What are personal AI agents? A practical introduction
See what an agent can do, what you need to give it and where your review comes in.
Read the foundation article →Personal agents, understood
Find the right
personal AI agent.
Understand the approaches, compare the trade-offs, and start with work you can safely supervise.
Start with the work. Keep the human in control.
Research · Practical guides · Honest comparisons
Start with the foundations
Understand what
you are delegating.
Begin with a useful task
What do you want help with?
Research & briefings
Define the question. Keep the sources. Check the conclusions.
Organize & remember
Connect useful context without granting access to everything.
Prepare & follow through
Make the next step clear, with human review before sending.
Compare the trade-offs
Choose an approach
that fits your work.
Look beyond a feature list. Consider the interface, permissions, maintenance, and supervision each approach needs.
Hermes vs. OpenClaw: memory, recurring work and the setup you own
See what each setup needs and how it fits the way you work.
Read the comparison →
Field experience & practical guides
From an idea
to work you can review.
Michael Santiago · Founder of PersonalAgents.com
I build online businesses and use personal agents in my own work. Here I explain what I delegate, what comes back and where my review comes in.
Read my story →
A small first step beats unlimited access.
Choose a repeatable task. Limit the inputs. Review the result before expanding what the agent can do.
Plan your first workflow →Research & field notes
Keep asking better questions.
AI agents vs. chatbots: which do you need?
Learn the difference between getting an answer and asking software to help with a task.
Read the article →
Personal agents and privacy: what are you sharing?
Find out where your information goes, which accounts an agent can use and how to stay in control.
Read the article →
How to try your first personal agent
Start with public information and one small job. Check the result before connecting your accounts.
Read the article →Need a starting point? Learn the basics or try a practical guide.