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Automate a workflow with AI agents

Connect apps and let an AI step handle the judgment calls.

Best tools for this

1 n8n · Starter €20/mo billed annually; higher tiers: see site; free self-hosted Community edition

Self-hostable, flexible, with AI nodes; best value if you're technical.

2 Zapier · Free; Professional from $19.99/mo; Team from $69/mo (period: see site)

Largest app catalog; quickest for non-technical teams.

3 Make · See site

Visual scenarios with fine control at a lower price than Zapier.

Provisional editorial picks, not yet hands-on tested for this exact task.

Starter prompt

Design an automation that triggers when [event], uses an AI step to [classify/summarize/draft], and then [action]. List each node, the data passed between them, and how to handle failures.
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