Skill vs Guide vs Agent Setup: which to buy first
Toby Banks — Founder, Skillzy
The dispatch
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Every listing here is one of three things. Buying the wrong one for where you are is the fastest way to decide “this AI stuff is not for me” when really you just started in the wrong place.
A Skill — when you have one job that annoys you
One file, one job, done. Buy a skill when there is a single repetitive task you can name in a sentence. It is the cheapest way to find out this works on your actual business.
A Guide — when you want to understand it
You are not buying a file, you are buying someone’s judgement on how to do this well. Buy a guide when you want to build it yourself but not learn it the hard way.
An Agent Setup — when you want the outcome, not the project
The whole thing, wired. Buy a setup when you want a process replaced, not a task — and you would rather spend an evening once than figure it out across months.
The honest order
Most people should start with one cheap skill that fixes a real annoyance, feel it work, then jump straight to the setup for their trade. The guide is for the ones who want to build.
Featured listingYour first SKILL.md, the right way.
The short version of "how to publish a skill people will actually buy."
Your first SKILL.md, the right way · $9 →Featured listingYour first agent in 20 minutes.
Non-developer? Wire Claude into your work in one sitting.
Your first agent in 20 minutes · $12 →Featured listingOn-site Tradie Ops.
Quote it, schedule it, invoice it. From the back of the ute.
Tradie agent setup · $179 →Liked this? Get the next one.
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