Yesterday, a ChatGPT Agent built a complete AI Maturity Quiz for me — in just four hours.

No developers. No copywriters. No stitching tools together by hand.

I gave it a one-paragraph brief. It wrote the questions, created the scoring system, generated email templates, coded the automations, and even told me exactly where to paste the scripts.

For solopreneurs, this isn’t just a neat trick — it’s a way to get the output of an entire team without the payroll.

I only stepped in a few times — and those moments are the real reason this worked.

The Problem I Needed to Solve

I wanted to create a quiz to measure AI readiness for solopreneurs.

Something that could tell someone not just “you’re ahead” or “you’re behind”, but exactly where they stand in five core pillars of AI maturity — and what they should do next.

That meant:

• Writing clear, relevant questions

• Designing a scoring system

• Providing stage-by-stage feedback

• Automating the whole process so quiz takers would instantly receive results via email

• Integrating it with Google Sheets so I could track responses over time

In the past, this would have meant:

• Hiring a developer to code the logic

• Briefing a copywriter for the quiz text and result emails

• Stitching together tools manually

Time estimate? Easily a week or more.

Cost? Hundreds, maybe thousands.

Enter the ChatGPT Agent

Most people know ChatGPT as a conversational tool — you type a prompt, it responds.

But a ChatGPT Agent is different. Think of it as ChatGPT with a job description, a memory for the task at hand, and the ability to execute a series of connected steps toward a goal.

Instead of asking it one-off questions, you tell it:

• What you want (the end goal)

• Any constraints you have (tools, timelines, formats)

• The rules it should follow along the way

Once it understands the mission, it doesn’t just give you a single answer.

It plans the workflow, executes each step, checks its own work, and moves on to the next part — looping until the job is done or it needs your input.

The best analogy?

It’s like working with a brilliant, multi-skilled junior colleague:

• They can write, code, research, and design.

• They’ll move quickly and handle the heavy lifting.

• But they still look to you for guidance when decisions or trade-offs arise.

For this project, I treated the Agent like I would a human teammate.

I gave it a one-paragraph brief:

“Build me a quiz to assess AI Maturity for solopreneurs.

Include questions across 5 pillars: Mindset, Tooling, Workflow Design, Leverage, Focus.

Each question should be answered as Yes, Somewhat, or No.

Assign points, calculate scores, and map them to maturity stages.

Create pillar-by-pillar feedback.

Write the email copy for sending results.

Then generate the Google Apps Script code to automate the process in Google Sheets.”

From there, it broke the work into sub-tasks, executed them in sequence, and only pinged me when it hit a roadblock.

How the Agent Delivered

Here’s what happened next:

1. Mapped the Quiz Structure

The Agent immediately broke the task into sub-steps:

• Define the 5 pillars

• Create 3 questions per pillar

• Assign point values for Yes/Somewhat/No

• Create total score ranges for overall AI Maturity stage

2. Wrote the Questions and Scoring System

It came back with 15 spot-on questions.

Example from the “Mindset” pillar:

“When faced with a new task or project, do you first consider how AI could help?”

Scoring was straightforward:

• Yes = 2 points

• Somewhat = 1 point

• No = 0 points

3. Designed Stage Interpretations

The Agent mapped total scores to stages like:

• Awareness

• Adoption

• Alignment

• Acceleration

• Autonomy

And it didn’t stop there — it also gave pillar-specific feedback.

Meaning, if someone scored low in “Workflow Design” but high in “Mindset,” they’d know exactly what to work on.

4. Wrote the Email Templates

Next, it produced professional, on-brand result emails:

• Subject line

• Personalized greeting

• Summary of overall stage

• Breakdown by pillar

• Next steps for improvement

5. Generated Google Apps Script Code

This is where I did a double-take.

