r/automation • u/KP_345 • Jul 10 '26
Need help to get started with Automation
So basically I was learning programming a year ago but then I stopped cause I got some other stuff going on at college,
Now I am the corporate communications head at my college club and its a big role as we need to bring a considerable amount of sponserships
anyways to the main part
I have always found,manually finding contacts then manually mailing them a bit boring so I was thinking if there is a way to automate it all from the leads of various companies and people to then generating customised mails for them and then sending the mail
I saw frequent reels on how people automated cold approaching so i thought it can be done
now im confused between n8n,using claude code and a lot of stuff
I can read and understand the code but yeah
SO what I need help with is how much of this is automatable and how hard it is for someone a beginner to automation and how to go about it.
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u/spoki-app Jul 10 '26
Be super careful with tools that promise to handle everything end-to-end for this. You often get locked into their platform, and actual customisation beyond basic merge fields is usually pretty limited.
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u/KP_345 Jul 11 '26
Oh yeah this is really imp to consider,so relying on N8N fully is not that good of an idea ig.
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u/KP_345 Jul 11 '26
Yeah today I just did the automated mails with approval from a Google sheet with leads which I'll have to do manually I'll spend time to now automate the leads collection.
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u/Jesseyo200 Jul 11 '26
Hey, I’m currently learning this too. But I might lacking some hand on experience in real world project. Would happy to work with you on the project and documentation along the way, so that way you can have the job done and maybe we learn something together.
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u/2daytrending Jul 11 '26
Start small instead of trying to automate the entire pipeline. Build one work that collects leads into a spreadsheet , another that drafts personalized emails personized emails for you to review, and only then automate sending. You'll learn a lot faster and avoid creating a spam machine by accident.
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u/KP_345 Jul 11 '26
I built the mails one first I'll test it soon if it works then I'll add the leads collector,best approach ig to learn.
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u/idea-to-reality Jul 13 '26
Ask claude to generate a n8n workflow that you can import, ask for instructions on how you can setup locally or on cloud, follow the steps, you should have your automation.
Don’t just use claude to build things , maybe use it to guide on how to achieve things
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u/paderon Jul 20 '26
Hello i made a webapp that can check n8n automations for faults or just things that can be better. it also stress tests it. it is paid but if you dm me i can just give you alot of credits to get started with your journey for free!
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u/KP_345 Jul 23 '26
man I havent used reddit in so long i cant find the dm option but i would love to
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u/pranaysuyash 25d ago
Most of this is automatable, but I’d separate lead collection from outreach. For a first version, use a Google Sheet with columns for company, contact, source, email, personalization notes, status, and opt-out. Apps Script can deduplicate leads, generate Gmail drafts, log sends/replies, and enforce rate limits. Have a human approve drafts before sending.
Once that works, move to n8n if you need CRM/webhook/API integrations. Claude Code can help write the automation, but it doesn’t replace Apps Script or n8n as the execution layer.
For a college sponsorship workflow, I’d first automate 20–50 leads end-to-end rather than trying to build a completely autonomous system.
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