Creating kick-ass AI Agent documentation (LA earthquake) | Build in public E97

· Apr 15 · Episode 97
all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my build and public log it’s April 14th build and public log it’s April 14th build and public log it’s April 14th 2025 i 2025 i 2025 i have a nice demo to show i made a lot have a nice demo to show i made a lot have a nice demo to show i made a lot more progress this weekend more progress this weekend more progress this weekend on what I’m going to call full launch on what I’m going to call full launch on what I’m going to call full launch ready so I’ve I’ve done kind of a soft ready so I’ve I’ve done kind of a soft ready so I’ve I’ve done kind of a soft launch for agents code my AI agent API launch for agents code my AI agent API launch for agents code my AI agent API service and the feedback has been service and the feedback has been service and the feedback has been crickets i mean it’s there’s been like crickets i mean it’s there’s been like crickets i mean it’s there’s been like no feedback it sucks um so that tells me no feedback it sucks um so that tells me no feedback it sucks um so that tells me I’m not getting in front of enough I’m not getting in front of enough I’m not getting in front of enough people or I’m just building nobody people or I’m just building nobody people or I’m just building nobody wants and that’s possible that is very wants and that’s possible that is very wants and that’s possible that is very possible possible possible but I think I but I think I but I think I suspect people just aren’t seeing it and suspect people just aren’t seeing it and suspect people just aren’t seeing it and the thing is just not fully ready and the thing is just not fully ready and the thing is just not fully ready and flushed out because I’m building things flushed out because I’m building things flushed out because I’m building things that I know people pay for that I know people pay for that I know people pay for and it’s like well people are paying for and it’s like well people are paying for and it’s like well people are paying for this elsewhere surely I am building this elsewhere surely I am building this elsewhere surely I am building something somebody wants people just something somebody wants people just something somebody wants people just don’t know about it that’s my hypothesis don’t know about it that’s my hypothesis don’t know about it that’s my hypothesis so I need to get a little further along so I need to get a little further along so I need to get a little further along on making this like fully launch ready on making this like fully launch ready on making this like fully launch ready um and hopefully I can prove out that um and hopefully I can prove out that um and hopefully I can prove out that hypothesis this is kind of in a work in hypothesis this is kind of in a work in hypothesis this is kind of in a work in progress state so so forgive some ugly progress state so so forgive some ugly progress state so so forgive some ugly weird styling issues all right let’s weird styling issues all right let’s weird styling issues all right let’s jump into it so I am building the jump into it so I am building the jump into it so I am building the documentation because well to try out documentation because well to try out documentation because well to try out the thing you got to sign up create a the thing you got to sign up create a the thing you got to sign up create a free account you get free credits and free account you get free credits and free account you get free credits and you got to actually know how to run the you got to actually know how to run the you got to actually know how to run the damn thing so I’m I want to make the damn thing so I’m I want to make the damn thing so I’m I want to make the documentation as easy and userfriendly documentation as easy and userfriendly documentation as easy and userfriendly as possible that is the difference as possible that is the difference as possible that is the difference between being successful or not if between being successful or not if between being successful or not if you’re trying to build an API service you’re trying to build an API service you’re trying to build an API service obviously the documentation is very obviously the documentation is very obviously the documentation is very important you know part of Stripe’s uh important you know part of Stripe’s uh important you know part of Stripe’s uh success was they just had like insane success was they just had like insane success was they just had like insane first in class they had excellent first in class they had excellent first in class they had excellent documentation that that is really why documentation that that is really why documentation that that is really why developers took to it really dial down developers took to it really dial down developers took to it really dial down the documentation it’s okay for the very the documentation it’s okay for the very the documentation it’s okay for the very first launch of it kind of is so so but first launch of it kind of is so so but first launch of it kind of is so so but I’m putting a lot of thought and care I’m putting a lot of thought and care I’m putting a lot of thought and care into it so this is where you actually go into it so this is where you actually go into it so this is where you actually go to make the API calls authentication to make the API calls authentication to make the API calls authentication uh you have to get a an API key pretty uh you have to get a an API