Blog on AI, n8n and Automation for companies

Experience reports, tutorials and thoughts on AI, n8n, automation and self-hosting.

ai-agentse-commerceautomation

10 AI agents for multiple e-commerce sites

A field report on ten AI agents for an entrepreneur running several e-commerce sites: roles, Discord threads, MCP, model routing and guardrails.

·10 min read
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Gauthier Huguenin on Comptoir IA: putting AI agents to work

Kirako founder Gauthier Huguenin discusses his Comptoir IA appearance: his background, prospecting and Airbnb agents. Watch the episode and read his takeaways.

·6 min read
prospectingai-agentlinkedin

Automating B2B prospecting on LinkedIn: what still requires a salesperson

A practical B2B LinkedIn prospecting workflow with Sales Navigator, Lemlist, Hermes, manual LinkedIn actions and human approval.

·7 min read
aicompaniesstrategy

Where to start with AI in a company: pick a first project, not a tool

Where to start with AI in a company: five first-project families, what must stay human, and how to choose a first useful project before buying another tool.

·5 min read
skillsai-agentlawyers

Designing and testing eight AI skills for legal casework

How eight French-language AI skills turn Claude, ChatGPT or Hermes into a traceable legal workflow with open sources, controls and required human review.

·10 min read
n8nclaude-codeai-agent

n8n or Claude Code: don't compare them, make them work together

n8n or Claude Code for your company? A practical framework to separate reliable workflows, AI reasoning and custom code without creating technical debt over time.

·10 min read
aicompaniesai-for-business

Open vs proprietary AI models: which one should your company choose?

A decision framework for choosing an open AI model, a proprietary API or a hybrid architecture based on data, workload, operating constraints and risk.

·7 min read
automationcompaniesn8n

Qonto + n8n: automate bank reconciliation without losing control

Build Qonto bank reconciliation in n8n with correct API authentication, pagination, deduplication, classification and human approval in a controlled workflow.

·10 min read
automationcompaniesn8n

Automation in a company: what you can do yourself (and what needs an expert)

Automation without a developer: what you can build with n8n, what needs specialist input, and how to choose a safe first workflow with clear risk controls.

·10 min read
automationcompaniesn8n

Mistral OCR 4 with n8n: automating invoice and document processing

How to call Mistral OCR 4 from n8n, use layout blocks and confidence scores, and validate extracted data before sending it safely to accounting in production.

·6 min read
ai-actcompaniesregulation

EU AI Act: what applies to companies since August 2026

Some EU AI Act rules have applied since August 2, 2026. Understand transparency duties, the high-risk timeline and practical steps for companies to take now.

·8 min read
n8nmakecomparison

n8n vs Make for companies in 2026: which automation platform to choose?

Compare n8n and Make for a company: execution versus credit pricing, integrations, self-hosting, maintenance and a practical selection method for long-term use.

·9 min read
ai-agentinsuranceopenclaw

From OpenClaw to Hermes: when an insurance agency outgrows its AI assistant

An illustrative multi-branch insurance scenario: limits of an AI assistant, migration to a Hermes agent, business controls and human approval in France.

·9 min read
ai-agentairbnbshort-term-rentals

AI agent for Airbnb hosts: an illustrative Hermes scenario

An illustrative scenario for scoping a Hermes agent across guest messages, bookings, cleaning coordination and human approval for short-term rental teams.

·12 min read
open-source-crmvibe-codingcompanies

Open-source CRM and vibe coding: leaving SaaS without hacking your business

Open-source CRM, SaaS or vibe coding: a company guide to choosing a maintainable sales system connected to AI agents without losing control of data over time.

·15 min read
paperasseai-agentskill

Paperasse: the skill that makes AI agents useful for French paperwork

Paperasse by Romain Simon turns Claude, Codex or OpenClaw into a French admin copilot. Practical company use cases, setup, risks and rollout method in practice.

·16 min read
ai-agenthuman-approvalautomation

AI agent in production: where should companies put human approval?

A practical guide to human approval in production AI agents for companies: action levels, risk gates, n8n review steps, logs and safe rollout rules in practice.

·12 min read
vibe-codingcodexios

After the App Store: how Codex changed my vibe-coding workflow

A field report on moving from Claude Code to Codex to maintain Pugify, manage branches, pull requests, tests and App Store releases safely in production.

·10 min read
e-invoicingfrancecompanies

France e-invoicing 2026: what companies should automate now

France e-invoicing for companies: September 2026 and 2027 deadlines, approved platforms, e-reporting and workflows to prepare before the deadline in France.

·11 min read
ai-agentautomationquotes

AI agent for preparing quotes from Telegram: an illustrative scenario

Composite scenario for an AI agent linking Telegram, CRM and quote tools to prepare structured drafts, collect missing data and require approval before sending.

·8 min read
n8nsales-call-analysisai-sales

Transcribe and analyze sales calls with AI: an n8n pipeline

An illustrative n8n pipeline to transcribe sales calls, assess them against an explicit script and send structured results to a CRM with human review.

·9 min read
n8npennylaneautomation

Automating Pennylane invoicing with n8n: what the API doesn't tell you

Automate Pennylane with n8n using current API endpoints, invoice creation, asynchronous PDF generation, payment tracking and checks, with safe retries.

·6 min read
vibe-codingiosswift

My first vibe-code: from idea to App Store in a weekend

How I used vibe coding to build a native iPhone app for pug owners with Claude Code and Xcode 26.3, then prepared it under Apple's current review rules.

·7 min read
self-hostinghetznercoolify

How I built my self-hosted stack with Hetzner, Coolify and n8n

A current guide to self-hosting n8n with Coolify on Hetzner: requirements, official installation, port 8000, security, backups and limits for small teams.

·9 min read

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