The Fastest Way To Make Money & Save Time In The New Era Of AI Agents (For Non-Technical People)

Jack Roberts frames Hermes as a personal assistant that can check emails/calendars, do research, build things, and work in the background, while Claude Code is where he goes to build websites/apps on a computer; he says the overlap is that you can build “Hermes-like” systems inside Claude, but Hermes is a dedicated, open-source assistant built by many developers.

Jack says Hermes is “model agnostic,” describing it as a “car” where you can swap the “driver” (models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.), which he argues protects you from betting on a single model and lets you use whichever is best for a task.

Jack claims one of the fastest ways to get a first paying client is to build a business a free, high-quality website using AI as a lead magnet, then use that relationship to sell follow-on services and recurring revenue; he adds that even if they decline, you can ask for referrals and collect testimonials.

Jack explains his approach to usefulness: first reverse-engineer “best in class” websites in a niche (what winners do vs losers), then apply those conversion elements before adding “beautiful design,” because he says visually good sites can still be functionally “garbage.”

Jack demonstrates a “skill” (a packaged prompt/workflow) inside Claude, says he spent many hours and money refining it, and shows a simple sequence: add the skill file, answer guided questions, pick a model, and have Claude build/publish; he also describes GitHub as where code lives and Vercel as where the site is hosted.