key pretty uh you have to get a an API key pretty straightforward goes in the header when straightforward goes in the header when straightforward goes in the header when you make requests pretty straightforward you make requests pretty straightforward you make requests pretty straightforward um I’ve experimented a lot on this where um I’ve experimented a lot on this where um I’ve experimented a lot on this where you can you can you can try and make the request right from the try and make the request right from the try and make the request right from the documentation i’m a huge fan of that i documentation i’m a huge fan of that i documentation i’m a huge fan of that i thought about like setting this up so thought about like setting this up so thought about like setting this up so people can have their token right in people can have their token right in people can have their token right in there but decided not to see I don’t there but decided not to see I don’t there but decided not to see I don’t so I firstly just put this right into so I firstly just put this right into so I firstly just put this right into the page and I thought that was pretty the page and I thought that was pretty the page and I thought that was pretty clean but then I was like well what clean but then I was like well what clean but then I was like well what about like the other things and then I about like the other things and then I about like the other things and then I want one from in so you can just copy want one from in so you can just copy want one from in so you can just copy the notes and like put it into your I the notes and like put it into your I the notes and like put it into your I don’t know don’t know don’t know i’m I’m going back and forth on this but i’m I’m going back and forth on this but i’m I’m going back and forth on this but at first I had just this at first I had just this at first I had just this loaded and then I added all this and loaded and then I added all this and loaded and then I added all this and it’s I’m not loving it i think I might it’s I’m not loving it i think I might it’s I’m not loving it i think I might kill it and redo this a bit let me get kill it and redo this a bit let me get kill it and redo this a bit let me get back to this first let’s do like a real back to this first let’s do like a real back to this first let’s do like a real demo i’m gonna make an API key this will be invalidated right after key this will be invalidated right after key this will be invalidated right after this so all right so you make an API key this so all right so you make an API key this so all right so you make an API key and you come right into and you come right into and you come right into here and you can see see look at this ah here and you can see see look at this ah here and you can see see look at this ah it’s so horrible embedded in this thing it’s so horrible embedded in this thing it’s so horrible embedded in this thing it was so much better outside of this it was so much better outside of this it was so much better outside of this like fake terminal tab thing okay so you like fake terminal tab thing okay so you like fake terminal tab thing okay so you you can make the API calls right from you can make the API calls right from you can make the API calls right from the documentation you can go see what the documentation you can go see what the documentation you can go see what agents exist oh I need to fix that damn agents exist oh I need to fix that damn agents exist oh I need to fix that damn it as I said this is not really fully it as I said this is not really fully it as I said this is not really fully launched and this is a work in progress launched and this is a work in progress launched and this is a work in progress you can see like what you expect the you can see like what you expect the you can see like what you expect the response to be now you can actually kick response to be now you can actually kick response to be now you can actually kick off an agent right from the off an agent right from the off an agent right from the documentation go to the headers put this documentation go to the headers put this documentation go to the headers put this in there and this will kick off a real in there and this will kick off a real in there and this will kick off a real agent it’s pretty agent it’s pretty agent it’s pretty cool uh let’s get cool uh let’s get cool uh let’s get this let’s go down this let’s go down this let’s go down here variables my My worry is like this here variables my My worry is like this here variables my My worry is like this is going to be too confusing for is going to be too confusing for is going to be too confusing for people but this is kind of like what I’m people but this is kind of like what I’m people but this is kind of like what I’m getting at i just want you to be able to getting at i just want you to be able to getting at i just want you to be able to do it right from here and tada there is your data for the and tada there is your data for the and tada there is your data for the agent you just ran an agent right from agent you just ran an agent right from agent you just ran an agent right from the documentation um I liked it better the documentation um I liked it better the documentation um I liked it better before i’m not liking before i’m not liking before i’m not liking this but uh see look at I broke the this but uh see look at I broke the this but uh see look at I broke the styling styling styling uh I uh I uh I added a new endpoint to get your balance added a new