Automation: Triggers & Actions

The trigger-and-action mental model that every automation tool (Zapier, Make, n8n, Power Automate) is built on - learn it once and they all click.

1. Triggers, Actions, and the Flow The universal something-happens-then-steps-run model behind every automation tool, plus how data travels from one step to the next.
2. Building a Multi-Step Flow A worked end-to-end automation showing filters, branches, data mapping, lookups, and formatting - the pieces that turn a two-step toy into something useful.
3. When Automations Break The failure modes nobody warns you about - errors, retries, rate limits, duplicate runs, silent failures - and how to monitor a flow you actually rely on.