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Automated AI workflow that captures incoming data, processes it with an OpenAI-powered agent, structures and stores records in Google Sheets, then triggers email and Telegram follow-ups based on conditional logic.
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The goal was simple: make appointment management easier for salon owners and reduce the manual work involved in handling bookings and reminders.
The system connects the complete workflow in one place:
1 Customer makes a booking
2 Booking gets confirmed
3 Owner sees it on the dashboard
4 Upcoming appointments are organized clearly
5 Reminders help the owner stay on top of appointments
One of the key things I focused on was making the experience simple, clean, and easy to understand, while keeping the workflow practical for a real business.
This project helped me think beyond just building screens — and focus more on the actual business problem, user flow, and overall product experience.
Excited to keep improving it and turn it into an even more polished product.
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Marlowe Mobile Detailing
Solo-owner mobile car detailer, Austin, TX (serving Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Lakeway)
Marlowe Mobile Detailing was losing about 1 in 5 bookings to no-shows and running behind on nearly every job. This build replaces a vague "can you detail my car?" text with a fully scoped, weather-aware booking flow that sets an accurate time and price upfront, captures access instructions before he arrives, and automates rain-day rescheduling so he never has to chase a customer again.
He works alone and travels to the customer. Rain cancels outdoor jobs. Customers under-describe how dirty their cars are, so jobs run long. About 20% of bookings were no-shows because people forgot he was coming to them.
The question I ask before automating anything: "What does this look like on a Tuesday in month four?"
Not the demo. Not launch day. Month four, when the person who championed it has moved on, the data has drifted, and the model has quietly started doing something slightly different.
The automations that survive month four have three things: a human somewhere in the loop, a log a non-engineer can read, and a kill switch that doesn't need me. The PO intake agent I posted last week is built that way on purpose. It registers and notifies, people decide, and every email in and out is logged.
If yours has all three, you're fine. If it has none, I'd love to hear how it's going. I collect these stories.
the month four test is so spot on zahid. everyone designs for the launch demo, but silent prompt drift kills more workflows than actual broken APIS.