{"id":861,"date":"2026-03-03T08:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/affiliatemarketing\/?p=861"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:06:48","slug":"claude-code-mcps-built-my-145k-marketing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/affiliatemarketing\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"Claude Code &amp; MCPs built my $145K marketing machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RB_M2mKiOcY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I sit down with Cody Schneider, growth engineer and co-founder of Graph, for a live, hands-on crash course in GTM (go-to-market) engineering powered by Claude Code. Cody walks through how he runs multiple AI agents simultaneously to handle everything from bulk Facebook ad creation and LinkedIn outreach to cold email campaigns and live data analysis \u2014 tasks that used to require a team of dozens. By the end of the episode, you&#8217;ll have a full understanding of how to set up your own agent workflow, the specific tools involved, and why domain expertise paired with AI is the real competitive advantage right now.<\/p>\n<p>Cody\u2019s GTM Toolkit:<br \/>\n*AI\/Agent Tools:* Claude Code, Perplexity API, OpenAI Codex<\/p>\n<p>*Marketing &amp; Outreach:* Instantly AI (cold email), Phantom Buster (LinkedIn scraping\/automation), Apollo API (data enrichment), Million Verifier (email verification), Raphonic (podcast host scraping)<\/p>\n<p>*Advertising:* Facebook Ads API, Facebook Ads Library (competitor research), Nano Banana Pro (AI image generation), Kai AI (bulk image generation), HeyGen API (UGC\/video generation)<br \/>\n*Infrastructure &amp; Deployment:* Railway.com (servers, on-the-fly databases\/Postgres), Vercel (deployment)<\/p>\n<p>*Data &amp; Analytics:* Graphed \/ Graphed MCP (data warehouse, live data feeds), Google Analytics 4<\/p>\n<p>*CRM &amp; Communication:* Salesforce (mentioned as comparison), Intercom, SendGrid API, Slack, Cal.com API<\/p>\n<p>*Productivity &amp; Design:* Notion, Super Whisper (voice transcription), Claude Code front-end design skill, HTML to Canvas (for converting React components to PNGs)<\/p>\n<p>Cody&#8217;s GTM Engineering Course: https:\/\/startup-ideas-pod.link\/GTM-engineering<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps<br \/>\n00:00 \u2013 Intro<br \/>\n02:02 \u2013 What Is GTM Engineering?<br \/>\n05:12 \u2013 Setting Up Your Agent Workspace &amp; Environment File<br \/>\n07:54 \u2013 Live Demo: LinkedIn Auto-Responder<br \/>\n09:56 \u2013 Live Demo: Bulk Facebook Ad Generator<br \/>\n12:31 \u2013 Live Demo: Cold Email Campaign Automation (Raphonic + Instantly)<br \/>\n14:47 \u2013 Live Demo: Creating Notion Documents via Claude Code<br \/>\n16:46 \u2013 Live Demo: Bulk Ad Creative Generator<br \/>\n26:05 \u2013 Live Demo: LinkedIn Engagement Scraper to Cold Email Pipeline<br \/>\n28:16 \u2013 Context Switching Across Tasks<br \/>\n29:19 \u2013 Live Demo: Bulk Ad Generator<br \/>\n31:41 \u2013 Live Demo: Data Analysis: Turning Off Low-Performing Ads<br \/>\n35:28 \u2013 Summary of GTM Engineering Workflow<br \/>\n37:48 \u2013 Deploying Agents and On-the-Fly Databases with Railway for Data Analysis<br \/>\n41:28 \u2013 The Dream of Autonomous Marketing<br \/>\n48:50 \u2013 Building API-First Products and Agent-Native Infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>Key Points<\/p>\n<p>* GTM engineering has evolved from Clay-style data enrichment workflows into full-stack agent orchestration \u2014 where one person running multiple Claude Code agents can replace the output of a large team.<br \/>\n* The practical setup starts with a single folder containing your environment file (API keys for every tool in your stack), transcription software like Super Whisper, and Claude Code.<br \/>\n* Cody demonstrates running seven or more agents simultaneously across LinkedIn outreach, Facebook ad creation, cold email campaigns, Notion document generation, and live data dashboards.<br \/>\n* Code-generated ad creative (React components exported as PNGs) costs nearly nothing to produce at scale and allows rapid testing of messaging variations before investing in polished visuals.<br \/>\n* Deploying proven workflows to Railway turns one-off agent tasks into always-on, autonomous processes that run 24\/7.<br \/>\n* Domain expertise is the real multiplier \u2014 the vocabulary you bring from your field determines the quality of output you can extract from these tools.<\/p>\n<p>The #1 tool to find startup ideas\/trends &#8211; https:\/\/www.ideabrowser.com\/<br \/>\nLCA helps Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups build their future &#8211; from Warner Music to Fortnite to Dropbox. We turn &#8216;what if&#8217; into reality with AI, apps, and next-gen products https:\/\/latecheckout.agency\/<br \/>\nThe Vibe Marketer &#8211; Resources for people into vibe marketing\/marketing with AI: https:\/\/www.thevibemarketer.com\/<\/p>\n<p>FIND ME ON SOCIAL<br \/>\nX\/Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregisenberg<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/instagram.com\/gregisenberg\/<br \/>\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gisenberg\/<\/p>\n<p>FIND CODY ON SOCIAL:<br \/>\nCody\u2019s startup: https:\/\/www.graphed.com\/<br \/>\nX\/Twitter: https:\/\/x.com\/codyschneiderxx<br \/>\nYoutube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@codyschneiderx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sit down with Cody Schneider, growth engineer and co-founder of Graph, for a live, hands-on crash course in GTM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/affiliatemarketing\/?p=861\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Claude Code &amp; 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