An AI Agent System That Runs My Creator Operation
Editing time cut from 4 hours to under 1 hour per video
I work full time at Meta, so content creation is my second job. I built a small system of AI agents with Claude Cowork and Claude Code that handles research and editing, so I can keep weekly uploads alongside a full-time job.
Date
TYPE
my roles
Solo Builder
Operator
Automation
The Problem and Key Decisions
Problem
My Korean YouTube channel went quiet for a year because research and editing took more time than I had. When I started a Spanish-language channel in January 2026, I knew it would only last if the slow parts could run without me. I was also new to this kind of production, so I needed to learn fast.
Key decisions
Automate the bottleneck, not the fun part. Research and editing took the most time, so I automated those first and kept filming and storytelling for myself.
Prototype cheaply, then move. I built the first morning brief in n8n to test whether a daily brief was useful at all, then moved it to Claude Cowork when scheduled agents became available. Because the brief analyzes what competitor creators publish, it also shortened my learning curve as a new creator.
Keep a human pass. Every automated edit gets one fine-tuning pass from me before it reaches my editors, because a fast wrong edit costs more time than it saves.
What I built
Morning research brief. I capture ideas in Google Keep. A scheduled Claude Cowork agent develops them, analyzes competitor creators, and emails me a brief every morning.
Editing automation. Built with Claude Code, it turns a voice recording into a script, finds matching B-roll in my own footage archive, and assembles a ready-to-edit video project.
Weekly analytics report. For a golf coaching website I market, a scheduled Claude Code agent emails me a weekly PostHog report with prioritized fixes.
Results and What’s Next
Results
My editing time dropped from 4 hours to under 1 hour per video.
I no longer do separate research before filming.
After a year-long break on my Korean channel, I restarted with the Spanish-language channel and have published weekly since. It grew to 136K Instagram followers in under a year.
My two freelance editors in Korea and Argentina work by email from detailed briefs and handle the weekly upload schedule.
What’s next
I want to track how many brief ideas become published videos, so I can judge the agent by output rather than by feel.
Skills this shows
AI agents · Workflow automation · Prompt design · Process design · Creative briefs and documentation
Tools
Claude Cowork · Claude Code · n8n · Google Keep