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S1 · Episode 95

Posting Is Hard Until an AI Agent Directs You

filmed 28 October 2026 · 2:25

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Underway Producer is the AI video director I built that picks up what I'm filming, sets me up and directs me through each take out loud. It connects to my email, GitHub, Linear and Vercel, so the agent speaking to me knows what my day held. Each take comes out as a fully edited long episode with captions, shorts and clips, thumbnails, the copywriting for every social post, an SEO article, and it posts to all my channels in the right format. I filmed alone for years with no plan and bad lighting, and most of that footage never left my camera phone.

Why is posting content so hard, and how does an AI agent that directs you fix it?

by Richard Lovatt · updated 28 October 2026

Posting is hard because filming alone means no script, bad lighting and endless retakes, most of which never leave your camera roll. Underway Producer fixes this by acting as a director that sets you up, speaks each line of direction out loud while you film, then turns that single take into a long episode, shorts, thumbnails, copywriting, an SEO article and posts to every channel, so you only ever have to press record.

In short

  • Filming alone with no script means most retakes never leave your camera phone
  • A director that speaks each take out loud removes the blank page problem entirely
  • Underway connects to email, GitHub, Linear and Vercel so it already knows your day before it asks anything
  • One take produces the long episode, shorts, thumbnails, copy, an SEO article and auto-posting to every channel
  • Direction, not willpower, is what gets business owners to actually start recording

Filming alone without a script

I used to film alone, no script. Put my phone down, pop up the camera, press record, and talk at nothing. Here's how that usually went: badly. No real plan, talking from the hip, bad lighting. The thought of editing killed me before I'd even started.

I used to take retake after retake, and guess what? Most of the footage never made it out of my camera phone. That is the honest version of what it is like to try to document something alone, without anyone telling you what to say or how to say it.

Episode 96 title card: I used to take retake after retake
Episode 96 title card: I used to take retake after retake

What actually stops people posting

The real problem is not laziness. It is that nobody tells you what to film, how to set yourself up, or what to say, so every session starts from a blank page. That blank page is what kills most attempts at building in public within a week.

If you're anything like me, where you're stuck knowing you need to prepare content, you've missed out on God knows how many years where you should have been posting, and you're feeling regret that you should have.

An agent that directs your takes

Contrast that with now. Something picks up what I'm filming, sets me up and directs me through each take out loud. Literally like I've got a director in the room with me. I simply just talk and answer what it says.

It picks what to film so you don't start from nothing. It sets you up properly with lighting and where you need to be and your background. So all you need to do is press record. And it directs each take out loud, handing you exactly what to say if you want.

The director's step by step panel: 1. Sets me up
The director's step by step panel: 1. Sets me up

Connected to every tool you use

Now, the agent speaking to me knows everything about my day. It connects to every single tool I have, my email, my GitHub, my Linear, my Vercel, you name it. So it's like having a little executive assistant who knows me, who also knows how to get me views and to help me prepare and create content.

This is the difference between a note that says worked on auth and an agent that knows the token refresh took all afternoon. One is a topic. The other is a question worth answering on camera.

Mid take, talking straight to the camera
Mid take, talking straight to the camera

How the director works, step by step

I simply sit down at any time in the day, press record, and the director directs me. First it decides what to film, so there is no blank page. Then it sets me up with lighting, position and background, so there is nothing to think about before pressing record.

Once recording starts, it directs each take out loud, handing me exactly what to say if I want it. All I have to do is talk and answer what it says, the way you would answer a real person sitting across from you.

Mid-direction, reacting to what the director says
Mid-direction, reacting to what the director says

Everything each take produces

Here's the kicker, and here's the best thing. Each take produces many different things. It produces the long episode, fully edited, captioned with animation. It creates shorts and clips. It creates professional thumbnails.

It does the copywriting, so every single social post has a really well-written post to go with it. It writes an SEO optimised article so that video can be found on Google. And it's your social media manager, it posts to all of your social channels at once in the correct format.

The result panel: 1. the long episode
The result panel: 1. the long episode

What it costs and who it suits

This suits business owners who know they should be posting but never get round to it because the camera, the script and the editing cause too much friction. It is not for people who do not want to speak at all, a written journal suits them better, and it is not for people who want a fully produced podcast with guests and a script, a studio suits them better.

Reacting mid-explanation, hands raised
Reacting mid-explanation, hands raised

Underway Producer for business owners

At the end of the day, direction, not willpower, is what will get business owners like yourself posting. If you're anything like me, where you look back and know you should have been creating content for the past five years or so, but you never got around to it, here's your chance.

Underway Producer literally takes everything off your hands, so you do not have to ever think about how you're going to create content, what you're going to say, the lighting, the scripting, the editing, the posting. It is all done for you.

The tool panel: Underway Producer, takes everything off your hands
The tool panel: Underway Producer, takes everything off your hands

Questions people ask

Do I need a script to use Underway Producer?

No. The director sets up the shot and directs each take out loud, handing you what to say if you want it, so there is nothing to write beforehand.

What does one recording session actually produce?

One take produces the long episode fully edited and captioned, shorts and clips, professional thumbnails, copywriting for social posts, an SEO-optimised article, and automatic posting to your social channels.

How does the director know what to ask me about?

It connects to tools like email, GitHub, Linear and Vercel, so it already knows what happened in your day before it starts directing a take.

Is this only for software founders?

No, it is for any business owner who knows they should be posting but gets stuck on the camera, the script or the editing.

What is the alternative to using a director like this?

Filming alone with no plan, which usually means bad lighting, retake after retake, and footage that never leaves your camera phone.

Read the transcript

I used to film alone, no script. Put my phone down, pop up the camera, press record, and talk at nothing. Here's how that usually went. Badly. No real plan, talking from the hip, bad lighting. The thought of editing killed me. I used to take retake after retake, and guess what? Most of the footage never made it out my camera phone Contrast that with now, something picks up what I'm filming Sets me up and directs me through each take out loud. Literally like I've got a director in the room with me. I simply just talk and answer what it says. Now, the agent speaking to me knows everything about my day. It connects to every single tool I have, my email, my GitHub, my Linear, my Vercel, you name it. So it's like having a little executive assistant who knows me, who also knows how to get me views and to help me prepare and create content. I simply sit down at any time in the day, press record, and the director directs me. It picks what to film so you don't start from nothing. It sets you up properly with lighting and where you need to be and your background. So all you need to do is press record. And it directs each take out loud, handing you exactly what to say if you want. And here's the best thing. Each take produces many different things. It produces the long episode, fully edited, captioned with animation. It creates shorts and clips. It creates professional thumbnails. It does the copywriting, so every single social post has a really well-written post to go with it. It writes an SEO optimized article so that that video can be found on Google. And it's your social media manager. It posts to all of your social channels at once in the correct format At the end of the day, direction, not willpower, is what will get business owners like yourself posting. And if you're anything like me, where you're a business owner and you look back and you know you should have been creating content for the past five years or so, but you never ever got around to it, here's your chance. Underway Producer literally takes everything off your hands, so you do not have to ever think about how you're gonna create content, what you're gonna say, the lighting, the scripting, the editing, the posting. It is all done for you

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