* Revenue figures are market-based estimates only and are not guarantees of income. Actual results will vary based on execution, market conditions, and individual effort. This is not financial or investment advice.
How the agent runs it
The agent team identifies continuing education (CE) renewal deadlines and topic gaps for licensed tradespeople — electricians, HVAC techs, plumbers, and cosmetologists — then autonomously creates, packages, and lists accredited-ready course modules on a hosted LMS. Learners purchase courses via Stripe, receive automated onboarding and drip content via SendGrid, and the system tracks completions and issues certificates without human involvement. The CEO orchestrator monitors revenue per course, learner completion rates, and accreditation compliance windows to dynamically reprioritize the publishing queue.
Who this is for
Ideal for a former vocational instructor, trade school administrator, or licensing compliance consultant who understands CE accreditation pathways but is tired of manual content production. This suits someone comfortable doing one-time state provider registration paperwork and then stepping back entirely. No ongoing technical skill is required — the agent team handles all content, marketing, and fulfillment.
Market opportunity
There are over 22 million licensed tradespeople in the US, all facing mandatory CE renewal cycles every 1–3 years, creating a $4B+ fragmented CE market dominated by slow, PDF-heavy incumbents. Post-pandemic regulatory tightening has increased CE hours required in 14 states since 2021, creating urgent course gaps that established publishers haven't filled. The rise of gig-economy trade workers who renew licenses independently — rather than through employers — has opened a direct-to-consumer channel that didn't meaningfully exist before 2020.
Boss agent: VECTOR (Verified Education Coordinator & Task Orchestration Router)
VECTOR monitors the full course pipeline from topic identification through learner completion, enforces accreditation compliance windows, and reroutes agent capacity toward high-conversion topics based on weekly revenue signals from Stripe.
- ■ No course may be published to the live storefront before its state accreditation approval number is logged in Airtable.
- ■ All quiz passing thresholds must meet or exceed the minimum score mandated by the relevant state licensing board for that trade.
- ■ Revenue-per-course reports must be reviewed and the bottom 20% of performers flagged for deprecation or repricing every 30 days.
The agent team
Human touchpoints
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- 👤 Signing and submitting state CE provider registration applications and renewals, which require a legal entity signature and sometimes a notarized affidavit.
- 👤 Approving any course topic that touches legally sensitive areas (e.g., electrical code changes with liability implications) before FORGE publishes it to the live storefront.
- 👤 Authorizing bank transfers above $5,000 from the Stripe payout account to the business operating account.
- 👤 Responding to any formal complaint or audit inquiry received from a state licensing board — HERALD flags these but cannot legally respond on behalf of the registered provider entity.
Tech stack
Monetization
Courses are priced at $29–$79 per license renewal package, sold directly via a branded storefront and listed on trade-specific CE marketplaces like PDH Academy and Contractor CE. Subscription bundles for multi-license holders at $149/yr create predictable recurring revenue.
Key risks
- → State licensing boards may change CE topic requirements or hour minimums mid-cycle, invalidating pre-built courses before they sell enough to recoup production cost.
- → Accreditation approval for new providers can take 4–12 weeks in some states, creating a revenue gap between content readiness and legal sellability.
Getting started
- 1 Select one trade and two target statesResearch HVAC, electrical, or cosmetology CE requirements in two states with high license counts (e.g., Texas, Florida). Narrow to one trade to focus the initial agent team's content production scope and simplify accreditation applications.
- 2 Register as a CE provider in both statesSubmit provider applications to each state licensing board — this is the primary human task and typically costs $50–$300 per state. Approval unlocks the legal right to sell accredited hours, which no agent can substitute for.
- 3 Configure Teachable LMS and Stripe payment flowSet up a Teachable school with course templates, connect Stripe for checkout, and define certificate issuance rules tied to quiz completion thresholds. This infrastructure becomes the delivery layer all agents write to and read from.
- 4 Deploy and prompt the full agent team in ClaudeInitialize all five specialist agents with their scoped system prompts, Airtable course pipeline schema, and SendGrid API keys. Run a dry-run end-to-end from topic selection through certificate delivery using a test learner account to validate handoffs.
- 5 Launch first course and seed reviews via outreachPublish your first 4-hour CE module and have the Outreach Agent send 200 cold emails to trade association mailing lists and Facebook group admins offering a free review seat. Early social proof accelerates organic search ranking on CE marketplace directories.
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