The Bare Basic Fundamentals of No-Code Automation

1. APIs

2. Webhooks

3. Prompting

4. Triggers & Actions

APIs
Application Programming Interfaces are how you connect various systems/programs/softwares when there is no other built-in integration between those platforms.

For example:
If you want to scrape a website, use an HTTP Request module with a header that includes an authentication, a value, and the API key.

Webhooks
APIs and webhooks are said to be the highest leverage concepts to get proficient with as an automation engineer. Webhooks are custom URLs that listen for data. These are what allow you to build custom integrations with various other platforms.

Prompting

• System: “you are a helpful writing professional”

• User: “your task is to take as input content from an RSS feed and summarize key bits”

• Assistant: this is what the AI generates back to you:

  • {“key”:”value”}

Triggers & Actions:

• Trigger = The starting event

• Action = The thing that happens after the trigger