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No-Code Workflow AutomationSelf-paced course

AI Automation

Build client-ready workflow judgment: map a real process, survive retries and replayed events in a simulated runtime, and put AI behind a schema and a human gate. n8n is the example, not the product.

8
modules
80
practice tasks
8
portfolio projects
12
in-app pages
7.2h
of module content
Full curriculum

9 modules, in order

  1. 0Orientation
    Who this is for, how grading works, and what we will not promise. n8n is an example platform, not a certificate.
Stage 0 · Workflow foundations
  1. 1Your First Client Workflow50m
    Trigger, transform, side effect. Assemble a booking pipeline that can actually finish, and reject a graph that loops.
  2. 2Data That Moves45m
    JSON paths, empty emails, and why a 200 can still store garbage in the CRM.
Stage 1 · Real integrations
  1. 3APIs, Webhooks & Auth50m
    They call you or you call them. Reject a bad signature. Never mail the secret.
  2. 4When Things Fail50m
    Bounded retries on a flaky API. Do not send three invoices.
Stage 2 · Production discipline
  1. 5Do It Once45m
    The same payment event, twice. One charge. Key on event id, not the clock.
  2. 6AI as a Step, Not a Brain50m
    Demand a schema. Reject conversational prose. Models label and draft; code writes and charges.
  3. 7Agents That Can't Run Away50m
    Draft versus execute. Approval before money moves. Ticket text is untrusted.
Stage 3 · Capstone
  1. 8Capstone: A Client-Ready Lead Pipeline90m
    Enrich, extract, CRM, Slack. Survive two CRM failures, a replay, and a model that returns a sentence.
Inside the course

4 sections, 12 real pages

Learn4 pagesCourse structure, reference material, and where you left off
  • DashboardYour home base: progress, streaks, and what's next
  • SyllabusThe full course outline, module by module
  • Learning RoadmapThe whole journey mapped on one page
  • Cheat SheetsPrintable quick-reference for every tool
Practice5 pagesExtra reps, quizzes, and skill tracking
  • Quiz CenterEvery module's quiz, plus a cumulative final
  • Workflow PracticeGraded workflow-design scenarios
  • API PracticeGraded API, webhook, and auth scenarios
  • Reliability PracticeGraded retry and idempotency scenarios
  • AI-Step PracticeGraded AI-step and guardrail scenarios
Build1 pageThe real projects and labs you'll actually ship
  • ProjectsThe real portfolio projects you'll build
Evidence2 pagesPortfolio, career path, and proof you can show
  • PortfolioEvery completed project, auto-summarized
  • Career PathCareer Path Edition: readiness and job-landing playbook
Practice tasks by tool

80 tasks, broken down

Workflow design20 tasks
APIs & webhooks20 tasks
Retries & idempotency20 tasks
AI steps & guardrails20 tasks
What you'll actually do
  • Map a client request into trigger, transform, and side effect
  • Read messy JSON and refuse a contact with no email
  • Drop a webhook whose teaching-signature does not match (simulated, not Stripe HMAC)
  • Retry a simulated flaky HTTP node without sending three invoices
  • Charge once when the same event arrives twice
  • Reject unstructured model output
  • Stop an agent from executing a refund without approval
Portfolio projects you'll build

8 real projects

Welcome Sequence for a New Lead
Beginner
Lead Form to CRM
Beginner
Invoice Follow-Up That Survives Timeouts
Reliability
Webhook That Must Not Double-Charge
Reliability
Support Ticket Classifier
AI step
Unlock in the course
Refund Agent With a Human Gate
Guardrails
Unlock in the course
Broken Production Run
Debug
Unlock in the course
Client-Ready Lead Pipeline
Capstone
Unlock in the course
Tools and topics covered
WorkflowsAPIsWebhooksRetriesIdempotencyAI StepsGuardrailsClient Delivery
What's actually included
  • In-browser workflow runtime with flaky APIs, replays, and messy AI output
  • 80 graded practice scenarios across four libraries
  • Quiz Center plus a 10-question transfer final
  • 8 client-style briefs you rebuild in a real tool and score on the Portfolio page
  • Career Path Edition: freelance vs W-2, no job promise
Why it matters

A retry can charge a card twice if the write is not keyed.

A webhook URL without a signature check is a public write API.

A 200 from the CRM does not mean you mapped the right field.

Prose from a model is not a ticket label.

The tool list is the permission list.

Career Path Edition

A portfolio of workflows you can demo, plus an honest map of freelance integration work versus W-2 ops roles. No job guarantee.

Ready to start? Self-paced, start whenever you are.

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