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Self-Doing Todo Lists

For: Business owners and professionals with repetitive goal-driven tasks

Buildability

The Problem

People waste enormous time creating and executing todo lists for routine business goals that could be automated

The Solution

AI agent that takes high-level goals, generates action plans, and executes them automatically across digital tools

Why Now?

AI agents can now understand goals, use APIs, and chain complex actions together reliably

Build MVP in 7 Days

Day 1

Build goal parser that breaks objectives into action items

Day 2

Integrate with 3-5 common business tools (email, calendar, etc)

Day 3

Create simple agent for one specific use case (e.g., expense management)

Day 4

Test with business owners for goal completion accuracy

Day 5

Measure time savings vs manual execution

How to Validate

Interview business owners about repetitive goal-driven tasks
Build prototype for one specific business process
Run parallel test: AI agent vs human execution
Measure accuracy, speed, and user satisfaction

Revenue Model

Subscription based on number of goals/agents, plus usage-based pricing for complex automations

Competitive Moat

Integration ecosystem and goal-to-action optimization algorithms

Risks to Consider

AI making costly mistakes when executing business tasksIntegration complexity across different business toolsUser trust in delegating important work to AI