasn't a tool — it was a prompt structure that worked across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and even the free tier of DeepSeek.

The 3-part prompt structure that beats every "AI caption generator"

ROLE: [specific persona with niche + tone reference]
CONTEXT: [your last 3 posts + what worked vs flopped + audience data]
TASK: [number of variations + platform + hook style + length constraint]

That's it. Most people skip CONTEXT. They say "write me 5 Instagram captions about coffee" and get 5 captions that could be on any coffee account on earth.

When you give the model your actual past performance data (post 1 got 4k views because of the contrarian hook, post 2 flopped because it started with a question, etc.), it learns your specific audience's taste.

What changed when I switched to this workflow

For my last 14 posts:

Average hook score (3-second retention proxy): up ~2.3x
Time spent writing: down from 45 min/post to 8 min/post
Captions I actually wanted to publish: 9 out of 10 generated (vs ~3 of 10 before)

I packaged the full system — 100+ tested prompts across all the patterns that actually worked, organized by platform and content type — into a Gumroad pack:

→ AI for Content Creators Prompt Pack Vol 2 (SGD $19): https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg

What's actually in the pack

50 caption templates (TikTok, IG Reels, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn carousels)
30 hook formulas with the AI prompt to remix each
20 content repurposing prompts (one idea → 5 platforms)
10 audience research prompts (find what your niche actually searches)
Bonus: 30-day content calendar generator prompt

It works with ChatGPT (free tier works), Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Copilot — any chat-based AI.

If you're not ready to buy, here's the free version

I made the entry-level pack free with a limited code: 10 downloads, first come first served. It's the TikTok hook starter (50 patterns + prompts).

→ Use code VIRALFIRST at https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak for 100% off (10 spots only).

Or use HOOKS25 for 25% off any time.

Who this is for

Creators with 0-50k followers who are tired of guessing what to post
Small business owners doing their own content (most of us)
Anyone whose captions sound "off" but you can't tell why
Singapore creators specifically — I tuned several prompts for bilingual / Singlish audience patterns

Who this is NOT for

If you already have a content team that hits quota without AI
If your account is already at 100k+ and you're just here out of curiosity
If you want me to ghostwrite your account (this is prompts, not done-for-you)

If you grab the pack and one prompt changes your workflow, drop a comment. I read every one and roll the best feedback into Vol 3.

— Jack
Singapore solopreneur. I build AI tools that save time, not demos that look cool on Twitter.

I Built a $5 Notion Dashboard That Replaced 4 Paid Subscriptions (Here’s the Full Stack)

Jack Loh — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:02:48 +0000

I Built a $5 Notion Dashboard That Replaced 4 Paid Subscriptions

Three months ago I was paying for Notion ($10/mo), Trello ($5/mo), Airtable ($12/mo), and Calendly ($8/mo) just to run my one-person content business.

Today, all four workflows live in a single $5 Notion template I built in a weekend — using prompts, not code.

This is the full stack. Take it. It costs less than a coffee.

The problem with paid tool sprawl

Every solopreneur I know hits the same wall: 6-month-old Trello boards, abandoned Notion pages from 2023, three different CRMs they “meant to migrate off,” and a recurring $30–60/mo subscription bill for tools they only use 10% of.

I burned through this exact trap. Here’s what the receipts looked like:

Tool	What I used it for	Monthly cost
Notion	Wiki + daily notes	$10
Trello	Content calendar	$5
Airtable	CRM + finance	$12
Calendly	Booking calls	$8
Total		$35/mo = $420/yr

The thing nobody tells you: you don’t need four tools. You need four views.

The $5 dashboard: one Notion, four built-in databases

I rebuilt the entire stack as a single Notion workspace with four linked databases. Total cost: $5 one-time. No monthly. No renewal emails. No "your trial has ended."

Here’s the architecture:

🏠 Command Center (the page you open every morning)
├── 📅 Content Pipeline (database: pipeline)
│    ├── Ideas (status)
│    ├── Scripting (status)
│    ├── Editing (status)
│    ├── Scheduled (status)
│    └── Published (status)
├── 🤝 Client CRM (database: clients)
│    ├── Name, contact, deal size
│    ├── Status: Lead / Active / Closed
│    └── Last touchpoint (date formula)
├── 📞 Booking System (database: calls)
│    ├── Date, duration, type
│    ├── Auto-status: Upcoming / Past
│    └── Linked to Client record
└── 💰 Finance Tracker (database: income)
     ├── Source, amount, date
     ├── Status: Pending / Received
     └── Linked to Client record

Each database has 3–5 properties, two views, and one automation. The whole thing took me about 6 hours to build — half of that was naming things.