endpoint to get your balance added a new endpoint to get your balance to so you can see i’m just not going to to so you can see i’m just not going to to so you can see i’m just not going to show that but it basically looks like show that but it basically looks like show that but it basically looks like this you can see your runs and the this you can see your runs and the this you can see your runs and the history so I’ve done a lot of I did a history so I’ve done a lot of I did a history so I’ve done a lot of I did a lot of work this weekend i’m going to lot of work this weekend i’m going to lot of work this weekend i’m going to revert these styling changes because I revert these styling changes because I revert these styling changes because I hate them um but this is this is what I hate them um but this is this is what I hate them um but this is this is what I meant when meant when meant when I So the other day I talked about this i I So the other day I talked about this i I So the other day I talked about this i was like okay I was like for the was like okay I was like for the was like okay I was like for the documentation I want you to be able to documentation I want you to be able to documentation I want you to be able to run it straight from the from the run it straight from the from the run it straight from the from the documentation so I don’t know i need documentation so I don’t know i need documentation so I don’t know i need to give it a little bit more thought to give it a little bit more thought to give it a little bit more thought this like I said before this was outside this like I said before this was outside this like I said before this was outside of here and I didn’t even have this but of here and I didn’t even have this but of here and I didn’t even have this but I love this i want you to be able to do I love this i want you to be able to do I love this i want you to be able to do the same thing i want you to be able to the same thing i want you to be able to the same thing i want you to be able to like if you use no code I want you to be like if you use no code I want you to be like if you use no code I want you to be able to just copy this that’s what I’m able to just copy this that’s what I’m able to just copy this that’s what I’m That’s what I’ve been working on i’m I’m That’s what I’ve been working on i’m I’m That’s what I’ve been working on i’m I’m really serious about having like amazing really serious about having like amazing really serious about having like amazing documentation i want you to be able to documentation i want you to be able to documentation i want you to be able to run the agents right from the run the agents right from the run the agents right from the documentation i want you to just drop in documentation i want you to just drop in documentation i want you to just drop in your API key be able to see you know your API key be able to see you know your API key be able to see you know your free credits i want you to be able your free credits i want you to be able your free credits i want you to be able to do all the things right from here i to do all the things right from here i to do all the things right from here i want you to be able to copy and paste want you to be able to copy and paste want you to be able to copy and paste some code drop it into your your product some code drop it into your your product some code drop it into your your product or project and be off and running um in or project and be off and running um in or project and be off and running um in just like seriously minutes as you can just like seriously minutes as you can just like seriously minutes as you can see it’s a work in progress i just broke see it’s a work in progress i just broke see it’s a work in progress i just broke everything with all the styling everything with all the styling everything with all the styling changes anyways that’s the update i’m changes anyways that’s the update i’m changes anyways that’s the update i’m pretty excited let’s see if there’s any pretty excited let’s see if there’s any pretty excited let’s see if there’s any questions or comments first let me do this or I will first let me do this or I will first let me do this or I will forget um no questions or comments today forget um no questions or comments today forget um no questions or comments today fair fair fair enough what do you think do you You let enough what do you think do you You let enough what do you think do you You let me know in the comments do you me know in the comments do you me know in the comments do you think companies want to drop in like one think companies want to drop in like one think companies want to drop in like one level agent that does something like level agent that does something like level agent that does something like very very useful very dialed in very very very useful very dialed in very very very useful very dialed in very like high quality constantly getting like high quality constantly getting like high quality constantly getting better or do companies just want someone better or do companies just want someone better or do companies just want someone to come in and just do all their to come in and just do all their to come in and just do all their automation for them to get like the automation for them to get like the automation for them to get like the whole complete package i don’t know i whole complete package i don’t know i whole complete package i don’t know i think there’s a mix to be honest with think there’s a mix to be honest with think there’s a mix to be honest with