AiAutomation

Intelligent workflows that think, plan, and execute

n8n workflows, Claude API integrations, prompt engineering patterns, and production automation pipelines. From simple tools to complex orchestration systems.

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n8n WorkflowsClaude APIPrompt EngineeringWorkflow OrchestrationMCP Servers

6 articles published

Build Log2 articles
·15 min

I Built a GitHub Release Watcher for My Homelab — Here's How n8n and Claude AI Keep My Stack Updated

A chronological build log of creating a 35-node n8n workflow that monitors GitHub releases and Docker registries, analyzes changelogs with Claude Haiku, and delivers color-coded digests to Discord, Telegram, Slack, and ntfy — for $0.02/day.

·14 min

I Built an AI News Digest with n8n and Claude API — Here's Everything That Went Wrong (and How I Fixed It)

A chronological build log of creating a 27-node n8n workflow that fetches 10 RSS feeds, deduplicates with Levenshtein matching, extracts full text via Jina Reader, analyzes with Claude Haiku, compiles with Claude Sonnet, and delivers to Slack — for $0.10/day.

Tutorial2 articles
·26 min

Build a GitHub Release Watcher with n8n and Claude: Complete Tutorial (43 Nodes, 4 Channels, $0.02/Day)

Step-by-step guide to building a 35-node n8n workflow that monitors GitHub releases and Docker registries, uses Claude Haiku for AI-powered changelog analysis, and delivers color-coded update digests across four channels.

·27 min

Build an AI News Digest with n8n and Claude: Complete Tutorial (27 Nodes, $0.10/day)

Step-by-step guide to building an automated AI news pipeline that monitors 10 RSS feeds, deduplicates articles, extracts full text, analyzes each one with Claude, and delivers a curated digest to Discord, Slack, or email.

Guide2 articles
·11 min

5 n8n Patterns I Use for SSH-Based Server Monitoring

Concrete n8n patterns from building a homelab health dashboard: compound SSH commands with section delimiters, deduction-based scoring, dual-trigger workflows, structured JSON AI output, and graceful first-run handling.

·14 min

Practical Claude API Prompt Engineering: Lessons from 500+ Automated Article Analyses

Hard-won prompting patterns from building a production pipeline that analyzes 25+ articles daily with Claude. Scoring calibration, structured JSON output, dual-model economics, and the single phrase that fixed everything.

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