Make, n8n, Airtable, CRM, APIs
48-hour automation rescue for stuck business workflows
I help owner-led teams debug, simplify, and rebuild brittle automations around leads, bookings, invoices, PDFs, CRM updates, and human review.
Built by Duncan Anderson, an AI engineer and data scientist who ships review-first automation systems for real operating work.
Rescue map
Trigger
Form, email, call, webhook, spreadsheet row
Normalize
Fields, IDs, dedupe key, source record
Review
Owner, approval, exception, missing data
Act
CRM update, draft, message, report, notification
Rule
The first repair should make one workflow trustworthy before it makes the system bigger.
Map
Current trigger, tools, fields, owners, status points, and failure cases.
Fix
The smallest reliable repair or rebuild path for the workflow that matters first.
Review
A human approval step where AI or automation should not act silently.
Handoff
Notes, test cases, and next-step recommendations so the system can be maintained.
Best fit
Use this when the problem is concrete, not theoretical
This is not a broad AI strategy package. It is for a workflow that already exists, already matters, and needs a practical repair path.
- A Make, n8n, Zapier, Airtable, or CRM workflow works sometimes but breaks when the data shape changes.
- Leads, bookings, invoices, PDFs, or client requests enter one tool and get lost before a person owns the next step.
- An AI step is producing useful drafts or summaries, but there is no clean review queue or approval boundary.
- A few tools are connected, but nobody trusts the automation enough to rely on it during real work.
Working stack
Built for the tools small teams actually use
The offer is intentionally tool-agnostic, but it fits best where the workflow depends on practical glue between apps, data, and people.
- Make
- n8n
- Zapier
- Airtable
- Google Sheets
- CRMs
- Webhook/API glue
- OpenAI/Claude review steps
- Email and SMS handoffs
Builder, not agency layer
You work with the person mapping the workflow, inspecting the failure points, and building the first reliable version.
Proof
Related systems already shipped
These projects show the kind of work behind the offer: review queues, approval gates, publishing workflows, data pipelines, and production automation.
Operated by Duncan · Founder · 2025–
The Lineup
A web and iOS product that puts player projections, odds from 80+ bookmakers and recorded results in one place, with paying customers within 90 days of launch.
Operated by Duncan · The Lineup · 2026
The Lineup AI Operations
Four AI workers check data, models, growth and business priorities on a schedule, record what they find and propose one next action. Production changes wait for my approval.
Delivered · Trauma Therapy Group · Client · 2026
Trauma Therapy Group Publisher
Approved Google Docs become review-ready WordPress and Elementor drafts with SEO fields and imagery, and a leadership dashboard brings Jane reports and bank exports into one weekly view.
Start here
Send the workflow that is stuck
Include the tools involved, the trigger, what should happen, what actually happens, and whether you need a repair, rebuild, or implementation partner.