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What does an AI Automation Specialist do? Builds the systems that run your repetitive work.

Placed within a week, with every workflow built in your own accounts.

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★★★★★4.9 from 135+ businesses

Rafael M.

AI Automation Specialist

4.97 yrs experience

Seven years in back-office finance ops. Builds Claude agents that assemble Monday's reporting and chase every unpaid invoice on their own.

  • Claude
  • Make
  • Airtable
  • Zapier

Maria GomezContent Writer, Delegated AIWrites Delegated AI's guides on automation and delegation.

An AI Automation Specialist is a trained human who builds and maintains the workflows that run your repetitive business tasks. They wire your existing tools together in Zapier, Make or n8n, add AI where judgement is needed, and keep the automations working as those tools change. Delegated AI places one for 20 hours a week.

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Hours handed back weekly
$0
Setup fees, ever

Why does the software you already pay for go unused?

You bought the licenses. Zapier holds three half-finished workflows nobody has touched since March. And every Monday, someone you pay well still copies leads into a spreadsheet by hand.

Ten hours a week of that work is a quarter of a salaried role, spent on tasks the software you already own was bought to handle.

  1. Step 1 of 5: New lead
  2. Step 2 of 5: Claude qualifies
  3. Step 3 of 5: Reply sent
  4. Step 4 of 5: Call booked
  5. Step 5 of 5: CRM updated

What gets automated first?

Lead follow-up

Every inquiry gets a reply within minutes, around the clock.

  1. Step 1 of 4: Missed call
  2. Step 2 of 4: Claude drafts reply
  3. Step 3 of 4: SMS + email sent
  4. Step 4 of 4: Call booked

Invoicing and collections

Invoices go out on time and reminders follow until paid.

  1. Step 1 of 4: Job marked done
  2. Step 2 of 4: Invoice created
  3. Step 3 of 4: Reminders scheduled
  4. Step 4 of 4: Payment logged

Weekly reporting

The numbers are compiled and in your inbox before Monday morning.

  1. Step 1 of 4: Sunday 9 pm
  2. Step 2 of 4: CRM data pulled
  3. Step 3 of 4: Claude writes summary
  4. Step 4 of 4: Report in inbox

What is included with an AI Automation Specialist?

One specialist, one flat price, and every workflow they build belongs to you.

20 hours a week, on your schedule

A dedicated specialist working your hours, with 4+ hours of live overlap.

Month-to-month

No setup fee. No contract. Stop whenever you want.

Unlimited builds

Never scoped, never billed per project. The backlog just keeps moving.

Your accounts, your property

Everything is built in your own tools. Cancel and it all keeps running.

Weekly build report

A short Friday note on what was automated this week and the hours it saves you.

Vetted and NDA-bound

Academy-trained, background-checked, least-access credentials.

How does this compare to a consultant or an agency?

AI Automation Specialist compared with a freelance consultant, an automation agency, and building the automations in-house.
Delegated AI specialistFreelance consultantAutomation agencyDoing it in-house
What you payOne flat monthly rate for 20 hours a week$75 to $150 an hourA project fee, then a retainerNothing, until you count the hours
First automation liveWeek oneAfter scoping and a signed statement of workAfter discovery and onboardingWhenever a free evening arrives
Changes afterwardsIncluded, a new build every weekBilled by the hourQuoted as a new projectAdded to the list nobody gets to
Where it is builtYour own Zapier, Make or n8n accountUsually yours, worth checkingOften the agency's own platformYours
If you stopEvery workflow keeps runningYou inherit whatever is documentedAccess can end with the contractNothing changes
Who learns your businessOne named specialist, every weekWhoever is free that monthA rotating account teamYou already know it

The consultant and agency columns describe how those engagements are usually structured, not any one firm. Your own quote is confirmed on the intro call.

Which tools does your specialist work in?

Your specialist comes AI-trained and fully fluent in:

ZapierMaken8nClaudeChatGPTGmailGoogle CalendarSlackHubSpot
AirtableNotionCalendlyStripeQuickBooksGoogle SheetsZoomShopifyTwilio

What do clients say the week it goes live?

Derek W.