you my h my hypothesis is small you my h my hypothesis is small you my h my hypothesis is small companies want someone to come in and companies want someone to come in and companies want someone to come in and just do all the automation especially just do all the automation especially just do all the automation especially for like sales and things that will for like sales and things that will for like sales and things that will truly drive revenue and profit and then truly drive revenue and profit and then truly drive revenue and profit and then my sneaking suspicion is other companies my sneaking suspicion is other companies my sneaking suspicion is other companies want very specific agents that do like want very specific agents that do like want very specific agents that do like very specific things and want to just very specific things and want to just very specific things and want to just pull it right into their product i I pull it right into their product i I pull it right into their product i I suspect there’s both and I think the suspect there’s both and I think the suspect there’s both and I think the market for both is going to grow that’s market for both is going to grow that’s market for both is going to grow that’s my hypothesis i don’t want to do an my hypothesis i don’t want to do an my hypothesis i don’t want to do an agency you can make a lot of money at agency you can make a lot of money at agency you can make a lot of money at agencies i’m working for an agency right agencies i’m working for an agency right agencies i’m working for an agency right now i’ve worked at a agencies in the now i’ve worked at a agencies in the now i’ve worked at a agencies in the past that just did so like totally past that just did so like totally past that just did so like totally bespoke software like we’d come in what bespoke software like we’d come in what bespoke software like we’d come in what do you need like give us show us your do you need like give us show us your do you need like give us show us your jerro board and we’ll start working on jerro board and we’ll start working on jerro board and we’ll start working on tickets that’s mostly what I’ve done in tickets that’s mostly what I’ve done in tickets that’s mostly what I’ve done in that capacity uh and I know the people that capacity uh and I know the people that capacity uh and I know the people who ran the agencies made a lot of money who ran the agencies made a lot of money who ran the agencies made a lot of money but I don’t want that I want the but I don’t want that I want the but I don’t want that I want the agencies to use my agent to go work and agencies to use my agent to go work and agencies to use my agent to go work and implement at another company so I need implement at another company so I need implement at another company so I need to talk to like a AI agency owners I to talk to like a AI agency owners I to talk to like a AI agency owners I think is who I need to target for for think is who I need to target for for think is who I need to target for for outreach and ask them like “What agents outreach and ask them like “What agents outreach and ask them like “What agents do you find yourself building a lot?” If do you find yourself building a lot?” If do you find yourself building a lot?” If there is one that you can just drop in there is one that you can just drop in there is one that you can just drop in with a few lines of code and and run and with a few lines of code and and run and with a few lines of code and and run and their product and like you charge them their product and like you charge them their product and like you charge them and then you know I charge you i don’t and then you know I charge you i don’t and then you know I charge you i don’t know i would prefer to do that that’s know i would prefer to do that that’s know i would prefer to do that that’s what I’m aiming for but let me know in what I’m aiming for but let me know in what I’m aiming for but let me know in the comments if you have any opinions or the comments if you have any opinions or the comments if you have any opinions or thoughts on that i’d love to hear it on thoughts on that i’d love to hear it on thoughts on that i’d love to hear it on to my random story for to my random story for to my random story for today uh I was sitting here earlier today uh I was sitting here earlier today uh I was sitting here earlier today i had a weird like notification today i had a weird like notification today i had a weird like notification sound on my phone i was like “What the sound on my phone i was like “What the sound on my phone i was like “What the is that?” And I picked it up and is that?” And I picked it up and is that?” And I picked it up and it’s like earthquake down in Southern it’s like earthquake down in Southern it’s like earthquake down in Southern California now I now it’s weird because California now I now it’s weird because California now I now it’s weird because there was this there’s been a lot of there was this there’s been a lot of there was this there’s been a lot of really big earthquakes lately really really big earthquakes lately really really big earthquakes lately really unusual there was just the one in like unusual there was just the one in like unusual there was just the one in like Myanmar Thailand i actually talked about Myanmar Thailand i actually talked about Myanmar Thailand i actually talked about that uh like like a week ago in in that uh like like a week ago in in that uh like like a week ago in in another video and my experience in another