# AgentRecipes

> 39 step-by-step recipes for automating real work with AI agents and no-code tools (n8n, Make, Zapier Agents, Lindy, Claude, ChatGPT). Each recipe is summarised in our own words from a real public write-up and links to that original source. Prompt templates are original AgentRecipes templates. Results are the source authors' own, unverified claims. Updated 2026-10-15.

Machine-readable data: https://recipes.branolabs.com/api/recipes.json

## Methodology
- Use cases are discovered mainly via Agent Use Cases (https://agentusecases.ai) and its RSS feed; each recipe credits that entry and links the original write-up.
- No invented statistics or workflow files. Where a source gives no numbers, the recipe says so.
- Prompt templates contain [PLACEHOLDERS] and {{variables}} to fill in.


## Customer support
Recipes for triaging support email, answering customers on WhatsApp and chat, and escalating the hard cases to humans. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/customer-support)
- [How to triage support emails and draft replies with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/triage-support-emails-draft-replies-n8n): A shared support inbox mixes urgent problems with routine questions. Reading, sorting and drafting an answer for every message eats hours, but letting a bot reply on its own is risky. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Gmail, OpenAI-compatible LLM (gpt-4o-mini in the shared workflow), Google Sheets, Slack. Source: https://community.n8n.io/t/ai-support-inbox-triage-classify-prioritize-draft-the-reply-human-still-sends/311971
- [How to auto-resolve support tickets and escalate the rest with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/auto-resolve-support-tickets-n8n): Many tickets can be answered from your docs or the customer's order data, while billing and security issues need a person quickly. Doing that split by hand slows everyone down. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini), SMTP email, Google Sheets, Slack, Optional: knowledge-base and order-history APIs. Source: https://community.n8n.io/t/ai-customer-support-agent-auto-resolves-tickets-escalates-to-humans/285840
- [How to answer WhatsApp customer questions with an AI agent and hand off to humans (n8n)](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/whatsapp-support-agent-human-handoff-n8n): Customers message on WhatsApp at all hours with the same questions, but a bot that guesses wrong can do more harm than no reply at all. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, WhatsApp Business API, OpenAI, Telegram (for the human team), Your knowledge base. Source: https://github.com/zezo640/whatsapp-ai-support-agent-n8n
- [How to triage service requests into Airtable and auto-reply with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/triage-repair-requests-airtable-n8n): A local service business (the source example is a car repair shop) gets web-form requests of every kind. Sorting them by job type and urgency and replying quickly is manual work. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Web form, LLM, Airtable, Email. Source: https://x.com/ho_lar_s/status/2109790708970438953

## Sales & lead generation
Recipes for qualifying leads, researching prospects and meeting guests, and drafting outreach and follow-ups with a human in the loop. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/sales-leads)
- [How to score leads and draft outreach emails with human approval in n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/qualify-leads-human-approval-n8n): Scoring each new lead and writing a first email by hand is slow, but fully automatic outreach risks sending bad emails to real prospects. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, LLM, Gmail, Google Sheets. Source: https://community.n8n.io/t/i-built-leadflow-ai-v1-an-ai-lead-qualification-workflow-with-human-approval/309312
- [How to turn new Gmail emails into researched Notion CRM leads with Zapier Agents](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/gmail-leads-to-notion-crm-zapier-agents): Potential customers are buried among ordinary email. Copying them into a CRM and researching each sender is tedious, so leads slip through. Platform: Zapier Agents. Tools: Zapier Agents, Gmail, Web search, Notion. Source: https://www.simonesmerilli.com/business/zapier-agents
- [How to research meeting guests and post a daily Slack briefing with Zapier Agents](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/research-meeting-guests-slack-briefing-zapier-agents): Before calls with external people someone has to look up who they are and what their company does, usually in a rush right before the meeting. Platform: Zapier Agents. Tools: Zapier Agents, Google Calendar, Slack, Zapier's built-in web search. Source: https://www.xray.tech/post/ai-agent-zapier
- [How to draft follow-up emails automatically when nobody replies (Lindy)](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/follow-up-email-drafts-lindy): Emails that never get an answer are easy to forget, and remembering to nudge each one costs attention. Platform: Lindy. Tools: Lindy, Your email account (sent mail). Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/comments/1awb7xj/has_anyone_here_actually_used_lindy_or_similar_ai
- [How to find local businesses that need a website with an AI research agent](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/find-local-business-prospects-ai-agent): Finding local businesses with no website, or a slow one, means hours of clicking through map listings before you can pitch web-design services. Platform: OpenClaw + ChatGPT/Claude. Tools: ChatGPT or Claude, OpenClaw (agent runner), Google Places API, An always-on server. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/passive_income/comments/1rmsb2o/i_set_up_6_ai_agents_that_sell_web_services_24_7

