Joe Apfelbaum Γ— Claude Code

What I’ve shipped with Claude Code

Real products, tools, and agents β€” most built in days, some in minutes. Every one of these started as a conversation. Steal the ideas, or learn to build your own.

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#58Live β†—Directories & Data

VeryGoodPainters.com: Painter Directory #3

A self-running directory of house painters, commercial painting contractors, and cabinet painting specialists, launched with its own bold blue-and-gold brand and a market-by-market buildout that started in Ohio on day one.

1,752 painting businesses tracked Β· 8 cities Β· 3 trade segments
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#57Live β†—Live Products

Download Media: Free Video Downloader

Paste a link from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, or a thousand other platforms and get your video back as an HD MP4 or just the audio as an MP3. No watermark, no signup, built for creators repurposing their own content.

1,000+ supported platforms Β· MP4 or MP3 Β· files auto-delete after 2 hours
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#56Live β†—Directories & Data

The Recruiters List: 44,593 Staffing Firms

Every recruiter, staffing agency, and executive search firm in the US, organized into a filterable target account list, with seat-based access and a white-label mode so the same engine can serve multiple brands.

44,593 recruiting and staffing firms Β· multi-tenant white-label Β· zero stored contacts on purpose
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#55Live β†—Live Products

evyAI Tools: 64 Utilities in One Hub

Small, fast utilities for LinkedIn, content, and prospecting, all rebuilt into one registry with a plain-language search box: type what you are trying to do, get pointed at the right tool.

64 tools in one registry Β· plain-language tool finder Β· every use tracked
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#54Live β†—Live Products

evyAI Workflow Catalog

Every workflow idea for evyAI, from a Monday-morning prospect briefing to a scheduled posting engine, published as a browsable catalog where each card shows a prototype of exactly what a member would receive, and members vote on what gets built.

45 workflows cataloged Β· 23 with working prototypes Β· members vote on what ships next
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#53Live β†—AI Agents & Automations

evyAI Email System

An Instantly-style email sequencer built from scratch: connect Gmail accounts with OAuth, build multi-step sequences, and let it send on a schedule from your own addresses, with replies automatically pulling people out of the sequence.

Gmail-native sending Β· multi-step sequences Β· replies detected and sequences stopped automatically
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#52Live β†—Directories & Data

The Inc List: Fastest-Growing Companies as a Target List

America's fastest-growing companies organized into a filterable, seat-gated target account browser built for a client's sales team, where reps work the list inside the app instead of exporting it.

Years of Inc. 5000 honorees, browsable Β· seat-based team access Β· no bulk export by design
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#51Live β†—AI Agents & Automations

The AI Circle: Amy Builds Second Brains

Meet Amy, an AI employee who interviews each member of the circle and organizes everything in their head into a growing Second Brain: a structured folder of markdown files about their business, goals, relationships, and ideas.

One markdown Second Brain per member Β· grows with every conversation Β· invite code entry
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#50Live β†—Community Tools

Baruch's Padres HQ

Everything San Diego Padres in one place, built with love as a bar mitzvah gift for Joe's nephew Baruch: live game scores with linescores, the schedule, player pages, standings, news, and league leaders, in full brown-and-gold.

Live scores, schedule, standings, and leaders Β· 6 sections Β· one very happy bar mitzvah boy
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#49Live β†—Knowledge & Brand

Testimonial Collector: Emmanuel Ghostwrites

People love your work and still never write the testimonial, because writing is work. Emmanuel, an AI ghostwriter, interviews them with quick multiple-choice questions, drafts the testimonial in their voice, and publishes to the wall only after they approve it.

Multiple-choice interview Β· AI-drafted in the customer's voice Β· nothing publishes without consent and approval
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#48Live β†—AI Agents & Automations

The Office: 12 AI Employees Behind One Door

A password-gated web office where Joe chats with his twelve AI employees: each one a markdown persona with a role, a memory, and a beat, from research to writing to operations, all defined in files you could read like an employee handbook.

12 AI employees Β· the whole company is a folder of markdown Β· shell access off on purpose
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#47Live β†—Directories & Data

AllTheAgencies.com: The Map of the Agency Economy

Every business runs on agencies, and this is the map of all of them: 112 agency categories across 13 groups, each with a real explainer covering what the category does, what it costs to engage, and how to choose one.

