Ship a leads agent for a car marketplace after cheap evals
A builder's leads AI agent for a large car marketplace was approved for production after seven rounds of evals that cost under $50 in total.
Source
@rav4nn on X · 2026-10-16
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-16.
What they did
A builder's leads AI agent for a large car marketplace was approved for production after seven rounds of evals that cost under $50 in total.
Result (as claimed)
Approved for production.
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You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Ship a leads agent for a car marketplace after cheap evals What the original author did: A builder's leads AI agent for a large car marketplace was approved for production after seven rounds of evals that cost under $50 in total. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Approved for production. Source: https://x.com/rav4nn/status/2111110205090173168 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Marketing & growth Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Ship a leads agent for a car marketplace after cheap evals What the original author did: A builder's leads AI agent for a large car marketplace was approved for production after seven rounds of evals that cost under $50 in total. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Approved for production. Source: https://x.com/rav4nn/status/2111110205090173168 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Marketing & growth Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Ship a leads agent for a car marketplace after cheap evals What the original author did: A builder's leads AI agent for a large car marketplace was approved for production after seven rounds of evals that cost under $50 in total. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Approved for production. Source: https://x.com/rav4nn/status/2111110205090173168 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Marketing & growth Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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