The Agent didn’t just give me quiz logic; it wrote the code to:

• Capture quiz responses in Google Sheets

• Calculate scores automatically

• Pull the correct stage feedback

• Email the results instantly to the participant

6. Provided Integration Instructions

It even told me exactly where to paste the code in Google Sheets and Gmail, and how to test it.

Where I Had to Step In

Now, I won’t pretend this was a push-button miracle.

There were moments when the Agent got stuck — or headed in the wrong direction — and I had to step in to course-correct.

A few examples:

• Logic Loop: At one point, the Agent kept suggesting ways to store quiz responses that didn’t fit with my Google Sheets setup. I had to jump in and explain my constraints before it could adjust.

• Code Testing: The first Google Apps Script it wrote had a permissions issue. I had to manually troubleshoot, re-run the code, and feed the error message back into the Agent.

• Overcomplication: It initially over-engineered the scoring system with too many conditional branches. I simplified the logic, then had it rewrite the code to match.

These moments are important to highlight because AI is not yet a “fire and forget” teammate. It’s powerful, but it still benefits from a human who knows the destination and can steer when the path gets messy.

Think of it less like hiring a self-sufficient employee, and more like working with a brilliant but junior colleague: they can do amazing work fast, but they still need your oversight.

From Idea to Execution — In Hours

By the end of the day:

• The quiz was live

• Scoring worked perfectly

• Emails were firing automatically

• Responses were neatly logged in Sheets

And my role?

Stakeholder. Reviewer. Occasional clarifier.

I wasn’t coding. I wasn’t writing every word. I was orchestrating outcomes.

The Aha Moment

This wasn’t me “using” ChatGPT.

This was ChatGPT running the project — while I stayed at the decision-making level.

It’s a subtle but profound shift:

• In the old model, I’d give AI a prompt, it would give me an output, and I’d stitch it all together.

• In this model, I gave AI the goal — and it handled the workflow.

It was like having a junior PM, a developer, and a content writer rolled into one…

…that never got tired, forgot details, or sent me a “circling back” email.

Why This Matters for…

🔹 Solopreneurs

You get the capabilities of a team without payroll.

Want to launch a new lead magnet? Build a productized service? Automate client onboarding? An Agent can handle the heavy lifting so you can focus on strategy and customer relationships.

🔹 Employees

AI Agents can take over the repetitive, time-consuming parts of your job — letting you focus on higher-value work that makes you more visible and indispensable to your organization.

🔹 Entrepreneurs

Instead of waiting on budget approvals or hiring cycles, you can use Agents to quickly prototype internal tools, test marketing campaigns, or create custom automations — then hand them to your team to run at scale.

Lessons Learned

1. Clarity is Everything

The better you define the goal, the more the Agent can work independently.

I didn’t just say “make a quiz” — I gave the pillars, scoring system, output format, and integrations.

2. Let It Work in Blocks

Instead of approving each question one-by-one, I let the Agent complete a whole draft of questions, then reviewed.

This keeps momentum high and avoids micromanaging.

3. Expect Intervention Points

Even the best Agent will hit moments where it needs human input. That’s not failure — it’s collaboration.

4. Test Early, Test Often

Before I launched the quiz, I ran a dozen fake submissions to make sure every score range triggered the right email.

It worked perfectly — but I wouldn’t skip this step.

5. Keep a Backlog of Agent Ideas

Now that I’ve seen what’s possible, I keep a list of tasks I want an Agent to try next.

This isn’t about replacing my role — it’s about extending my reach.

Try It Yourself

Reading about the quiz is one thing.

Taking it — and instantly seeing your results — is another.

Whether you’re a solopreneur, an employee looking to stay relevant, or an entrepreneur rethinking your workflows, this quiz will show you exactly where you stand in your AI Maturity journey — and where you can improve.

👉 Take the AI Maturity Quiz here

You’ll get:

• Your overall AI Maturity stage

• A breakdown of your strengths and gaps across the five pillars

• Practical next steps to level up

See the output for yourself. Then imagine what a ChatGPT Agent could build for your business in just a few hours.