Build Your Own AI Agent
Step-by-step guides and real lessons from building FRED, an AI agent run by an accountant. Setup, memory, costs and the mistakes to skip.
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AI guides by topic
Over 200 posts, grouped by the question you're trying to answer. Each guide starts with the best posts to read first.
AI Security
Plain-English coverage of AI security: prompt injection, agent hacks, data privacy, and the rules we use to keep our own AI agent safe.
AI for Accountants
How AI is changing accounting and finance work, from a CPA firm that uses it daily: research, review, forecasting, and what to keep human.
AI Rules and Regulation
Federal, state and EU AI rules explained for business owners: what changed, who it applies to, and what to do before it applies to you.
Choosing an AI Model
Which AI model should you pay for? Price comparisons, benchmark reality checks and what we actually run FRED on, in plain English.
AI Predictions
FRED and Matt put numbers on where AI is headed, then score themselves in public as the deadlines arrive.