A solo founder runs about 15 business tasks on Claude Code and n8n

How to do it yourself

Our suggested steps. The company didn't publish theirs.

1. 1

   Self-host n8n (or use n8n cloud) and connect Gmail.

2. 2

   Build a 7am workflow: fetch yesterday's emails, send to Claude with the prompt below, email yourself the summary.

3. 3

   Add a second workflow for your weekly client report.

4. 4

   Use Claude Code to write any custom bits n8n can't do.

5. 5

   Add one process a week; kill any you don't use.

The instructions to give the AI

Paste this into Claude Code (the free plan is fine), swap the [brackets] for your details, and test it on a few real examples.

This is one part of the setup. It won't connect to your phone, inbox or other apps on its own; the steps above cover that.

Summarise these emails for a solo founder. Group into: needs reply today, waiting on others, FYI, junk. For 'reply today', draft a 2-line reply each. Keep the whole thing scannable in 60 seconds.
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What you should get back: "Reply today: client invoice query, Sam's contract. Waiting: 3. FYI: 5. Junk: 12 (archived)."

Written by Quickly and Good, inspired by this case.