Getting Started
How to pick your first AI tool (and ignore the other 40)
Most agents don't have a tool problem — they have a starting problem. Forty tools all promise the same thing, so nothing gets tried. Fix it by choosing the task first, never the tool.
The method
- Write down where your last week actually went. For most agents it's listing copy, follow-up emails, and social posts — in that order.
- Pick the single biggest time sink. That's your test task.
- Choose two candidate tools with free tiers and run the same real task through both — a live listing, not a demo property.
- Score each output on three things only: Could I send this after a 2-minute edit? Did it invent facts? Did it sound like me?
- Keep the winner for 30 days before judging it. Month-two output, once the tool has your examples, is the honest test.
One tool used daily beats five tools opened monthly. Add a second tool only when a second task starts costing you real hours.