Further exploration

Business AI & automation

n8n workflows · AI assisted research · Review

In the Wayfair/Extern project, I automated competitor monitoring and Google Sheets updates with n8n and Gemini. The related samples describe proposed source checks and review steps.

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Project connections

Specific contributions and the methods behind them.

Applied AI workflows

Wayfair / Extern Project
Jul 2026 to Aug 2026

My contribution

Automated competitor monitoring and Google Sheets updates using n8n and Gemini agents.

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Practical lesson

Define the research record before automating its collection.

Data quality thinking

Customer Segmentation & BI
Sep 2026

My contribution

Reconciled customer and category totals in SQLite before communicating the spending finding.

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Practical lesson

Check an automated summary against its source before using it in a decision.

Illustrative brief · Proposed approach

A proposed exercise.

How could a team automate a weekly competitor research digest?

Start withApproved public sources, a reporting schema, the research question, and a human review owner.

Define the source fields and the distinction between an observation, a summary, and an inference.
Prototype collection and structured summarization with source links and a clear exception path.
Evaluate a sample for factual accuracy and usefulness before expanding the workflow.

What I would deliver: A workflow specification, sample digest, and review checklist.
How I would evaluate it: Track source coverage, factual errors, review effort, and usefulness against a manual baseline.

Field notes & related role titles

Business Automation Intern · AI Strategy / Business Intern · AI enabled Marketing Operations Intern · AI enabled Business Operations Intern

The Wayfair/Extern project used n8n and Gemini for research and reporting. The separate workflow pilot uses planning assumptions, not measured time savings.

The example brief above describes a proposed approach. Case studies distinguish completed work, reported results, and recommendations.

Related methods & exercises

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Each exercise includes a question, its assumptions, and working files.

Business operations & AI

Illustrative sample · Planning estimates

Research workflow pilot

A short proposal compares a manual research process with an automated approach and explains how to test it.

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