AI systems for one-person businesses.
I build, run, and publish the systems. You can steal the useful parts.
Ship Lean turns real product work, workflows, and build logs into n8n AI agents, workflow pages, free tools, AEO content, newsletters, and short-form assets that compound.
operators250+
starter assets15+
new dropsweekly
$ ls systems/
content-os.md one-lane.md idea-funnel.md
$ ship weekly-drop
ok system ready. steal it.
The Content OS
4 inputs. 1 lane. 1 useful asset shipped before noon. The content engine for a one-person business.
posts31
saves2,148
new operators+412
Choose your constraint
Start where the problem is already hot.
This is the main router for social and search visitors. Nobody has to guess where to click.
Start n8n agents
Learn the Ship Lean split: Claude Code or Codex builds, n8n runs, and a human approves risky actions.
Use a free tool
Score the workflow, estimate the payoff, or plan the Claude Code + n8n handoff.
Steal AI systems
Claude Code skills, prompts, agents, and workflows from inside Ship Lean, packaged as free starters.
Copy a workflow
Turn build logs, videos, demos, and messy operations into repeatable systems.
Grab a starter system
Get the useful public version of the prompts, skills, and workflows mentioned in the videos.
Work with me
Record once. I turn it into a week of Shorts, LinkedIn, X, and a newsletter draft. Scheduled in your voice.
Operator in public
Built by Chris. Packaged as Ship Lean.
This is a personal brand, just not a biography site. The face matters because the systems come from real work, real constraints, and public receipts.
I build Claude Code, n8n, content, and research systems for one-person AI businesses, then publish the useful parts as Ship Lean.
Open AI Systems ->The system desk
Proof becomes pages. Pages become leverage.
The site is built around one loop: capture real work, route it into useful assets, and publish with enough receipts that Marcus trusts the system.
Latest receipts
Recent field notes from the build.
How to Turn AI Coding Skills Into a Local Service Business Offer
Stop selling AI as a feature. Package a local-business website and a monthly automation retainer as the offer, and use Claude Code plus n8n as the delivery rail.
Read -> NOTE_02.MDHow to Use Claude as an SEO Workflow Instead of a Chatbot
Stop pasting prompts into Claude for SEO. Wire it as one step in a repo-aware workflow with inputs, a decision rule, an artifact, and an approval gate.
Read -> NOTE_03.MDRebuilding a Zapier Stack on Self-Hosted n8n: The Real Gotchas
What you actually learn after rebuilding a Zapier stack on self-hosted n8n in a weekend: the hidden gotcha most tutorials skip, the cost math, and the migration order that does not break production.
Read ->Saturday drop
Get the next system before it becomes a page.
Weekly field notes for builders turning product work into distribution. No generic AI news. Just systems, prompts, workflows, and receipts.