Nick Saraev — Playbook

Distilled from 15 top videos (323-video catalog) covering Claude Code, AI agents, automation services, and the mobile-app building workflow. Source: youtube.com/channel/UCbo-KbSjJDG6JWQ_MTZ_rNA · Maker Zero (skool.com/maker-zero).

Attribution note: all revenue figures ($4M/yr profit, $160K/mo agencies, $72K/mo, $92K/mo, $400K/mo) are the creator's self-reported claims, not verified.

The Core Doctrine

Sell before you build

Pitch productized automation ideas to prospects, build only what gets validated. "You don't build and then hope people come."

business

Reserve LLMs for judgment

Wrap probabilistic models in deterministic frameworks. Error rates compound: 5 steps at 90% = 59% overall. Code handles execution; LLM handles judgment.

architecture

Definition of done

Every prompt/job closes with a measurable "definition of done" — the difference between satisfied and underwhelmed results.

prompting

Boring systems win

Explainable, interpretable automations sell for $1.5K+ each. "You can print money so long as you solve a customer problem."

products

60-30-10 model routing

Cheap models (Haiku/Flash) for volume, mid-tier (Sonnet) for standard work, top models (Opus/Gemini Pro) for synthesis.

economics

Security as differentiator

Vibe-coded economy: leaked keys = "millions". ~99% skip security audits — running the audit is a moat. Two passes, fresh context each time.

security

The 5 Sellable Automations ($1.5K+ each)

Mobile App Workflow (Expo + React Native)

Agentic Frameworks

Context & Economics

Business Model Notes

Source Files