Episode Notes
You know that feeling. You're paying for Zapier every month, something quietly breaks, and an automation you forgot you even had just stops working. You poke around, you can't figure out why, and you start wondering if you need to hire someone just to keep the duct tape together. Every entrepreneur Brooke talks to has the same love-hate relationship with it. Sound familiar?
In this episode, Brooke walks you through Relay: her own version of Zapier, built with Claude. She shows the exact automation that gives her Inner Circle members access inside Heartbeat the moment a tag drops in Ontraport, then opens the hood on how you can build the same kind of thing for your own business. Two programs talking to each other and doing a task, without the per-zap pricing and the mystery breakages. The best part? Because it runs straight through the API, she can actually do more than Zapier ever let her.
You'll hear how the Relay kit reads every Zap you already have and rebuilds it for you, how to get Claude to walk you through any setup step by step (even the scary API bits), and the real game changer: Claude watching your automations and fixing the errors before they ever shut you down. By the end, you'll see why this might replace a whole lot more than your Zapier bill. Strategy first, AI second, every time!
Takeaways:
- Build your own version of Zapier with Claude and stop paying per zap just to connect your favorite tools
- Connect tricky platforms like Ontraport and Heartbeat through the API, so you can do more than Zapier allows
- Let the Relay kit read every Zap you already built and rebuild it for you, connections and all
- Ask Claude to walk you through any setup step by step, even when an API key makes your eyes glaze over
- Have Claude watch your automations and fix the errors on its own before a broken workflow quietly shuts off
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Companies mentioned in this episode:
- Zapier
- Claude / Claude Code
- Ontraport
- Heartbeat
- Make
- Integrately
- Visual Studio Code
- Google Calendar
- Jotform
- TidyCal
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