A small automation from idea to running
We put it all together: take one annoying routine and turn it step by step into a running automation. A small capstone where you use everything you have learned.
Pick a routine
One that repeats, has clear rules and needs no judgement: processing an enquiry, a regular report, forwarding and record-keeping.
Break it into steps
Trigger (what sets it off) → what should happen → where it goes. If you can describe it on paper, you can build it.
Build it in n8n
Take a template, adjust the nodes, test it on a few runs (see automation course). Wherever something has to be decided or written, add an AI node.
Launch it and watch it
Check the automation for a few days, tweak the small stuff, then let it run. From then on it works for you.
What to watch out for
Start small and have a fallback (what happens when something fails). An unwatched automation can make a mess early on.
You do not have to automate the whole company. One routine less will do - then another. That is how a few boxes turn into a business that runs itself.
Want your routine turned into a finished automation?
I will build a working automation to fit and hand it over. Tell me what keeps repeating at your place.