Host Aydin Mirzaee welcomes Marquis Murray, productivity consultant and YouTuber, to share how AI agents are transforming day-to-day work. Marquis walks through live demos connecting Claude to Asana via MCP to auto-build projects from transcripts, generate executive-ready status PDFs, and create “AI teammates” in Asana that triage requests, draft briefs, write emails/blogs, and route approvals—keeping humans in the loop. Once you see it, you won’t go back to manual setup.

Timestamps

0:06 – Why manual project planning is over; AI compresses weeks into minutes.

0:17 – Introducing Marquis Murray.

0:43 – Starting the YouTube channel during lockdowns; documenting Asana learnings.

2:06 – From corporate to consulting; helping teams adopt Asana, HubSpot, Zoom, Slack.

4:05 – Making companies more productive with AI and integrations.

4:53 – Today’s plan: Claude + Asana + agents.

6:06 – Using Claude as a “central AI” via MCP.

8:17 – Building a Customer Appreciation Event project in Asana directly from Claude.

12:20 – Custom fields/sections: what connectors can and can’t create.

13:06 – Finished example: phases, tasks, owners, dates.

14:05 – Feeding transcripts and docs to generate realistic demo projects.

19:05 – “If you’re not doing this yet, start today.”

19:42 – Pulling Asana status into Claude and exporting a polished PDF.

23:34 – Exec-friendly reports: progress bars, metrics, priorities.

24:50 – Asana AI Studio: agents as virtual teammates.

27:23 – Auto-correcting human errors: naming, missing info, duplicates.

29:02 – Agents rename tasks, create briefs, draft assets.

35:42 – Agents gatekeep incomplete requests; ask for specifics.

37:13 – AI-generated campaign brief, email, and blog drafts.

39:08 – Human-in-the-loop approvals before going live.

43:01 – Triage demo: vague video request → structured follow-ups.

45:25 – Auto-created subtasks to collect missing details.

46:33 – “Easy mode” for building agents with natural language.

47:03 – Marquis’s wish: a true AI chief of staff that restructures your day.

48:56 – Where to find Marquis’s tutorials; wrap-up.

Tools & Technologies Mentioned

Asana — Project management platform; AI Studio builds rule/LLM agents (“teammates”).

Claude (Anthropic) — AI assistant used for brainstorming, MCP connections, summaries.

Perplexity — AI search and research assistant.

HubSpot / Salesforce / Jira — CRM/dev tools commonly integrated with Asana workflows.

Zoom & Slack — Core collaboration stack surfaced during remote shift.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) — Lets LLMs securely interact with external tools like Asana.

Fellow.ai — AI meeting assistant for accurate summaries, action items, and insights.

Google Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Canva — Connected apps Claude can use to orchestrate work.

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