video and my experience in another video and my experience in Mexico City with really really big scary Mexico City with really really big scary Mexico City with really really big scary earthquakes and earthquakes and earthquakes and uh that scared the hell out of me uh that scared the hell out of me uh that scared the hell out of me because I’m like okay from where that because I’m like okay from where that because I’m like okay from where that earthquake happened maybe like six six earthquake happened maybe like six six earthquake happened maybe like six six to eight hour drive away so I’m pretty to eight hour drive away so I’m pretty to eight hour drive away so I’m pretty far away i was a little kid when the big far away i was a little kid when the big far away i was a little kid when the big earthquake in LA happened in the ‘9s i earthquake in LA happened in the ‘9s i earthquake in LA happened in the ‘9s i was a little little kid it was called was a little little kid it was called was a little little kid it was called the 1994 North Ridge earthquake and I the 1994 North Ridge earthquake and I the 1994 North Ridge earthquake and I remember this as a little kid because we remember this as a little kid because we remember this as a little kid because we because I was actually born and raised because I was actually born and raised because I was actually born and raised in Southern in Southern in Southern California like right at the edge of California like right at the edge of California like right at the edge of Southern California and the only reason Southern California and the only reason Southern California and the only reason we could we can claim that we lived in we could we can claim that we lived in we could we can claim that we lived in Southern California was we got the where Southern California was we got the where Southern California was we got the where we lived we got the Disneyland Southern we lived we got the Disneyland Southern we lived we got the Disneyland Southern California discount so if you got that California discount so if you got that California discount so if you got that discount you were kind of still discount you were kind of still discount you were kind of still considered to be in Southern California considered to be in Southern California considered to be in Southern California i’m not making this up uh anyway so I we i’m not making this up uh anyway so I we i’m not making this up uh anyway so I we were like 2 hours away from this my mom were like 2 hours away from this my mom were like 2 hours away from this my mom felt this earthquake and she said there felt this earthquake and she said there felt this earthquake and she said there was this like ceramic i I like fell was this like ceramic i I like fell was this like ceramic i I like fell asleep in the living room or something asleep in the living room or something asleep in the living room or something like this that night or something weird like this that night or something weird like this that night or something weird there was this ceramic thing like on the there was this ceramic thing like on the there was this ceramic thing like on the wall above my head she said it almost wall above my head she said it almost wall above my head she said it almost fell on my head and almost like really fell on my head and almost like really fell on my head and almost like really could have hurt me uh I just got lucky could have hurt me uh I just got lucky could have hurt me uh I just got lucky my mom said she felt it um aftershocks i my mom said she felt it um aftershocks i my mom said she felt it um aftershocks i have family who lived in LA back when have family who lived in LA back when have family who lived in LA back when this happened they said it was so crazy this happened they said it was so crazy this happened they said it was so crazy and scary and uh you know the scariest and scary and uh you know the scariest and scary and uh you know the scariest part is part is part is um yeah this overpass like there’s a lot um yeah this overpass like there’s a lot um yeah this overpass like there’s a lot of these in Southern California one one of these in Southern California one one of these in Southern California one one collapsed a bunch of people died it that collapsed a bunch of people died it that collapsed a bunch of people died it that my my family said it was so terrifying i my my family said it was so terrifying i my my family said it was so terrifying i did not feel it i was asleep i was so did not feel it i was asleep i was so did not feel it i was asleep i was so sound asleep but uh I remember our the sound asleep but uh I remember our the sound asleep but uh I remember our the house I I grew up when I was a real house I I grew up when I was a real house I I grew up when I was a real little kid after this earthquake there little kid after this earthquake there little kid after this earthquake there was a big crack like on one of the walls was a big crack like on one of the walls was a big crack like on one of the walls just the like right up it there wasn’t just the like right up it there wasn’t just the like right up it there wasn’t like permanent damage it was kind of like permanent damage it was kind of like permanent damage it was kind of more like the outer shell but that that more like the outer shell but that that more like the outer shell but that that thing like cracked in half from thing like cracked in half from thing like cracked in half from this earthquake there was no damage this earthquake there was no damage this