## Finance & invoicing
Recipes for extracting invoice data, chasing overdue payments, reconciling bank statements and finding forgotten subscriptions. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/finance-invoicing)
- [How to extract invoice data into a bookkeeping sheet with n8n and OpenAI](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/extract-invoice-data-bookkeeping-sheet-n8n): Receipts and invoices arrive as photos and PDFs. Typing date, merchant, amount and VAT into a spreadsheet and filing the file is slow and error-prone. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, OpenAI (vision), Google Drive, Google Sheets, A simple upload web page. Source: https://github.com/Fabiano225/ai-invoice-automation
- [How to send overdue invoice reminders with an AI agent that adjusts its tone (n8n)](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/overdue-invoice-reminders-n8n): Chasing late payments is awkward. Reminders should be gentle for a few days overdue and firmer after weeks, and nobody wants to write each one. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n (self-hosted in Docker in the source), Gemini (gemini-2.0-flash-lite), n8n Data Table, Gmail SMTP. Source: https://dev.to/canankorkut/build-your-first-ai-agent-with-n8n-32pf
- [How to generate and email invoices from a template with Make](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/generate-invoices-from-template-make): Freelancers who send several invoices a week rebuild the same document by hand each time. Platform: Make. Tools: Make, Google Sheets, Google Docs (invoice template), Gmail. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/maketemplates/comments/1mqu8s0/stop_wasting_time_on_invoices_i_automated_the
- [How to set up a supplier-invoice approval pipeline from Gmail with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/supplier-invoice-approval-pipeline-n8n): Supplier invoices arrive by email and each one needs data extraction, duplicate and supplier checks, approval for larger amounts and an accounting entry. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n (queue mode), PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Gmail, OCR, OpenAI, Slack. Source: https://medium.com/@beulahdaizy/i-built-an-ai-powered-invoice-automation-pipeline-in-n8n-heres-how-part-1-the-stack-602d839eaf41
- [How to turn payment notification emails into one weekly digest with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/weekly-payment-digest-email-n8n): Payment and transaction notifications arrive as a stream of separate emails (about 15 a week for the author), so it is hard to see the week at a glance. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Gmail (with a label), OpenRouter (gpt-4o-mini), n8n Code node. Source: https://mariannanakos.substack.com/p/n8n-tutorial-built-an-ai-workflow
- [How to reconcile a bank statement with invoices using Claude Cowork](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/reconcile-bank-statement-invoices-claude-cowork): Matching each bank transaction to an invoice every month, cleaning vendor names and spotting missing receipts takes an afternoon. Platform: Claude Cowork. Tools: Claude Cowork, A local folder with your bank statement and invoices, Excel. Source: https://aiblewmymind.substack.com/p/claude-cowork-use-cases-guide
- [How to find forgotten subscriptions in your bank statements with Claude Cowork](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/find-recurring-subscriptions-bank-statements-claude-cowork): Small recurring charges are easy to forget. The author's example was a €5/month subscription noticed seven months late. Platform: Claude Cowork. Tools: Claude Cowork, Bank statements (CSV, XLS, XLSX or PDF), Optional: Windows Task Scheduler. Source: https://artificialcorner.com/p/cowork-workflows
- [How to list subscriptions and renewal dates from Gmail with ChatGPT Agent](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/track-subscriptions-renewals-gmail-chatgpt-agent): Renewal notices are scattered through years of email, so it is hard to know what you pay for and when it renews. Platform: ChatGPT Agent. Tools: ChatGPT Agent mode, Gmail access. Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/5-clever-ways-i-use-chatgpt-agent-to-save-serious-money-each-month

## Inbox & calendar
Recipes for triaging email, unsubscribing in bulk, turning bookings into calendar events and getting a morning briefing. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/inbox-calendar)
- [How to triage unread email with Make's AI Agent and get a morning summary](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/email-triage-agent-make): Waking up to a full inbox means sorting newsletters, follow-ups and urgent items before doing any real work. Platform: Make. Tools: Make (AI Agent module), Gmail, OpenAI API key. Source: https://aimaker.substack.com/p/build-ai-email-triage-agent-automation-make-tutorial
- [How to turn booking confirmation emails into calendar events with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/booking-emails-to-calendar-events-n8n): Travel and booking confirmations pile up in the inbox (the source built this for a CEO) and someone has to copy each one into the calendar. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Gmail (label), PDF parsing, LLM extractor, Google Calendar. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/n8n/comments/1tc4fpb/built_an_n8n_workflow_that_turns_any_booking
- [How to bulk-unsubscribe from Gmail newsletters with Claude Cowork and Claude in Chrome](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/bulk-unsubscribe-newsletters-claude): Dozens of newsletters you no longer read keep arriving, and unsubscribing one by one is a chore. Platform: Claude Cowork. Tools: Claude Cowork, Gmail connector, Claude in Chrome extension, Paid Claude plan (Pro in the source). Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3185314/i-was-buried-in-email-newsletters-heres-how-claude-rescued-me.html
- [How to run Claude on a schedule for a personal morning briefing](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/scheduled-claude-morning-briefing): You want a short, personal briefing every morning without opening a dozen apps, and a way to hand small tasks to an assistant by message. Platform: Claude Code (claude -p). Tools: Claude Code CLI (claude -p), cron, A personal context / memory folder, Optional: email, Telegram or voice-text triggers. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724491

