Building a Client Onboarding System That Runs 31 Days Without Intervention

The full architecture behind our n8n + Claude onboarding automation. 14 nodes, $0.08 per run, 99.7% uptime. Every error handler, every fallback, every edge case — documented. This is the system running in the terminal mockup on our homepage.

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April 3, 2026 guide

The Real Cost of Claude in Production: A Token-by-Token Breakdown

Most people guess at their API costs. Here's how to calculate exact token spend per workflow run, per client, and per month — with a spreadsheet template you can use today.

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March 28, 2026 build log

AI Content Repurposing Pipeline: One Script, Seven Outputs

Feed in a video transcript, get back an X thread, standalone tweets, YouTube description, newsletter block, and TikTok captions — all in your voice. Here's how I built it and what broke.

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March 21, 2026 analysis

Claude 4.5 vs GPT-4.1 for Structured Output: 500 Runs Compared

I ran the same 10 prompts through both models 50 times each. Measured: JSON compliance rate, hallucination frequency, token cost per correct output, and latency. The results aren't what you'd expect.

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March 14, 2026 guide

Error Handling Patterns for n8n + AI Workflows

Your workflow will fail. The question is whether it fails gracefully or takes your client's trust with it. Five error handling patterns I use in every production n8n workflow.

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March 7, 2026 build log

Competitive Research Agent: Daily Intel on Autopilot

A Claude Code agent that monitors 5 competitors, scrapes public pages, analyzes changes, and sends a structured Telegram digest every Monday. Total cost: $0.23/run.

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February 28, 2026 analysis

AI Automation Pricing: What to Charge Clients (With Real Numbers)

I've sold AI automations from $500 to $8,000. Here's the pricing framework: how to calculate COGS, set margins, and position value. Includes three real client proposals.

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February 21, 2026 weekly log

Week 8 Build Log: What Shipped, What Broke, What's Next

This week: deployed the monitoring system, hit a rate limit bug in the competitive research agent, and the content pipeline saved 6 hours. Full transparency on wins and losses.

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February 14, 2026 guide

System Prompts That Actually Work: Engineering Reliable AI Behavior

System prompts aren't magic strings. They're architecture. Here's how to structure them for consistent, production-grade output — with templates for 5 common use cases.

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February 7, 2026 build log

Workflow Monitoring System: Watching the Watchers

A meta-system that monitors all your other automations. Checks health, tracks token cost spikes, and alerts via Telegram when something needs attention. The production reliability layer nobody builds.

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