A solo founder saves 8 hours a week with n8n, Claude and Codex
In plain words
n8n runs lead collection, enrichment, content drafts and outreach; Claude researches and writes; Codex fixes the code.
What happened: About 8 hours a week saved. About 60% of social posts are drafted by AI and checked before posting (their own figures).
These numbers come from the builder and haven't been checked independently.
Source: linkedin.com ↗
How to do it yourself
Our suggested steps. The company didn't publish theirs.
- 1
List the tasks you do every week that aren't building or selling.
- 2
Automate lead collection into your CRM first.
- 3
Add Claude to research and summarise each lead.
- 4
Draft (not send) outreach with the prompt below.
- 5
Review weekly and add content drafts next.
The instructions to give the AI
Paste this into Claude (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.
Agent instructions (prompt)
Research [company] from its website and LinkedIn summary: [paste]. Give me 3 bullets (what they do, likely pain, a recent change) and a 60-word outreach message that uses one bullet.
[Highlighted] = replace with your own details before you run it.
What you should get back: Three bullets on the company and a 60-word message you can send after a quick edit.
Written by Quickly and Good, inspired by this case.
More detail: tools, prices and what you'll need
The company used: n8n + Claude + Codex
You could use: n8n + Claude + a coding agent (Codex or Claude Code)
- Claude
AI assistant for writing, analysis and long documents; can connect to your tools.
Free plan; Pro $20/mo (monthly) · Official site ↗
- n8n
Workflow automation that connects apps and adds AI steps; can be self-hosted.
Free to self-host (Community Edition); cloud: see pricing · Official site ↗
- OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent: builds and edits software from plain-English instructions.
Included with paid ChatGPT plans · Official site ↗
- Claude Code
AI coding agent that builds and edits software from plain-English instructions.
See pricing · Official site ↗
Prices from each tool's own pricing page, checked Oct 2026.
What you'll need
- ☐A developer environment and the coding agent (e.g. Claude Code)
- ☐API access to the systems it must touch
- ☐Clear written instructions and project rules
- ☐Version control and a way to undo changes
- ☐Testing and code review by someone who can read the code
Can I do this myself?
Only if you can code or are learning to. Otherwise hire a builder.
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