## Research & monitoring
Recipes for summarising newsletters, papers, videos and Reddit threads into Notion or Docs, and for weekly competitor monitoring. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/research-monitoring)
- [How to summarise newsletters into a Notion database with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/newsletters-to-notion-summaries-n8n): Useful newsletters go unread because there are too many of them; you want the key points, with links, in one searchable place. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, IMAP email, OpenAI (summarisation chain), Notion. Source: https://medium.com/@syrom_85473/a-practical-n8n-workflow-example-from-a-to-z-part-2-aggregating-newsletter-summaries-in-a-688f30f69352
- [How to track new arXiv papers in Notion every day with n8n and Gemini](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/daily-arxiv-papers-to-notion-n8n): Keeping up with new papers on a topic means checking arXiv every day and skimming abstracts. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, arXiv API, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Notion, Optional: Gmail, Feishu. Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/8847-daily-rag-research-paper-hub-with-arxiv-gemini-ai-and-notion/
- [How to turn any article URL into a structured Notion note with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/url-to-structured-notion-note-n8n): Saving articles as bare links means you never find or reread them; you want a summary, key insights and tags stored with each one. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, OpenAI (JSON mode), Notion. Source: https://community.n8n.io/t/turns-any-article-into-a-structured-notion-note/297566
- [How to build a Telegram second brain for saving and searching links (n8n)](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/telegram-second-brain-links-n8n): Links you send yourself in chats get lost. You want to save them in one tap and later ask questions about what you saved. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Telegram bot, Jina Reader, Google Sheets, Supabase (free tier), Gemini embeddings. Source: https://community.n8n.io/t/second-brain-on-telegram-save-and-search-your-links-google-sheets-supabase-rag/304330
- [How to summarise a YouTube channel's latest video into a Google Doc daily with Make](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/youtube-latest-video-summary-google-doc-make): Following a channel you like means checking for new uploads every day just to see whether they are worth watching. Platform: Make. Tools: Make, YouTube module, Hugging Face (summarisation), Google Docs. Source: https://www.labellerr.com/blog/building-ai-agents-with-make-com-a-no-code-guide/
- [How to build a daily newsletter briefing with Claude Cowork and an n8n MCP bridge](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/newsletter-briefing-podcast-claude-cowork-n8n): You subscribe to many newsletters and want a short daily briefing, ideally as audio, instead of reading them all. Platform: Claude Cowork + n8n. Tools: Claude Cowork, n8n (as an MCP server), Readwise, Word, Optional: a cloud text-to-speech service. Source: https://ishyshkova.substack.com/p/claude-cowork-review-real-use-cases
- [How to mine Reddit threads into Notion insight reports with n8n and Gemini](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/reddit-threads-to-notion-insights-n8n): Marketers want to know what customers complain about and ask for in a subreddit, without reading hundreds of threads. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Reddit RSS, Bright Data, Gemini, Notion. Source: https://dev.to/kichuman28/unstoppable-reddit-research-agent-real-time-insights-with-n8n-bright-data-34g0
- [How to get a weekly competitor-monitoring brief from Claude](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/weekly-competitor-monitoring-brief-claude): Checking competitors' sites for pricing changes, launches and hiring signals is a weekly chore that usually gets skipped. Platform: Claude. Tools: Claude (scheduled task), Web access, Your competitor list. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/PromptEngineering/comments/1tz5f6n/i_set_claude_up_as_an_agent_that_spies_on_my