The 5 prompts that built it (steal these)

The reason this took a weekend instead of a month: I used a single AI assistant (Claude, but ChatGPT / Gemini / DeepSeek all work the same way) with a tight loop of prompts. Here are the five that did 80% of the work.

Prompt 1: Database architecture

I'm a one-person content business. I need four databases in Notion:
1. Content pipeline (statuses: Idea, Scripting, Editing, Scheduled, Published)
2. Client CRM (tracks leads, deal size, last contact date)
3. Booking system (calls with clients, linked to CRM)
4. Finance tracker (income records, linked to CRM and content)

For each database, give me:
- Property names + types
- 2-3 view types I'd actually use (Kanban / Gallery / Calendar / Table)
- One formula per database that auto-computes something useful
- How the four databases should link to each other

Output as a Markdown spec I can paste into Notion verbatim.

This prompt saved me 3 hours of staring at blank property fields.

Prompt 2: Status automation

For the Content Pipeline database, give me a Notion formula that:
- Auto-colors each status (gray for Idea, yellow for Scripting, blue for Editing, purple for Scheduled, green for Published)
- Shows "🔴 OVERDUE" if Scheduled date is in the past and status is still Editing
- Shows "📅 Due today" if Scheduled date is today
- Shows "⏰ Due in N days" if scheduled in the future

The formula must be a single Notion `prop()` expression I can paste into a Formula property.

Notion formulas are notoriously fiddly. Prompting them out is faster than the docs.

Prompt 3: Client follow-up nudges

For the Client CRM database, give me a Notion formula that returns a priority icon based on last touchpoint date:
- 🔥 HOT: touched in last 7 days
- 🟡 WARM: 7-30 days
- ⚪ COLD: 30-90 days
- ❄️ FROZEN: 90+ days

Output as a single Notion Formula expression.

The visual gradient (hot → cold) makes the CRM actually usable at a glance. Without it, the database becomes a graveyard.

Prompt 4: The dashboard view

For my Notion workspace, design a single "Command Center" page that shows:
- Today's calls (filtered from Booking database where date=today)
- Content items due this week (Content Pipeline where status in [Scripting, Editing] and due this week)
- HOT leads (Client CRM where priority = 🔥)
- Income received this month (Finance where status=Received and date in current month)

For each block, give me:
- Exact "linked database" filter setup
- Layout (gallery, table, list)
- Sort order

This is the page you actually open every morning. The AI nailed it in one shot.

Prompt 5: Migration cleanup

I have:
- 47 Trello cards in a "Content" board
- 22 rows in an Airtable CRM
- 3 rows in a Notion table called "Old CRM"

Write me a 30-minute migration plan to move all 47 content cards into the new Notion Content Pipeline, all 22 CRM rows into Client CRM, and trash the old CRM table. Include the exact import order so I don't break foreign-key links.

The migration plan alone saved a Saturday.

What I do with it every week

The system has been running for 11 weeks. Here’s what the weekly loop looks like:

Monday (15 min): Review content pipeline. Anything stuck in "Scripting" for >7 days → either schedule or kill.

Wednesday (10 min): Check HOT leads. Touch anyone I haven't emailed in 7 days. Cold leads get a single "still relevant?" email.

Friday (10 min): Finance review. Anything in "Pending" for >14 days → chase invoice.

Total weekly overhead: 35 minutes.

Before this dashboard: ~2 hours/week across four tools, with frequent "wait which CRM was this client in?" moments.

The cost comparison, 12 months out

Setup	Year 1 cost	Year 2 cost	Total
Old way (4 paid tools)	$420	$420	$840
New way ($5 template)	$5	$5	$10

Net savings over two years: $830.

That’s not a typo. That’s the cost of switching to a system you actually own.

Get the full template (and 50+ more prompts like the ones above)

I packaged the complete Notion dashboard (every database, view, and formula above, plus the migration guide) into a $5 one-time template — no subscription, no upsells, no email gate.

