The exact eight tools I run an AI business with from one laptop, the one job each does, and the order to connect them in. Two years ago half of this was a team. Now one person runs the pipeline.
Before I touch anything, the build gets thought through in Claude: what the thing does, what it replaces, what done looks like. Ten minutes here saves a day of rebuilding. Output: a one-page brief the next tool reads.
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0202 · BUILD
Claude Code
Claude Code writes it. Agents, pages, scripts, even the video edits. One brief in, working code out. It is the center of the stack, every other tool is something it calls. Rule: one job per agent, so you can tell which one broke.
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0303 · VERSIONS + SCHEDULE
GitHub
GitHub holds the code and, with Actions, runs the agents on a timer. This is how a reel ships at 09:37 while I am asleep: a cron in the repo wakes the agent, the agent does the job, the log lands in the repo.
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0404 · THE SITE
Vercel
Vercel hosts the site and every guide page you get sent from a post, this one included. Deploy is one command. No server, no DevOps, no monthly babysitting.
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0505 · THE DATABASE
Supabase
Supabase is auth and the database for the app. Postgres, logins, storage, edge functions, all on the free tier until you have real users. Claude Code writes the migrations.
06
0606 · POST + DMS
Zernio
Zernio posts to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and stories from one API, and runs the comment-to-DM funnel: keyword in a comment, asset in the inbox, follow-up 20 hours later. It is the tool that sent you this page.
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0707 · MY VOICE
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs reads every script in my cloned voice with word-level timings, so the cuts land on the words and the reels get recorded without me at the mic.
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0808 · GET PAID
Stripe
Stripe collects the money: subscriptions, one-off products, client invoices. Connect it last. A stack that cannot charge is a hobby.
The order to connect them · copy this into Claude Code as your first brief
Set up my one-laptop stack in this order, one step at a time, and stop after each so I can check it: 1. GitHub repo + a CLAUDE.md that says what this business does and the one rule: one job per agent. 2. Vercel project linked to the repo, deploy the empty site. 3. Supabase project, one table, auth on. Write the migration. 4. Zernio: connect my accounts, post one test, arm one keyword-to-DM automation. 5. ElevenLabs: clone my voice from 60s of clean audio, save the voice id in .env. 6. Stripe: one product, one payment link. Put it in the DM button. Then: build the first agent. A comment agent. It runs in an afternoon and pays for itself on the first post.
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