Three Agents I'm Building in 2026

Jan 7, 2026
Walter Manger
3 minute read
Figure 1: Photo by ThisIsEngineering via Pexels

Figure 1: Photo by ThisIsEngineering via Pexels

Most people are still figuring out how to use AI. I’m figuring out how to stop working.

Not in the lazy way. In the delegation way.

2026 is my year of going agentic. Instead of using AI as a better search engine or a fancier autocomplete, I’m building specialized agents that own entire domains of work.

Here are the three I’m starting with.

1. Product Manager Agents

The Product Manager agent doesn’t just help me manage products. It manages them.

It knows the product. It tracks the roadmap. It coordinates with other specialized agents who understand the underlying technology and architecture.

When I need a decision, it gives me options with context. When I need an update, it synthesizes from multiple sources. When I need a plan, it drafts one based on what it knows about the product, the tech, and the constraints.

I’m not building a chatbot that answers product questions. I’m building a PM that works for me.

2. MVP Agent

Ideas are cheap. MVPs are expensive. Especially when you’re the one building them.

The MVP agent takes software ideas and turns them into minimum viable products. Fast.

But here’s the thing: you can’t build MVPs quickly without infrastructure. The agent needs a solid base app starter to work from. Something with auth already configured, a database layer ready to go, deployment automated.

I’ll either build this starter or buy one. Either way, the economics are clear: invest once in the foundation, then use it to spin up dozens of MVPs.

Once that’s in place, the workflow becomes simple. I describe what I want. The agent asks clarifying questions. Then it builds a functional version I can interact with.

Not production-ready. Not perfect. But real enough to validate whether the idea is worth pursuing.

This changes the economics of exploration. When spinning up an MVP takes hours instead of days or weeks, you can afford to be wrong more often.

3. Content Discovery Agents

I’m drowning in content. Everyone is.

The Content Discovery agent is my filter and my friend. It goes out into the world, finds content it knows I care about, and breaks it down into small, digestible chunks.

Not summaries. Insights.

It knows what I’m interested in. It knows what I’ve already read. It knows what’s worth my time and what isn’t.

Instead of spending hours scrolling, I spend minutes reviewing what matters.

What This Unlocks

Here’s what’s interesting about this shift.

When you build specialized agents for specialized work, you stop being a doer and start being an orchestrator. Your job isn’t to execute tasks. It’s to direct agents who execute better than you could alone.

Product management becomes product oversight. MVP building becomes idea validation. Content consumption becomes insight extraction.

You scale without hiring. You move faster without working harder. You multiply your leverage without multiplying your hours.

2026 isn’t about getting better at prompting. It’s about building agents that know how to work for you.

And I’m starting with these three.