It's called The AI Solopreneur Launchpad and it includes:

The full Notion template (duplicate with one click)
50+ prompts across 6 categories (CRM, content, finance, automation, marketing, client ops)
The 5 prompts above, expanded with full context and the exact Notion Formula code
A 1-page "first weekend" setup guide so you can have it running by Sunday night

👉 Get it here: jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf — $5 one-time.

If you want the bigger toolkit (100+ prompts for content + business automation), the AI Business Automation Prompt Pack ($19) layers on top of this: jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla.

FAQ

Do I need Notion Plus? No — the dashboard works on the free Notion tier (you get unlimited blocks/databases; the only limit is file uploads, which this template doesn't use).

Will this scale past solopreneur? It comfortably handled 3 clients and ~15 content pieces/week for me. Past 10 active clients you'll want a real CRM. By then you'll have the cash to afford one.

What if I get stuck? Every prompt in the template is annotated with "expected output" + "common mistakes." I tested all 50+ across Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek.

If this saved you a subscription bill, share it with one friend who is drowning in Trello boards. They'll thank you.

I Automated 80% of My Solopreneur Back Office With 100 AI Prompts (Here's the Full System)

Jack Loh — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:03:27 +0000

I Automated 80% of My Solopreneur Back Office With 100 AI Prompts (Here's the Full System)

Last quarter I tracked every task I did as a one-person business. Invoices, client follow-ups, content calendars, lead research, customer support replies, meeting notes, weekly reports.

The number that shocked me: 11.4 hours per week spent on work that didn't make me money.

So I built a system. 100 carefully-engineered AI prompts. One for every back-office task that used to eat my week.

Six weeks later, that 11.4 hours is down to 2.1 hours. I didn't hire anyone. I didn't learn to code. I just stopped doing the work AI was already good at.

This article is the full breakdown — what the system does, how I structured it, and the exact prompts I run every day.

The Problem: Solopreneurs Are Their Own Bottleneck

If you're running a one-person business, you already know this:

Client work pays the bills — but admin work eats the time you need to do MORE client work
Every "quick task" multiplies — one customer email becomes ten, one invoice becomes five
You can't outsource cheaply — VAs cost $500+/mo, agencies cost $2k+/mo, and most of the work is below their skill floor anyway

The result: most solopreneurs cap at $5-10k/mo revenue not because they can't find clients, but because they can't scale their own operations.

AI changes the math. But only if you know WHAT to automate and HOW to prompt it well.

The System: 100 Prompts Across 7 Operations

I structured the system around the 7 operations that consumed my week. Each section has 10-20 prompts designed for that specific workflow.

1. Client Communication (18 prompts)

The biggest time sink. Every client wants updates, proposals, follow-ups, scope changes, and reminders. I used to write each one from scratch.

Now I have prompts for:

Cold outreach emails (3 variations: problem-first, story-first, result-first)
Discovery call summaries
Scope-of-work documents
Project status updates (weekly + milestone)
Difficult-pricing conversations
Testimonial request emails
Win-back sequences for cold leads

Time saved: ~3 hours/week

2. Invoicing & Finance (12 prompts)

Invoice descriptions that justify the line items
Expense categorization
Quarterly tax-prep summaries
Profit-first cash flow projections
Late-payment follow-up sequences
Subscription audit prompts (find what you can cancel)

Time saved: ~1.5 hours/week

3. Content Marketing (24 prompts)

Blog post outlines from a single keyword
Repurposing one piece into 8 (Twitter, LinkedIn, email, IG caption, TikTok script, etc.)
SEO meta descriptions
Email subject line A/B variations
Newsletter drafts from voice notes
Hook variations (I have a whole pack just for TikTok hooks — saves another 2 hours/week)

Time saved: ~3 hours/week

4. Lead Research & Qualification (14 prompts)

ICP refinement from your best 10 customers
Pre-call research briefs on prospects
LinkedIn profile analysis → personalized outreach
Lead scoring rubrics
Reactivation lists for old leads

Time saved: ~1.5 hours/week

5. Customer Support (10 prompts)

Response templates for the 12 most common questions
Refund request handling
Escalation frameworks
Documentation gap analysis (what questions = missing docs)
Help center article drafts

Time saved: ~1 hour/week

6. Operations & Planning (12 prompts)

Weekly review prompts
Quarterly OKR drafts
SOP (standard operating procedure) templates
Tool audit prompts
Hiring decision frameworks (when can you finally afford a VA?)
Time-blocking schedules from your goals

Time saved: ~1 hour/week

7. Sales & Proposals (10 prompts)

Proposal templates that close (3 frameworks)
Objection handling scripts
Discovery question banks
Pricing tier comparisons
Case study drafts from project notes

Time saved: ~1.5 hours/week

Total: 12.3 hours/week reclaimed

But here's the thing — I didn't sit down and write 100 prompts in one go. I built it iteratively over 3 months, solving one pain point at a time.