112 agency categories mapped Β· 13 groups Β· 491,450+ estimated US entities
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#46Live β†—Knowledge & Brand

AIEmployeeManual.com

The home of the AI employee idea: the manual that runs a real AI employee on a server you own, plus onboarding, org charts for AI teams, a questions page, and the testimonial wall, all under one roof.

One home for the AI employee method Β· manual, onboarding, org charts, and Q&A Β· Joe's avatar answers at the door
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#45Live β†—AI Agents & Automations

PipelineRiver.com: Peter, the AI Pipeline Employee

Meet Peter, an AI employee who emails you a short list of hand-picked companies each morning and learns from every Keep, Skip, and Hold. The waitlist, a one-card-at-a-time pilot review, an endless interview called the River of Questions, and single sign-on are all live.

First pilot batch reviewed at a 55% keep rate Β· 20-company curated queues Β· Peter reads and records every reply
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#44Live β†—Directories & Data

RooferButler.com: Rufus Roofington, Roofing Concierge

Rufus Roofington is the butler-hatted AI employee behind a self-running roofing directory: nightly scraping, daily enrichment, a fresh article every morning, and a daily hot-leads briefing, starting with Long Island and the five boroughs.

3,154 roofing companies across 31 cities Β· 3 roofing segments Β· 600 businesses enriched daily
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#43Private buildDirectories & Data

Market Atlas

A US market intelligence resource that scored 340 local markets and 203 business niches to decide where and what to build next, generating a ranked playbook that now seeds the directory projects.

340 markets scored Β· 203 niches ranked Β· 52 states tiered
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#42Case studyInfrastructure & Dev

Branded Errors + Scanner Armor

Every site on the server fleet got branded error pages (the 404 now pitches a free evyAI account) and behavior-based scanner blocking tuned against 96,597 real probe requests, without ever blocking the bots that matter.

15 domains branded Β· 96,597 probe requests analyzed Β· AI crawlers welcomed on purpose
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#41Private buildAI Agents & Automations

Meeting HQ + Podcast HQ

The relationship-ops system for Joe and his assistant: a meeting kanban from inbox to met, a podcast appearance pipeline, public booking and guest invite forms, AI quick-add from messy pasted messages, and a daily digest so nothing dies in WhatsApp again.

Two kanbans Β· public booking and guest forms Β· daily digest at 6:45 AM
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#40Private buildDirectories & Data

List Lab + List X-Ray

Two internal list-intelligence tools: List Lab builds large named prospect lists by combining one provider's filters with another provider's free lookups, and List X-Ray bulk-checks any list of LinkedIn URLs, emails, or phones against a 278 million person database for free.

3,728-record named list from one search Β· 10,000-row lists checked for $0 Β· 262 identifiers in 22.6 seconds
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#39Private buildAI Agents & Automations

Success HQ: CS Command Center

The customer success command center: team shift check-ins with live member queues, one-click CRM and billing lookups, event attendance tagged from a pasted Zoom screenshot, and recurring client accountability emails that replaced a paid automation platform.

1,834 community members tracked Β· shift targets and auto-emailed reports Β· screenshot-to-attendance AI
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#38Live β†—Community Tools

Barrett Ersek X-Factor Workbook

A landing page and fully interactive workbook for Barrett Ersek's X-Factor talk at the EO Philly retreat: the teaching narrative, the 8-step wheel, a 13-screen fillable workbook with autosave, and a photo gallery with ready-to-post captions.

13-screen interactive workbook Β· autosave Β· print, copy, and email export
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#37Live β†—Community Tools

EO US East Bridge Member Directory

A member directory for Joe's EO chapter: 94 entrepreneur profiles with fun facts and conversation starters, a playful speakeasy gate at the door, and an admin editor that republishes any profile in seconds.

94 member profiles Β· 562K+ combined LinkedIn followers Β· edits publish in seconds
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#36Live β†—Live Products

VibeCodingLive.com

The home of Joe's live building show: session countdown with add-to-calendar, replays with email-gated prompt transcripts, be-a-guest applications, resource guides, and a guest promo kit page with downloadable logos and ready-made social templates.

Full site + brand system + guest promo kit, server-rendered
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#35Live β†—Directories & Data

SpeakEasySpas.com

A national medspa and esthetician directory that runs itself: nightly scraping, daily enrichment, an AI data-journalism blog post every morning, a weekly newsletter, and a daily hot-leads email, all without a human in the loop.