earthquake there was no damage other than that and it was kind of more other than that and it was kind of more other than that and it was kind of more of a it wasn’t like a structural is more of a it wasn’t like a structural is more of a it wasn’t like a structural is more like a kind of cosmetic damage um but like a kind of cosmetic damage um but like a kind of cosmetic damage um but this is scary because this this is scary because this this is scary because this earthquake really did some damage i mean earthquake really did some damage i mean earthquake really did some damage i mean how many people how many people how many people died you know I don’t know if this is died you know I don’t know if this is died you know I don’t know if this is freaking Yeah i mean luckily it was you freaking Yeah i mean luckily it was you freaking Yeah i mean luckily it was you know this little it could have been like know this little it could have been like know this little it could have been like hundreds or something uh but this caused hundreds or something uh but this caused hundreds or something uh but this caused a lot of damage it was very scary um a lot of damage it was very scary um a lot of damage it was very scary um yeah i think this is the one my mom felt yeah i think this is the one my mom felt yeah i think this is the one my mom felt i think that’s the one that my mom’s but i think that’s the one that my mom’s but i think that’s the one that my mom’s but it’s very scary to have earthquakes this it’s very scary to have earthquakes this it’s very scary to have earthquakes this strong down there this is very serious strong down there this is very serious strong down there this is very serious can cause a lot of damage so when I saw can cause a lot of damage so when I saw can cause a lot of damage so when I saw that I went “Holy shit.” Like “Wow.” And that I went “Holy shit.” Like “Wow.” And that I went “Holy shit.” Like “Wow.” And I talked to somebody uh in LA cuz agency I talked to somebody uh in LA cuz agency I talked to somebody uh in LA cuz agency I’m working for their LA base i asked I’m working for their LA base i asked I’m working for their LA base i asked one of them there i was like “Are you one of them there i was like “Are you one of them there i was like “Are you okay like how was the earthquake?” They okay like how was the earthquake?” They okay like how was the earthquake?” They said “I didn’t feel it nothing here.” I said “I didn’t feel it nothing here.” I said “I didn’t feel it nothing here.” I think it was more San think it was more San think it was more San Diego so pretty weird pretty strange Diego so pretty weird pretty strange Diego so pretty weird pretty strange there’s so many big earthquakes lately there’s so many big earthquakes lately there’s so many big earthquakes lately um re weird i hope it’s not like I hope um re weird i hope it’s not like I hope um re weird i hope it’s not like I hope there’s not like a um a really big one there’s not like a um a really big one there’s not like a um a really big one coming like hardcore you know 8.0 kind coming like hardcore you know 8.0 kind coming like hardcore you know 8.0 kind of crazy big but this was in a weird of crazy big but this was in a weird of crazy big but this was in a weird location I’ve never seen before or don’t location I’ve never seen before or don’t location I’ve never seen before or don’t remember ever seeing one so that’s remember ever seeing one so that’s remember ever seeing one so that’s pretty pretty pretty weird so anyways pretty pretty pretty weird so anyways pretty pretty pretty weird so anyways hopefully hopefully everyone’s okay and hopefully hopefully everyone’s okay and hopefully hopefully everyone’s okay and there’s no like destruction from the one there’s no like destruction from the one there’s no like destruction from the one today i don’t know i didn’t read the today i don’t know i didn’t read the today i don’t know i didn’t read the news yet but uh so strange i was just news yet but uh so strange i was just news yet but uh so strange i was just talking about this and it just seems to talking about this and it just seems to talking about this and it just seems to keep happening keep happening keep happening so anyways that’s all I got for today uh so anyways that’s all I got for today uh so anyways that’s all I got for today uh see you tomorrow

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I give a sneak peek of the interactive documentation I’m building for AgentsCode. I hope to have that done this week.

Then, I talk about earthquakes.

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Daily Update for My Build and Public Log - April 14, 2025 Today, I shared my progress on making my AI agent API service full launch-ready. I demonstrated improvements to the documentation that allows users to create an account, generate API keys, and run agents directly from the documentation. I discussed challenges with receiving feedback and styling issues that need to be polished for a smoother user experience. I also shared my thoughts on how companies might adopt this technology either as a plug-and-play solution or as a fully integrated service. Additionally, I recounted a personal experience with a recent earthquake in Southern California, which reminded me of past events and the need for preparedness. This video covers both technical updates and personal reflections on recent events, giving viewers a comprehensive look into my project progress and my experiences.

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