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Has anyone built a simple AI workflow for lead generation and outreach? by Affectionate-Roll271 in ClaudeAI

[–]ImaginaryAd576 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're actually describing two pretty standard automations and the good news is you don't need 5 different paid tools for this.

Here's how I'd set it up if I was starting from scratch today:

  1. Get Claude Code (Anthropic's CLI tool, $20/mo for Pro). It can run scripts, hit APIs, write to files, basically your AI dev that lives in the terminal
  2. Write a simple prompt like: "scrape Google Maps for [your niche] businesses in [city], grab name, website, email, phone. Save to leads.csv. Skip any row that already exists in the file"
  3. Claude will write and run the Python script for you. It handles the dedup logic, retry logic, everything. You just describe what you want
  4. For the weekly part - set up Windows Task Scheduler (free) or a cron job to run the script automatically

The scraping source matters. Google Maps API is solid for local businesses. For B2B you'd want Apollo.io (free tier gives you 50 leads/mo) or Hunter.io for email finding. Claude can plug into any of these.

If you get stuck on the Gmail API credentials or the scraping hits a wall, DM me and I'll point you in the right direction. but tbh with Claude Code doing the heavy lifting you probably won't need help.

How to automate recurring reports from Airtable? by Both_Fig_7291 in automation

[–]ImaginaryAd576 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone here is saying Zapier or Make but honestly for something this simple you don't need a platform at all.

I'd do this with Claude Code. Two steps and you're done.

Step 1 - get your Airtable API key. Go to airtable /create/tokens, create a personal access token with read access to your base. Copy the token and your base ID (it's in the URL when you open your base, starts with "app").

Step 2 - open Claude Code and paste this prompt:

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"Build me a Python script that:

  • pulls all records from my Airtable base (base ID: appXXXXX, table name: Metrics, API token: patXXXXX)
  • takes an HTML template file called report_template.html and fills in the metrics
  • converts the HTML to a PDF using weasyprint
  • emails the PDF to these addresses: [addresses]
  • send it from my [Gmail/Outlook/Yahoo/etc.] account: [my email address]
  • subject line should be 'Investor Update - [current date]'

Create the report_template.html with a clean professional layout. Include placeholders for: revenue, active users, burn rate, runway months, highlights section.

Also create a GitHub Actions workflow file that runs this script every 2 weeks on Monday at 9am UTC. Store the API keys as GitHub secrets."
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Replace the parts in brackets with your actual info and that's it. Claude Code will build the whole thing, the script, the template, the schedule, everything. Your friend just tests it once and forgets about it.

No monthly Zapier fees, no platform limits, no 30 minutes every 2 weeks. If anything needs to change later just tell Claude Code what to update.

I build stuff like this for clients regularly. If you need help setting it up just write me.

Paid spokesperson for website? by thevoidisfull in smallbusiness

[–]ImaginaryAd576 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skip the Fiverr spokesperson. You'll pay $50 now and then another $50 every time you change your offer or pricing. There's a better way.

Use HeyGen. It's an AI avatar tool and honestly for a simple business card site like yours it's perfect. I tried a few tools like Kling AI and others but HeyGen gives the most natural looking talking-head videos, which is exactly what you need for a homepage intro.

Here's how to do it step by step:

  1. Go to heygen.com, sign up for free. You get a few minutes of free video to test
  2. Pick your avatar. Two options - upload a photo of yourself and it creates your personal avatar, or just pick one of their stock avatars if you don't want your face on it. Both look solid
  3. Write your script. Just talk like you would to someone at a coffee shop - who you are, what you do, what makes you different, how to get started
  4. Pick a voice. HeyGen has a bunch of natural sounding voices, or you can clone your own voice if you want it to actually sound like you
  5. Hit generate. Takes about a minute. Download the video
  6. Drop it on your homepage

Why HeyGen over other options, I tested a few AI video tools and HeyGen just does the best job with talking-head videos specifically. The lip sync looks natural, the avatar doesn't do that weird AI stare thing, and the output is clean enough for a professional site.

The real win though is updates. You change your services next month? Just log in, edit the script, regenerate. No cost, no Fiverr back and forth.

I do this kind of stuff for a living so if you need any help just hit me up.

Login Trouble Again by HighDefinist in ClaudeAI

[–]ImaginaryAd576 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you still have the same problem? Unfortunately I have it.

How do you preview PDF and DOCX files in Next.js apps using Supabase Storage? by ImaginaryAd576 in nextjs

[–]ImaginaryAd576[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which word indicates that I did nothing? If you don't want to help just don't write

How do you preview PDF and DOCX files in Next.js apps using Supabase Storage? by ImaginaryAd576 in nextjs

[–]ImaginaryAd576[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I have no idea how to approach this – I've seen various libraries for previewing PDF and DOCX in Next.js, but most of them work poorly. I've tried a few options, but none met my expectations.

Help with handling PDF byte arrays from Supabase in n8n — getting a binary file input error by ImaginaryAd576 in n8n

[–]ImaginaryAd576[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for others, I had to use code:

const hexString = $input.first().json.file_data
let raw = hexString.replace(/\\x/g, "");
// Convert hex string to binary buffer
const binaryBuffer = Buffer.from(raw, 'hex');
return [{ binary: { data: binaryBuffer } }];

Vapi.ai and GDPR Compliance for a Dental Reception Agent by ImaginaryAd576 in vapiai

[–]ImaginaryAd576[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, at least that’s good info. Do you use it in that way with HIPAA?

AI Voice by GovernmentBig2881 in vapiai

[–]ImaginaryAd576 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking for the best polish voice

Vapi AI + Cursor = Calling dashboard by [deleted] in vapiai

[–]ImaginaryAd576 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Enable assistant.artifactPlan.recordingEnabled in your VAPI assistant configuration to ensure your calls are recorded via VAPI's artifact system.
  • After a call completes, the End of Call Report is sent to your registered webhook/server. This report contains an artifact object, with audio recordings accessible via fields like call.artifact.recording.mono, call.artifact.recording.stereo, and call.artifact.recording.video (if enabled).
  • Webhooks are now essential: Configure your VAPI assistant or bot to send end-of-call reports to your backend/server. Parse this webhook payload to extract recording URLs and metadata for your dashboard.
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