The system you actually use beats the perfect system you don't.

The 5 Prompts That Save Me the Most Time

If you're just starting out, these are the only 5 you need to get 50% of the value:

1. The "Turn This Meeting Into Everything" Prompt

"I just had a [client/internal/sales] call. Here are the raw notes: [paste]. Generate: (a) a 3-bullet summary for my records, (b) a polished recap email to attendees, (c) a list of action items with owners and deadlines, (d) one question I should ask in the follow-up to keep momentum."

2. The "Repurpose This" Prompt

"Here's a [blog post / podcast transcript / YouTube script / case study] I just published: [paste or link]. Generate: 1 Twitter thread (5-7 tweets), 1 LinkedIn post (200 words), 1 email newsletter (300 words), 1 Instagram caption, 1 TikTok script (30 seconds), 3 Pinterest pin titles + descriptions. Match my voice: [paste 2-3 example posts]."

3. The "Hard Email" Prompt

"I need to write a [pricing increase / scope change / difficult feedback / late payment / rejection] email to [recipient]. Context: [what happened]. Tone: [firm but kind / direct / apologetic]. Don't be wishy-washy. Make the ask clear."

4. The "Weekly CEO Review" Prompt

"Here's what I did this week: [bullet list]. Here's what's on my calendar next week: [list]. Help me: (1) identify the 3 highest-leverage tasks I should prioritize, (2) flag anything I should delegate or drop, (3) write my 'Friday update' to my mastermind group / co-founder / accountability partner, (4) suggest ONE thing I should add to next week that I'm currently avoiding."

5. The "Lead Research in 90 Seconds" Prompt

"Research this prospect: [name, company, LinkedIn URL]. Give me: (1) their likely top 3 business problems based on company stage and industry, (2) 2 angles for personalized cold outreach, (3) one question I can ask in a discovery call that will make them feel understood, (4) the specific result I can promise (or be honest that I can't)."

How to Build Your Own

You can copy the structure above and build your own 100-prompt system in about a month if you commit to it. The process:

Track your time for one week. Use a simple spreadsheet. List every task and the time it took.
Sort tasks by hours spent. The top 20% of tasks eat 80% of the time.
For each top task, ask: "What does a great output look like? What context does the AI need? What's the format I want back?"
Write the prompt, run it 5 times, refine. First version is never the final version.
Save to a system you actually use. Notion, a Google Doc, your notes app — doesn't matter. Just save it where you'll find it.

Or Skip the Build and Use a Done-for-You Pack

I packaged my full 100-prompt system into a product called the AI Business Automation Prompt Pack — same prompts I described above, plus another 30 for edge cases I hit after publishing the first version.

It runs SGD 19 (~US$14) on Gumroad: AI Business Automation Prompt Pack

If you're also creating content (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, blog), I have a matching pack: AI for Content Creators — Prompt Pack Vol 2 — same SGD 19, covers scripts, hooks, captions, repurposing, and the posting schedule that actually works.

And if you want the cheapest way in: 50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts is $3 USD — a single tight pack of the highest-converting hook patterns I've reverse-engineered from videos with 10M+ views. Use code HOOKS25 for 25% off (limited to 15 redemptions).

If you want the full launch system with a Notion dashboard: The AI Solopreneur Launchpad is $5 and walks you through deploying all three packs as a working operation.

All four work with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Copilot — copy any prompt, paste it in, done.

The Bigger Point

You don't need 100 prompts on day one. You need 5 prompts that solve the 5 tasks eating your week. Build those, ship them, then expand.

The solopreneurs who scale to $20k/mo and beyond aren't doing more work. They're running better systems. AI is the cheapest, fastest way to install those systems.

The question isn't "should I automate this?" — it's "what should I automate first?"

Pick the task you did yesterday that you hated. Write the prompt. Run it. Save it. Move on to the next one.

Six weeks from now you'll be writing this same article.

— Jack

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