Automation & agents
AI agents and workflow automation tools for small teams: n8n, Make, Zapier and more.
ChatGPT Can Now Build and Co-Edit Slide Decks: What Teams Should Check First
ChatGPT Slides lets Pro, Business and Enterprise users with Space access create decks, edit them with teammates and export to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides. What to check.
How to Set Hard Spending Caps for AI Agents (2026)
Which settings actually stop an AI agent's spending in OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, n8n, Make and Zapier, and which only alert you. From vendor docs.
How to Stop AI Agents From Trusting Wrong Tool Outputs: A Copy-Paste Prompt
A copy-paste verification prompt and checklist that tell your AI agent to check tool results before acting, plus where to put it in n8n, Make, Claude and the OpenAI Agents SDK (docs checked October 18, 2026).
Make AI Agents Tutorial (2026): Build Your First Agent Step by Step
Set up a first agent in Make's AI Agent (New) app from Make's docs: tools, step limits, fallback connections, error handlers and how credits are used.
Make Alternatives 2026: When n8n, Zapier or Activepieces Is the Better Pick
Why teams look beyond Make since credits replaced operations, and how n8n, Zapier, Activepieces, Pipedream and Power Automate bill instead, from each vendor's pricing page.
Mistral Releases Timestral, Open Forecasting Models That Run on a CPU: What Small Teams Can Do With It
Mistral's Timestral is a family of four time-series forecasting models, 5M to 209M parameters, under a modified MIT license. They forecast without a GPU. What it is and how to try it.
n8n vs Make vs Zapier for AI Agents (October 2026)
All three changed their AI agents between Sep 25 and Oct 9, 2026. How each one bills, what its agents can do, human approval, self-hosting and security, from each vendor's own pages.
OpenAI Opens Prompt-to-Voice to All API Customers: What Builders Should Know
OpenAI API customers can now create a custom GPT-Live voice from a text description. It's free to create, works only in GPT-Live, and is capped at 100 voices per organization.
Wix's AI Agents Can Now Pay Your Bills. Here's What to Decide Before You Say Yes
Symphony by Wix can now pay supplier invoices, reorders and fees through Stripe's Link wallet, with owner approval on every purchase. The guardrails and the rules to set first.
Zapier Alternatives 2026: 6 Options for Small Businesses and How They Bill
Make, n8n, Activepieces, Pabbly Connect, Power Automate and IFTTT compared by how they bill, free plans and entry prices, from each vendor's own pricing page (October 18, 2026).