Automation AI hacks

Restaurant staff photograph the specials board and n8n updates the website

For a low-tech local restaurant, an automation builder set up an n8n flow where anyone scans a QR code, photographs the specials board, and the parsed text goes by email for approval before it posts to the website.

Spotted on u/theautomationsguide

Shopper has n8n read the weekly store flyer and ping them on price drops

An n8n user built a 12-node workflow that checks their local grocery store's flyer PDF every week, pulls the price of their usual item, and alerts them when it drops below a set threshold.

a couple hundred dollars over time · their claim

Spotted on u/Weary-Shame3170

Drafting firm owner connects Grok Bot to email and website to sort quote requests and fix basic SEO

The owner of a millwork drafting business connected Grok Bot to his business email to turn quote requests into tasks, then to his website to add page titles, alt text and a sitemap that Google had been missing.

Spotted on James Johnston (@Mav_Millwork)

Podcast host dictates a prompt and has Claude rebuild their guest signup in Make

A real estate investor who hosts a podcast replaced an old Zapier setup by planning with ChatGPT, dictating the prompt, and having Claude build a Calendly to Make to Monday.com guest signup workflow.

Spotted on @GabePetersen

Creator has Claude Code sort footage and upload their podcast to YouTube and RSS.com

A creator built a Claude Code pipeline that imports the SD card, sorts talking-head footage from B-roll, and after a manual color pass uploads and schedules the episode to YouTube and RSS.com.

Spotted on Scotty Luu

Professional builds a button that launches a long Perplexity investor search

For frequent investor research at work, a Perplexity Pro user vibe-coded a button that starts a new search with a long, multi-question prompt.

Spotted on u/nothingeverhappen

IT services owner has ChatGPT configure the HaloPSA system they'd paid for but never set up

An IT managed-services owner who had paid for HaloPSA for about two years without configuring it wrote down their workflow, answered a 65-question questionnaire from ChatGPT, and let its browser agent set up billing, tickets, agreements and invoices while logging every change in a spreadsheet.

Spotted on u/ITGuyInMass

Founder has Claude rewrite each newsletter issue for social and drop the drafts in Airtable

Every Thursday, a founder's n8n automation pulls the latest Beehiiv issue, cleans the text, has Claude rewrite it for each platform, and saves the posts in Airtable as drafts.

Spotted on @jeromepatrickjr

Newsletter writer sends each new post to Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest with Make

A Substack writer built three Make.com scenarios in one afternoon that turn each new post into Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest posts with AI images and captions.

Spotted on Claudia Faith

Solo SaaS founder has a Claude Routine write and publish a blog post every day from search data

A solo SaaS founder set up a scheduled Claude Routine that reads their Search Console data through the Ahrefs connector, writes and fact-checks a blog post, and pushes it to GitHub so Vercel rebuilds the site, with no one reviewing it first.

Spotted on David Yu (Futureman Labs)

Ecommerce freelancer pulls Omnisend campaign data through Claude

A freelancer who runs email for Shopify clients connects Claude to Omnisend to pull campaign data, adjust automations and check segment performance without switching apps.

Spotted on u/Relative-Arachnid129

Vintage reseller uses Claude for listing drafts and sales exports across six platforms, but writes buyer messages by hand

A vintage reseller on eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, Depop, Mercari and Vinted keeps a Claude project for listing drafts and built small tools for receipts, sales exports and photo batches. Customer service, condition checks and pricing calls stay with them.

Spotted on Yvonne Cheng (Bored Biddy)