Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
*Get the guide to create AI Agents:* clickhubspot.com/wbg
Show notes
Can you build a team of AI assistants—like a competitive researcher, content strategist, and world-class data analyst—all inside your email inbox?
Kieran dives into how AI specialists can supercharge your productivity right from your inbox.
00:00 Introduction: AI assistants in your email inbox
01:00 How MailManus works: Custom email per agent
02:00 Why OpenAI, Google & Claude don't have this
04:00 DEMO: Setting up a competitive analysis agent
05:00 Live walkthrough: Forwarding articles to your agent
06:00 Getting the competitor brief back via email
07:00 Setting up a content repurposing agent
08:00 The Gmail filter hack: Auto-forward newsletters to your bot
09:00 Subscribe to newsletters as content sources
10:00 Why this matters: UX is the real AI problem
11:00 The AI that wins = the one you use every day
Ep 403
Mentions
Manus https://manus.im
Airtable airtable.com/
OpenAI openai.com/
Claude claude.ai
Host Links:
📲Kipp Bodnar, twitter.com/kippbodnar
📲Kieran Flanagan, twitter.com/searchbrat
‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
About the Show
Kipp Bodnar, HubSpot’s CMO and Kieran Flanagan Hubspot's SVP of Marketing, lead you down the rabbit hole of marketing trends, growth tactics and innovation. On the way you’ll pick up undiscovered strategies to give you that slight edge for success. These are not your typical twitter thread regurgitated marketing tactics that everyone is doing. These are new methods, with unfiltered examination of successful fresh ideas.
*Get the guide to create AI Agents:* clickhubspot.com/wbg
Show notes
Can you build a team of AI assistants—like a competitive researcher, content strategist, and world-class data analyst—all inside your email inbox?
Kieran dives into how AI specialists can supercharge your productivity right from your inbox.
00:00 Introduction: AI assistants in your email inbox
01:00 How MailManus works: Custom email per agent
02:00 Why OpenAI, Google & Claude don't have this
04:00 DEMO: Setting up a competitive analysis agent
05:00 Live walkthrough: Forwarding articles to your agent
06:00 Getting the competitor brief back via email
07:00 Setting up a content repurposing agent
08:00 The Gmail filter hack: Auto-forward newsletters to your bot
09:00 Subscribe to newsletters as content sources
10:00 Why this matters: UX is the real AI problem
11:00 The AI that wins = the one you use every day
Ep 403
Mentions
Manus https://manus.im
Airtable airtable.com/
OpenAI openai.com/
Claude claude.ai
Host Links:
📲Kipp Bodnar, twitter.com/kippbodnar
📲Kieran Flanagan, twitter.com/searchbrat
‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
About the Show
Kipp Bodnar, HubSpot’s CMO and Kieran Flanagan Hubspot's SVP of Marketing, lead you down the rabbit hole of marketing trends, growth tactics and innovation. On the way you’ll pick up undiscovered strategies to give you that slight edge for success. These are not your typical twitter thread regurgitated marketing tactics that everyone is doing. These are new methods, with unfiltered examination of successful fresh ideas.
