Draft an interactive course site and a 318-page prompt ebook with the Manus agent in a few prompts, then clean up by hand
A newsletter writer gave Manus three short prompts to build and deploy an interactive AI-business course site, then had it expand an old 100-prompt ebook into 318 pages. Both shipped as drafts; an infographic attempt failed.
Evidence: The author reports this. We have not checked it beyond reading the source.
The business problem
A solo creator wants to turn existing know-how and an old lead magnet into bigger digital products (a course and an ebook) without spending weeks writing, designing and building a site.
What was tried
1. Course: ask Manus in one prompt for an interactive course on a topic (here, starting an AI business: niche, validation, low-code MVP, tools, marketing). No source material was given. 2. Ask Manus to turn the course into a website and deploy it permanently. 3. Ask for a polish pass: quizzes, small games, linked YouTube videos and a better look. 4. Ebook: attach the original short ebook plus your own prompting guidelines and earlier prompt collections, and ask for an expanded, branded version with longer prompts grouped by category. Because of context limits, split the job into three separate Manus tasks and let them run in the background. 5. Review the content and sources yourself and finish formatting and branding by hand. 6. The author also tried a branded infographic from a detailed prompt; it came out unreadable after several tries, so keep image-heavy layout work in a design tool.
What was reported (mixed)
The author reports a deployed interactive course website and a 318-page ebook (prompts of roughly 500 to 1,000 words across 20 categories) produced over three days of experimenting. The infographic failed. Branding and design of the ebook still needed work. No sales, downloads, revenue or reader feedback are reported, and total hours are not given.
Limitations
Self-reported, with no sales or usage results, so it shows the agent can draft the products, not that anyone wanted them. The course was generated with no source material, so its accuracy depends on review the post does not describe in detail. Failed and restarted tasks used up credits. The author was on the paid Manus Plus plan ($39 a month), shares a Manus invitation link that earns the author credits, and links a course platform through what looks like an affiliate link. Published June 2025, so Manus features and pricing may have changed.
What you need
A Manus account (the author used the paid Plus plan); existing material to expand for the ebook; time to review and format the output.
Sources
- AI Blew My Mind (Daria Cupareanu), Substack ↗ Firsthand write-up, published June 12, 2025
Source published: June 12, 2025. Last reviewed here: October 24, 2026. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
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