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Notes from running real automations: what we built, what broke, what we would do again. One article a week, each linked to the Academy lesson or manual that goes deeper.
Human-in-the-loop automation: three rules that keep AI from sending the wrong email
Our sales replies are drafted by AI and approved by a person. Three binding rules came out of running it, each learned from a real mistake, plus how to decide what may run without a human.
llms.txt: what it is, what it isn't, and how to add one in ten minutes
llms.txt is a short Markdown file that tells AI assistants what your site is and where the important pages are. What it does, what it does not do, and the version we run on flowsmith.online.
n8n vs Zapier: what running close to a hundred workflows taught us
We run close to a hundred active automations on n8n. Here is where n8n wins, where Zapier is the better choice, and the questions that decide it for a small company.