2,200 companies in 10 cities on day one Β· 300 businesses enriched daily Β· a fresh article every morning
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#34Live β†—Live Products

Business Clarity Framework

A qualification quiz that gives business owners a blunt diagnosis of what they actually need, with an emailed Clarity Report and a live-assisted mode where Joe pushes resources onto the prospect's screen mid-conversation.

5 verdict paths Β· deterministic scoring Β· live-assisted mode
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#33Live β†—Knowledge & Brand

evyAI Public Roadmap

A public product roadmap where anyone can vote and submit ideas: Looking into, Working on, Shipped. Nothing goes public until Joe approves it, and idea subscribers get an email when their request ships.

3 lanes Β· public voting Β· subscribers emailed when ideas ship
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#32Live β†—Live Products

evyAI App Architect

Describe an app idea in a 5-step wizard and get a complete product blueprint: PRD, spec, sitemap, database schema, user stories, an AI build prompt, MVP phases, and a go-to-market plan.

5-step wizard Β· 8-part product blueprint per idea
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#31Live β†—Live Products

Website Prompt Builder

A free tool that assembles a complete ChatGPT prompt for a one-page personal brand site, including a style extractor that reads any website you admire and folds its design language into your prompt.

Lighthouse: 93 performance Β· 100 accessibility Β· 100 best practices Β· 100 SEO
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#30Live β†—Directories & Data

TechStackDirectory.com

A programmatic SEO directory of small business tech that updates itself: an ingest loop reads six industry news feeds every 6 hours and tags tool mentions, no CMS, no cron, no maintenance.

252 tools Β· 38 categories Β· 1,093 pages at launch Β· reads the news every 6 hours
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#29Live β†—Live Products

evyAI Networking System

The client-facing app behind Joe's networking program: a 9-section LinkedIn strategy builder with AI generation, an offer builder, a lead magnet lab, and a team dashboard, serving real paying clients.

9-section strategy builder Β· 169 client strategies Β· 6,456 posts analyzed
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#28Live β†—Directories & Data

ICP Radar: Free Audience Search

An audience explorer on a 217 million person identity graph: describe your ideal customer in plain English and AI turns it into live filters and a real headcount, free.

217M US adults searchable Β· 350+ real data attributes Β· counts in seconds
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#27Live β†—Knowledge & Brand

This Portfolio (It Publishes Itself)

The site you are reading right now: a zero-dependency Node app with JSON file storage, a full admin panel, a question form that emails Joe, and llms.txt for AI crawlers. Claude built it, deploys it, and writes these very entries.

58 projects Β· zero npm dependencies Β· questions land in Joe's inbox
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#26Private buildDirectories & Data

Dream 100 Engine

Describe your ideal customer; the engine builds your Dream 100 company list using free directory data β€” no paid list required.

ICP β†’ ideal-company list, people-first
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#25Private buildKnowledge & Brand

Brand Words Exercise Framework

A structured system that helps Joe understand and measure his personal brand β€” which words he owns, and how consistently his content backs them up.

A full personal-brand measurement system
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#24Private buildAI Agents & Automations

Daily Intelligence Emails

Cron-scheduled agents that email Joe every morning: directory traffic, bot activity, API spend, database growth β€” the whole operation in one read.

Every morning, 6:30 AM, zero effort
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#23Live β†—Community Tools

EO Forum Tools

A forum update sheet for EO members β€” works instantly with no signup, with optional accounts that keep monthly history.

Forum updates, structured + remembered
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#22Private buildInfrastructure & Dev

Affiliate Portal

A portal for evyAI's 984 affiliates β€” imported, organized, and enriched, including a pilot that scored one affiliate's 6,394 connections for fit.

984 affiliates imported & organized
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#21Case studyKnowledge & Brand

API Documentation Pipeline

Every external API the business pays for (people data, Google Maps, LinkedIn) gets documented by Claude Code into internal docs that future AI agents can read and use.

3 external APIs β†’ agent-ready internal docs
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#20Case studyInfrastructure & Dev

WordPress From the Terminal

evyai.com's WordPress is managed entirely by Claude Code over SSH β€” content updates, plugins, and maintenance without ever opening wp-admin.

Full site control, zero wp-admin clicking
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#19Case studyInfrastructure & Dev

Massive Codebase Review

Claude Code read the entire evyAI product monorepo and delivered an architecture map, gap analysis, vulnerability flags, and improvement ideas β€” in minutes.

Full architecture mapped + gaps found in minutes
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#18Case studyInfrastructure & Dev

The Great Replit Escape (VPS Fleet)

Claude Code audited all 27 Replit apps, hardened Joe's own servers, and migrated the keepers one by one: databases moved, logins swapped to magic links, rented AI proxies replaced with direct APIs.

