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Autonomous Website OperationsAI Webmaster

The owner texts or emails a website change and approves it on a live preview link—with no developer in the loop.

Last reviewed: 2026-10-22 · Status: In client work

Full stack receipt#1 · In client work · reviewed 2026-10-22
#1Autonomous Website Operations

AI webmaster (Claude Code + GitHub Actions + preview deploys, texts and email in)

In client work
1. What we use it for: We run an autonomous AI webmaster that turns a business owner’s text message or email request into a tested pull request and a live preview URL for one-tap approval.
2. Client use case · A nonprofit education centerState: live
Problem

Routine copy, program-fee, and page updates on an Angular 18 teacher-recruitment and TEFL platform required waiting on developer availability for every small edit.

What the tool did

Wired an AI webmaster ("Sunny") combining an agent workspace running Claude Code CLI, a Twilio SMS bridge, AgentMail, GitHub Actions (`webmaster-*.yml`), an automated reviewer bot, and Netlify deploy previews so the director can text or email a change request and inspect the result on a preview link.

Result

Operating live since 2026-09-23 with 22 bot-authored pull requests (PRs #44–#61 in the approval log), each verified on a Netlify preview before merge.

3. What it costs us or the client

Included in a Claude Max subscription ($100–$200/month) or ~$2–$8 in API tokens per request, plus Twilio SMS (~$1.15/month for the local number + $0.0079/text), GitHub Actions minutes, and Netlify preview hosting ($0–$19/month) (as of 2026-10-22).

4. Setup notes (how it is wired in)

Inbound texts (via Twilio SMS bridge) and emails (via AgentMail) trigger a GitHub Actions workflow (`webmaster-*.yml`) that runs Claude Code CLI against the repo, runs the build and a reviewer-bot check, opens a pull request, and sends the Netlify preview URL back to the owner before anything merges.

5. What broke & how it was handled

Our underlying agent host shifted multiple times during early runs (starting on an xAI Grok Bot workspace across 24 sessions before standardizing the execution lane on `claude -p` and GitHub Actions), and unattended edits needed an independent reviewer bot plus a strict preview-approval gate so an unreviewed prompt could never auto-merge to production.

6. What we compared it against & why we picked it

Compared against giving a non-technical owner direct CMS admin access (where accidental layout edits break mobile pages or forms) and traditional developer hourly retainers (slow turnaround for 5-minute copy tweaks). We picked a PR-based AI webmaster because every change gets a git diff, a build check, and a preview link.

7. Last reviewed: 2026-10-228. Video / tutorial: Episode 2 script package ready: "The AI Webmaster — The owner texts a website change; an AI agent opens the PR and sends a preview link"
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