I built an IH toolset and app to put my AI subscriptions to use 24/7
I use AI for a lot more than writing code. I use it to create demo videos, write blog posts, and find conversations about problems my products solve.
I also have a day job. I don't want every one of those tasks to depend on me sitting down, opening a terminal, and starting another session.
That's why I built Overboard, and today I'm sharing the Mac app here. It helps me schedule agents to run locally on my Mac using the Claude/Codex subscriptions I'm already paying for.
The goal is to token-max - if I'm not hitting my weekly limits on my Max plans I feel that I'm not optimizing the super-intelligence we all have at our fingertips.
Content Creation and Marketing Agents
I built three free plugins that anyone can use, with or without Overboard:
Demo videos — DemoDay
Give it your project and work out a script. It can drive the actual app on screen, record the demo, generate narration and captions, and put together a finished video, using Remotion and your Fal API key. It can also make vertical videos for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts, including an AI presenter.
I use it to show what my products do. Once the script and style are set, I let the agent work for ~30 min and have a finished mp4 at the end.
Blog posts — SEO Blog
It researches search results and your existing articles, finds topics to cover, writes a post, and can generate the images. The result goes to your blog as a draft for review.
This is a good fit for an overnight agent: give it the ability to see/read existing posts and research other ideas, then let it write the article overnight. Read and edit the draft when you have time.
Social media marketing — SocialCue
It uses your browser to find relevant conversations, reads the context, and drafts replies. It also has a content library and a Postiz integration for scheduling approved posts and tracking performance.
I want to spend my time talking to people who have the problems my products solve, rather than scrolling around hoping to find them. The drafts give me a starting point; I still rewrite them in my own voice.
The plugins are free to install. I can't say this toolset works yet. I am not getting any sales or traffic for my products, but content generation and marketing has become a part of my workflow now that I've built tools around it, so I feel I have a good system now.
How Overboard Keeps me On Track
Overboard gives those agents a schedule. Pick a project, a prompt or plugin command, and when it should run. The sessions run on my Mac, and I can see what happened, read the agent's response, or take over a session.
What's cool is I can also send a one-off task from Slack or Telegram when I'm away from my desk.
There's more to it than scheduling, too. Overboard keeps context about my repos, lets me set project goals, and shows the human blockers holding things up. I talk with the morning review agent about goals and strategy across my projects.
I'm working on rules around session and weekly usage limits so I can make better use of the subscriptions I'm already paying for. I want to token-max them without having to babysit every run.
I still review the work and decide what gets published. Agents handle as much as they can, but you still need to publish things (like this article) in your own voice.
Try it on your Mac
You can try Overboard for 14 days without any email/payment - if you like it and it helps maximize your Max plan - it's a one-time payment of $49 to get a license for multiple Macs. You'll need macOS 14+, Claude Code or Codex, and set the option to keep your Mac awake if you want to schedule tasks off-hours.
Are other people running recurring tasks on your Mac? Or do you prefer using Cloud Agents? I'd like to hear what other people are doing to setup agentic workflows.
Really good writeup, thanks for sharing it. What's the next thing you're planning to try here?
nice work bro
Thanks!
Since you're still validating demand, what would indicate users value Overboard itself rather than simply enjoying the free plugins—repeated scheduled runs, retention, or willingness to pay?
People using the application, requesting features, giving feedback and definitely paying would be great validators. Right now I'm just trying to let people know about it to see if anyone has interest.
The paid signal is probably the hardest one there. What would make someone come back to Overboard specifically, rather than just use one of the free plugins?
What stood out to me is the distinction between automating the work and automating the decision to publish it.
For marketing tasks, I think agents are especially useful for the repetitive parts: research, drafting, collecting information, preparing a first version, or finding relevant conversations. But the final review still matters because context and judgment are harder to automate reliably.
I also like the idea of scheduling these tasks around an existing workflow rather than treating AI as something you have to manually start every time. That seems like a more practical way to make AI useful alongside a full-time job.
The “human in the loop” part seems especially important when the output represents your product publicly.
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Nice work shipping it. What has been the biggest challenge since launch?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it for later.
How do you decide which tasks are okay to run on their own and which still need a manual check?
Nice progress. What is the next thing you are focusing on?
Clear and practical, thanks. Did anything surprise you along the way?
Really relatable. How much time do you put into this each week?
All my projects outside my full-time job are also a full-time job.
Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it for later.
nice nice
I like the idea of using agents for repetitive marketing work instead of just coding. Which one has saved you the most time so far: demo videos, SEO content, or finding relevant conversations?
Probably the demo videos. If I didn't have Claude making that I would be clueless recording and using a video editor myself.
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Scheduling agents overnight is genius. Does it actually match your voice?
Not really - when you ask models to make social media posts they sound like the most obnoxious linkedin influencers. But even if I have to rewrite most repliies I think it's helpful to get the thread and have a draft.
Makes sense — most people are paying for AI subscriptions and only using a fraction of the quota. How are you scheduling the tasks so it actually runs unattended?
The app uses launchd underneath. There are toggles in the app to Keep Mac Awake, and Prevent Lock Screen which I have flipped on.
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
What are some alternative agent orchestrators? Building this one myself was free (other than tokens). I do pay for Postiz because setting up apps for automated posting on each social media site would be a pain. I also pay for Plausible because I need analytics.
Interesting. How are you measuring whether it is working?
I'm using Plausible to track traffic sources to see what channels are working. I plan to give a post-mortem after using my system for a month or so.
This is useful. How are you finding your first users so far?
I don't have users or traffic to the app yet. Last few weeks I've been using these tools to build a presence on socials (reddit, threads, tiktok etc...). I plan to try a lot of things and see what content/channels work.