Meet Zapier — what it is and who makes it

The concept

Zapier is a automation platform that connects thousands of apps, with AI steps and agents in a visual builder made by Zapier. The models behind it are a visual workflow builder with AI steps, plus AI chat interfaces and agents that run on a trigger. None of that matters on its own — what matters is that you know what kind of worker you have hired. At connecting two apps you already use so a thing that happens in one causes something in the other, with no code and no server is the job you hand it. At anything unusual — the moment a step needs real logic, a loop or a huge volume, the visual builder stops being the right tool is the job you keep.

Most people come to a course like this expecting a list of magic words. There is no such list. What there is, is a tool that produces a running automation, and a log of every time it ran and what it did, and produces it at a speed no human matches — which means the skill is not in writing the prompt, it is in knowing what a good answer looks like so you can tell the difference.

Here is the first thing to try, worded the way you will word things for the rest of the course:

Read the answer twice. The first read is for the content; the second is for the shape — did it answer the question you asked, or the question it found easiest? That second read is the habit this whole course is built on.

I want an application tracker. I fill a Google Form, you append the row to a sheet, and every Sunday you email me a summary of what I applied to that week and what has gone quiet for more than ten days. Tell me the steps and the exact field names first.