AI inside your automation
Add AI to an automation and it stops just shuffling data and starts thinking - sorting, writing, extracting details and deciding. This is where two threads of the course come together.
What AI adds to a workflow
- Sorting - sorts emails, enquiries and reviews by what is in them.
- Generation - writes a reply, a summary, a description.
- Extraction - pulls the amount, the date and the name out of an email or an invoice.
- Decisions - works out where something should go or what takes priority.
Concrete examples
- An enquiry comes in → AI works out the field and the urgency and routes it accordingly.
- An invoice arrives → AI pulls the amount and the due date into a spreadsheet.
- A review appears → AI drafts a polite response for approval.
How it works
In n8n you add a node for Claude or OpenAI, give it a prompt (see prompting course) and pass its output on down the workflow. The AI is just one of the boxes - the clever one.
What to watch out for
Budget for small token costs (for the AI calls) and watch out for hallucinations - on the important steps, have a person approve the result. An automation is there to save time, not to decide blind.
Automation moves data around. Automation with AI understands what it is moving - and that is a completely different league.
Want automation that thinks as well?
I will bring automation and AI together around your exact processes - sorting, replies, extracting details. Tell me what you are dealing with and I will design it.