27 apps audited Β· 10 apps rescued to the VPS Β· databases, auth, and AI clients all swapped
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#17Live β†—Infrastructure & Dev

evyAI Draw β€” Self-Hosted Whiteboard

A self-hosted, evyAI-branded Excalidraw whiteboard with shareable token-link workspaces β€” no accounts, no subscription.

Open-source, rebranded, owned
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#16Live β†—Knowledge & Brand

evyAI Knowledge Base

A company knowledge base where every fact lives in a single source file β€” the site, search, and an AI-readable llms.txt all generate from it.

One facts file β†’ whole site + llms.txt
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#15Private buildInfrastructure & Dev

Content Studio

A team content operation in one app: a content library, publishing queues, and automatic WordPress publishing for 9 team members.

9 users Β· auto-publishes to WordPress
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#14Private buildCommunity Tools

Skool Community Intelligence Extension

A private Chrome extension that scans a Skool community and produces member stats and insights Joe uses to understand his own communities.

Full community stats in one click
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#13Private buildAI Agents & Automations

Telegram Accountability Bots

Telegram bots that track Joe's water intake and goals β€” and automatically update a public webpage so his accountability buddies can check on him.

Goals tracked in chat β†’ live public progress page
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#12Private buildAI Agents & Automations

AI Leads Dashboard

A dashboard where an AI agent running on the server reads every GoHighLevel lead, triages it, and tells the team who to call first.

Every inbound lead AI-triaged
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#11Case studyLive Products

FootprintAudit β€” Lead-Gen Audit Tool

A free digital-footprint audit tool that turns curious visitors into a growing lead list β€” 547 leads and counting, with automated email reports.

547 leads captured and counting
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#10Live β†—Live Products

NewsJackingDaily.com

A daily content site that watches the news β€” and watches itself: freshness monitoring, crash recovery, and push alerts if anything goes stale.

Self-healing β€” monitors its own freshness
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#9Live β†—Community Tools

evyAI Note Taker (EANYC)

Event tables take notes; the system turns them into polished recap emails, an AI-enriched member directory, and a guest registry β€” automatically.

AI-enriched member directory + automatic recaps
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#8Live β†—Directories & Data

Companies Directory & Industry Hub

A public company directory with industry hubs and AI-enriched profiles β€” built to be read by humans and AI models.

Full company directory + industry hub, growing daily
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#7Private buildAI Agents & Automations

Social Selling Radar

A system that watches Joe's world β€” Skool communities, his LinkedIn network, and competitors β€” and sends one daily email of signals worth acting on.

One daily email of ready-to-act signals
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#6Live β†—Directories & Data

Google Maps Crawling Agent

A live local-business finder that pulls real-time Google Maps data, cross-checks who's enrichable in evyAI, and publishes it all LLM-friendly β€” AI crawlers now index it constantly.

Actively crawled by AI models daily
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#5Live β†—Directories & Data

LinkedIn Creators Directory

A directory of 12,682 LinkedIn creators with an AI-built Top 50 β€” every profile page has a one-click "research this person with evyAI" button.

12,682 creators indexed Β· Top 50 ranking
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#4Live β†—Community Tools

The Claude Masterclass Funnel (Meta)

The application funnel for the Claude Masterclass β€” landing page, scored application, Stripe checkout, admin pipeline β€” was itself built with Claude Code. Obviously.

This funnel was built by the thing it teaches
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#3Live β†—Live Products

ProspectingParty.com

A LinkedIn prospecting community platform β€” TRUST scores, curated pods, party check-in, and a members-only invite system.

TRUST-scored community with pod matching & party check-in
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#2Live β†—Live Products

LinkedIn Training Replay with Live Zoom Chat

A replay page for a live LinkedIn training where the Zoom chat scrolls beside the video in real time, exactly as it happened in the room. Full transcript, clickable chapters, Q&A, and resources on one page.

1-hour replay Β· 137 chat messages synced to the video Β· $0/mo hosting
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#1Live β†—Live Products

eoevent.com β€” 15-Minute Sold-Out Event Page

A landing page built with Claude in under 15 minutes that sold out an EO retreat, since grown into the chapter's full event site: current event, past event archives, and a training replay page, still hosted free.

15 minutes β†’ sold-out retreat Β· now a multi-page event site Β· $0/mo hosting