AI agent discussions often focus on coding or MCP. My starting point is different. I use coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex as assistants for work beyond development. Instead of automating isolated tasks, I keep them beside me as a secretary and knowledge platform for routine operations, speaking requests, internal coordination, slide preparation, and customer-facing project delivery.
That daily use reveals agent-worthy problems. With Markdown, Git, Google Workspace, and MCP in the loop, work becomes context an agent can read, improve, and hand back. I then turn those problems into agents I build, deploy, review, and operate myself.
I will cover Vibe Presales, my term for turning a customer's concerns, constraints, and reactions in a presales conversation into a working demo while the context is fresh. I will also share lessons from a PowerPoint-building agent, including design, deployment, review, and output quality for real slide and proposal work.
These lessons become OSS code, articles, books, and hands-on material. Attendees leave with a loop for living with agents at work, building reliable systems, and sharing reusable lessons.
