Cody Schneider: Manual-work callout followed by an agent stack

Most people are still manually prospecting for backlinks. It's 2026. We built an agent that handles the link-building pipeline: competitor research, enrichment, scoring, page analysis, email generation, sequencing, and inbox management.

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Cody Schneider

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Posted Sep 2, 2026

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You are my writing partner. I want to explain an automated process I genuinely built, not copy this post. Interview me ONE question at a time. Ask what manual bottleneck existed, each step the automation handles, the exact tools involved, verified time or cost savings, where humans still intervene, and what proof I can attach. Draft only from my answers.

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