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Most AI automation projects fail before they even start.
Not because the tools are wrong.
Because the workflow was never defined.
Companies jump straight to "Let's use ChatGPT, Make, or n8n" but that's the wrong first question.
The right question is: Where is the business actually losing time every week?
Take sales follow-ups as an example. Before writing a single line of automation, you need answers to:
Where does the lead originate?
What data is required and is it clean?
When should the follow-up trigger?
What should AI generate vs. what needs human review?
What happens when an API call fails?
Where does the final output live?
A reliable automation system isn't just a chain of tools stitched together.
It needs clean inputs, fallback logic, error handling, audit logging, and human checkpoints in the right places.
That's the difference between a fragile workflow and a scalable business system.
My approach every time:
Map the workflow first
Eliminate unnecessary manual steps
Then build using n8n, Make, Zapier, OpenAI API, LangChain, or custom integrations
AI shouldn't replace your business logic.
It should make that logic faster, cleaner, and easier to scale.
What's the most broken workflow in your business right now?
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