Your AI agent has your passwords. Set it up like it matters.

Personal-agent setup guides, permission models and the automations worth building — with security treated as step one, not a footnote.

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Setup that survives

From first install to daily-driver: agents that keep working after week one.

Permission models

What your agent should touch, what it never should, and how to enforce the difference.

Automations ranked

The routines that pay off immediately — and the ones that create more work than they save.

Agent guides

Run a personal agent like a professional.

Comparisons

Browserbase vs Browser Use vs Steel: Giving Your Agent a Browser of Its Own

Browserbase, Browser Use and Steel compared: three ways to give a personal AI agent its own browser, what each actually costs, and which fits a solo builder rather than a team.

2026-07-16 · 8 min read
Comparisons

Computer-Use Agents Compared: What Personal AI Agents Can Safely Automate in 2026

ChatGPT agent, Claude computer use and Gemini's browser control take three different routes to the same idea. What each can do today, and what to keep off-limits.

2026-07-09 · 8 min read
Security

The 5 Security Mistakes That Turn Your Agent Into an Incident

Prompt injection through email, over-broad tokens, unattended actions, secrets in context, and the missing audit trail — five agent security mistakes and the specific fix for each.

2026-07-02 · 6 min read
Automations

10 Personal-Agent Automations Ranked by Payoff

Ten personal AI agent automations ranked by real-world payoff against setup effort — from the morning brief and inbox triage to the ones that sound better than they perform.

2026-06-29 · 5 min read
Security

What Your AI Agent Should Never Touch: A Permission Model

A four-tier permission model for personal AI agents — what to grant read-only, what needs confirmation gates, what earns autonomy, and the short list that stays off-limits forever.

2026-06-26 · 6 min read
Getting Started

Setting Up a Personal AI Agent: The Sane-Defaults Guide

A practical first-week setup for a personal AI agent — the accounts to prepare, the permissions to grant (and withhold), and the three starter automations that prove the value safely.

2026-06-23 · 5 min read

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