## Content & social media
Recipes for turning blog posts, newsletters and spreadsheet ideas into social posts, with approval before publishing. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/content-social)
- [How to auto-post blog summaries from RSS to Bluesky with Zapier Agents](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/rss-to-bluesky-posts-zapier-agents): Every new blog post should be promoted on social media, but writing a hook for each one is easy to skip. Platform: Zapier Agents. Tools: Zapier Agents (Zapier Central in the source), RSS by Zapier, Bluesky, A style guide document. Source: https://medium.com/@heelextension/building-your-first-ai-agent-in-zapier-central-aeb2cd0adca0
- [How to write, design and publish social posts from a Google Sheet with Make](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/social-posts-from-google-sheet-make): Producing a caption and an image for every post, then scheduling it, takes much longer than coming up with the idea. Platform: Make. Tools: Make, Google Sheets, OpenAI, An image model (DALL·E or similar), Cloudinary, Slack, Buffer. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/automation/comments/1lff4ph/i_built_an_automation_that_writes_designs_and
- [How to repurpose a newsletter into carousel, reel and LinkedIn content with Claude Cowork](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/repurpose-newsletter-into-social-content-claude-cowork): Each newsletter could feed a week of social posts, but rewriting it for every platform takes hours. Platform: Claude Cowork. Tools: Claude Cowork, Per-platform skills, Examples of your best past posts, A voice guide. Source: https://taylaburrell.substack.com/p/13-actually-useful-things-you-can

## Team operations
Recipes for async standups, project digests, sprint changelogs and sorting large piles of documents. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/team-ops)
- [How to email daily ClickUp task digests to each project's stakeholders with Make](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/clickup-daily-digest-email-make): Stakeholders want a daily view of open action items for their project, without logging into ClickUp. Platform: Make. Tools: Make, ClickUp, Email. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Make/comments/1u6amg9/clickup_x_makecom_automation_my_boss_wants_me_to
- [How to replace daily standups with async updates and AI summaries (Zapier Agents)](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/async-standup-summaries-zapier-agents): Daily standups take a lot of team time for information that could be written down in a minute. Platform: Zapier Agents. Tools: Zapier Agents, Slack. Source: https://getdx.com/blog/using-ai-to-accelerate-hiring-and-productivity-at-zapier/
- [How to write end-of-sprint changelogs from completed Linear tickets with Claude Cowork](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/sprint-changelog-from-linear-claude-cowork): Writing release notes every sprint means rereading every finished ticket and translating it into user-facing language. Platform: Claude Cowork. Tools: Claude Cowork (recurring task), Linear (via MCP), Your changelog / publishing tool (via MCP). Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1rvw4jg/cowork_replaced_an_hour_of_my_most_hated_pm_task
- [How to sort hundreds of PDFs into folders with Claude Cowork](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/sort-pdfs-into-folders-claude-cowork): A folder of hundreds of unsorted PDFs is useless until someone opens each file and files it. Platform: Claude Cowork. Tools: Claude Cowork, A local folder of text-based PDFs, Excel (for the index). Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/claude/comments/1ur3x8a/when_or_what_to_use_cowork_for

## Engineering & security
Recipes for AI pull-request reviews, CVE monitoring and Kubernetes alert diagnosis. (https://recipes.branolabs.com/category/engineering-security)
- [How to review GitHub pull requests automatically with an n8n AI agent](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/ai-github-pull-request-review-n8n): Small teams want a first review pass on every pull request, checked against their own coding conventions, before a human looks. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, GitHub (trigger, API and nodes), OpenAI chat model, Google Sheets (team best practices). Source: https://medium.com/@anirbanmukherjee1311/automate-github-code-reviews-with-n8ns-ai-agent-0b20be449c6c
- [How to monitor new CVEs and get AI-scored alerts with n8n](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/cve-monitoring-ai-scoring-alerts-n8n): Security teams need to know quickly when a relevant vulnerability is published, without reading every advisory feed. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Bright Data (scraping), Cohere Command-R, CISA KEV, CIRCL and AlienVault OTX (enrichment), Slack, Gmail, Google Sheets. Source: https://dev.to/joupify/soc-cert-automated-threat-intelligence-system-with-n8n-ai-5722
- [How to diagnose Kubernetes alerts with an n8n agent and MCP servers](https://recipes.branolabs.com/recipes/kubernetes-alert-diagnosis-mcp-n8n): When an alert fires at night, the on-call engineer spends the first minutes gathering context from several dashboards before they can start fixing anything. Platform: n8n. Tools: n8n, Prometheus Alertmanager, Kubernetes, Grafana, DigitalOcean and GitHub MCP servers, Qdrant (internal docs), Mattermost. Source: https://community.n8n.io/t/ai-alert-assistant-automated-incident-diagnostics-with-5-mcp-servers-alertmanager-ai-agent-mattermost/285369

## Platforms
- [n8n recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/n8n): 18
- [Claude Cowork recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/claude-cowork): 7
- [Make recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/make): 5
- [Zapier Agents recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/zapier-agents): 4
- [Lindy recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/lindy): 1
- [OpenClaw recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/openclaw): 1
- [ChatGPT Agent recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/chatgpt-agent): 1
- [Claude Code recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/claude-code): 1
- [Claude recipes](https://recipes.branolabs.com/platforms/claude): 1

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