Tuesday 7:12 AM

the lead routing went live last night
woke up to three leads already qualified and on the calendar. one of them came in at 11:40pm 😳
That's the after-hours rule doing its job.Delivered
my ops manager thought I hired someone overnight 😂
Sales Team Lead
Susan T.

Thursday 9:24 AM

listing went up at 9. description, the three posts and the flyer were all done by 9:20 🤯
All generated off the one entry you filled in.Delivered
that used to be my entire afternoon 🙏
Broker and Owner
Tom H.

Monday 8:02 PM

no maintenance emails in my inbox this week. not one
first time in four years 🙌
The triage rule is catching them before they reach you. Anything genuinely urgent still comes straight through.Delivered
Investor, 40 doors

What results do clients report?

★★★★★
Every inquiry gets a reply in under two minutes now, day or night. We were losing weekend leads to whoever answered first. That stopped in the second week.
Melissa R.Managing Broker, Real EstateVerified client
★★★★★
Invoices used to go out when I remembered. Now they send on the day and chase themselves. Days-to-payment went from 41 to 19.
Victor S.Agency OwnerVerified client
★★★★★
Monday used to start with two hours of spreadsheet work. The report builds itself Sunday night now. I read it on my phone with coffee.
Dana P.E-commerce Operations LeadVerified client
★★★★★
Closing a deal used to trigger six manual steps across four tools. Now it triggers none. Onboarding went from three days to same-day.
James O.Founder, HVAC ServicesVerified client

Is there a contract or any lock-in?

Month-to-month, cancel whenever you want. If your specialist is not the right fit, we replace them free. And every workflow lives in your own accounts, so it stays yours either way.

How long until the first automation is live?

  1. Step 1 of 5: Discovery call. Thirty minutes. We map what repeats.
  2. Step 2 of 5: Matching. Meet and interview your specialist within a week.
  3. Step 3 of 5: Deploy. They start inside your tools and your business.
  4. Step 4 of 5: Automate. Workflows go live. Hours come back.
  5. Step 5 of 5: Retainer. We maintain it. Cancel any time.

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How many new clients do you take on?

Every specialist is matched by hand to your stack, your tools and your timezone, which caps how many businesses we can start properly. When this month is full, the next start date is the following month.

How much does an AI Automation Specialist cost?

One flat fee.

Your dedicated AI Automation Specialist, 20 hours a week.

Month-to-month. No setup fee. Cancel anytime and keep every workflow.

How do you get started?

Thirty minutes. Bring your messiest week. You leave with the three workflows worth automating first, sequenced and yours to keep. If we're a fit, your specialist starts within a week.

What else do people ask before hiring?

What is the difference between an AI Automation Specialist and a virtual assistant?

A virtual assistant does the task. An AI Automation Specialist builds the system that removes the task, then moves to the next one. A VA who answers fifty enquiries a week still answers fifty next week; a specialist wires the reply, the qualification and the calendar booking together so nobody answers them at all.

What can a specialist actually automate?

Anything repetitive with rules behind it: follow-up, invoicing, reporting, onboarding, data entry, inbox triage. The intro call maps your list.

Which tools do they build in?

Zapier, Make and n8n for the wiring, plus Claude or ChatGPT wherever a step needs judgement rather than a rule. They work inside whatever you already run, so there is no new platform to buy or learn.

What if I don't have 20 hours of automation work?

Almost nobody thinks they do. The intro call maps it: most owners find 10+ hours of weekly busywork in thirty minutes. And building is front-loaded, so hours roll onto the next workflow.

Do I need to be technical?

No. You describe the outcome and approve the plan. Your specialist picks the tools and builds it.

Whose accounts do the automations live in?

Yours. Every workflow is built in your own Zapier, Make or n8n account. Cancel and it keeps running.

What happens in the first week?

Day one is access and a walkthrough of the workflow you picked on the call. The build starts the same week, you review it before it goes live, and the first automation is running by the end of week one.

How do you handle our data?

Every specialist signs an NDA and works on least-access credentials. Data security is part of their Academy training.

What if it is not working out?

It is month-to-month with no setup fee, so you can stop anytime. If the fit is wrong we replace your specialist free.

Start with the plan.

Thirty minutes on your messiest week. The three workflows worth automating first are yours to keep either way.

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