Timothy Anthony
AI Automation Engineer — n8n, Make.com, Zapier, Airtable.
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AI automation isn’t about adding AI to everything.
It’s about finding the repetitive work that slows a business down — then deciding what should be automated, what should use AI, and where a human should stay in the loop.
For example:
📄 Invoice received
→ Extract data with AI
→...
"Just approve it automatically" sounds efficient until something gets approved that shouldn't have been.
The better pattern: automate everything except the one decision that actually needs a human.
Here's a workflow I built that does exactly that (n8n):
→ A request comes in via...
A quick thought on where AI automation is heading
The conversation around AI has shifted a lot this past year — less "can AI write an email" and more "can AI actually run part of my business reliably."
That shift matters. It means the bar is higher. A cool demo isn't enough...
Here's exactly how I work with clients — process, timeline, what to expect
If you're considering automating part of your business, here's what working together actually looks like:
Discovery call — We talk through what's currently manual, where the bottlenecks actually are, and...
Here's what I've built in the last 30 days — the numbers
Over the past month I've walked through real automation builds across four industries:
An invoice complaint handler that turns 15-20 minutes of manual response into seconds of review
A patient follow-up system that removes...