Build AI agents that run your business while you sleep
Step-by-step walkthroughs — zero code required — teach you to design workflows in Make, Zapier, and n8n, deploy intelligent AI agents, and systematically eliminate the busywork eating your day.
"I'll show you exactly where to start, what to build, and how to make it run without you — no CS degree required."
— Kirkland R Small
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Build and deploy multi-step AI agents that handle real business tasks end-to-end without writing code
- Design automated workflows connecting your favorite apps using tools like Make, Zapier, and n8n
- Evaluate and select the right large-language-model tools for any automation use case
- Create AI-powered data pipelines that extract, transform, and route information automatically
- Audit your own work processes and systematically identify the highest-ROI automation opportunities
- Launch a repeatable, productized automation service or internal system ready for daily business use
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 27 lessons
Automation Foundations & Opportunity Mapping
Build the mindset and vocabulary needed to spot, prioritize, and plan high-ROI automation opportunities in any business.
- 1.1How AI Agents & Automation Actually WorkIncluded
- 1.2Auditing Your Work: Find What to Automate FirstIncluded
- 1.3Mapping Your Automation StackIncluded
- 1.4Your First Automated Workflow in 30 MinutesIncluded
No-Code Workflow Design with Make, Zapier & n8n
Master the three leading no-code platforms to build, test, and maintain multi-step automated workflows connecting your favorite business apps.
- 2.1Building Multi-Step Workflows in ZapierIncluded
- 2.2Visual Data Routing in Make (Formerly Integromat)Included
- 2.3Self-Hosted Power with n8nIncluded
- 2.4Error Handling, Retries & Workflow ReliabilityIncluded
- 2.5Connecting APIs Without CodeIncluded
Choosing & Prompting LLMs for Automation
Evaluate today's leading large language models and craft reliable prompts that make AI a dependable step inside any automated workflow.
- 3.1LLM Landscape: GPT, Claude, Gemini & Open-Source OptionsIncluded
- 3.2Prompt Engineering for Reliable Automation OutputIncluded
- 3.3Adding AI Steps to Existing WorkflowsIncluded
- 3.4Evaluating & Testing AI Output QualityIncluded
Building & Deploying AI Agents
Design, configure, and launch multi-step AI agents that plan, use tools, and complete real end-to-end business tasks autonomously.
- 4.1What Makes an AI Agent Different from a WorkflowIncluded
- 4.2Building Your First Agent with a No-Code Agent PlatformIncluded
- 4.3Giving Agents Memory & ContextIncluded
- 4.4Multi-Agent Systems: Orchestrating Agents as a TeamIncluded
- 4.5Deploying Agents to Real Business ChannelsIncluded
AI-Powered Data Pipelines
Build intelligent pipelines that automatically extract, transform, enrich, and route business data without manual intervention.
- 5.1Data Pipeline Fundamentals: Extract, Transform, LoadIncluded
- 5.2Extracting Structured Data from Unstructured SourcesIncluded
- 5.3Enriching & Routing Records AutomaticallyIncluded
- 5.4Scheduling, Monitoring & Maintaining PipelinesIncluded
Productizing & Scaling Your Automation Systems
Package your automations into repeatable, sellable, or scalable systems — whether as an internal operating layer or a client-facing service.
- 6.1Designing Systems That Run Without YouIncluded
- 6.2Building a Productized Automation ServiceIncluded
- 6.3Documenting & Handing Off AutomationsIncluded
- 6.4Scaling, Versioning & Iterating on Live SystemsIncluded
- 6.5Capstone: Launch Your Automation SystemIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Operations managers
She's drowning in manual processes and wants to build reliable systems that free her team from repetitive admin work.
Freelancers & consultants
He wants to productize automation as a high-value service offering and deliver client systems that work without hand-holding.
Startup founders
He needs to punch above his weight with a lean team by automating everything that doesn't require a human decision.
Marketing professionals
She's ready to automate lead enrichment, reporting, and campaign workflows so she can focus on strategy instead of data wrangling.
Non-technical PMs
He understands business processes deeply but lacks a coding background, and wants to build and deploy automations entirely on his own.
Small business owners
She's wearing every hat in her business and is ready to build systems that handle the routine work so she can grow without burning out.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Kirkland R Small
If you're reading this, I'm going to guess something is true about you: you already know automation could change your business. You've probably even poked around in Zapier, maybe watched a few videos about AI agents. But every time you sit down to actually build something, it either feels too technical, too scattered, or you're not sure if you're even automating the right things.
That's exactly the gap I built this school to close.
I've spent years in the weeds of real business automation — not as a developer, but as someone who needed systems to actually work, reliably, without a full engineering team. I've mapped workflows for chaotic small businesses, built AI-powered pipelines that replace hours of manual data work, and figured out what separates the automations that quietly hum along from the ones that fall apart the moment something unexpected happens. Everything in this curriculum came from that experience — the wins, the broken workflows, and the hard lessons about when AI is the right tool and when it absolutely isn't.
Here's what I want you to understand: the operators and founders who are pulling ahead right now aren't necessarily the ones with the biggest teams or the biggest budgets. They're the ones who've gotten ruthlessly good at identifying leverage — finding the exact spots in their business where a well-built automation multiplies their output. That skill is learnable. It's a framework, not a talent. And it's where this course starts, before we touch a single tool.
I also want to be straight with you about what this is not. It's not a surface-level "here's how to make a Zap" overview. It's not a course that promises robots will run your business while you sip cocktails on a beach. It's a practical, step-by-step build-out of real skills — workflow design, AI agent deployment, data pipelines, reliability engineering, and productization — taught in plain language, through real use cases, at a pace that respects your time.
By the end, you'll have a live system, a repeatable process for building more, and the confidence to look at any manual, repetitive task in your business and know exactly what to do with it. Come build with me.
— Kirkland R Small
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