AUTOMATON

Deploy an autonomous AI agent on its own VM.

Mission

Describe the goal. The agent gets a full Linux VM with terminal, browser, and residential IP. It figures out the rest.

Infrastructure

Each agent runs on its own Hetzner VM (~$3.80/mo). You provide your own Hetzner API token.
Create one at console.hetzner.cloud → Security → API Tokens. The agent gets a CX22 VM (2 vCPU, 4GB RAM, 40GB NVMe).
Gives the agent a residential IP so websites don't block it. Oxylabs static ISP ~$1.60/IP/mo.

Brain (Inference)

Get one at openrouter.ai/keys

Email & Communication

Gives the agent email and SMS so it can sign up for services and receive verification codes.
Gives the agent email. agentmail.to
console.twilio.com — gives the agent a phone number for SMS verification
2captcha.com — solves CAPTCHAs during sign-ups

Wallet (Coinbase CDP)

Gives the agent a crypto wallet on Base to send/receive USDC. portal.cdp.coinbase.com

Budget

How much the agent can spend on inference. $10 gets ~100-1000 turns depending on model. VM cost (~$3.80/mo) is billed directly by Hetzner.