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A place for the discussion of automation, additive manufacturing, robotics, AI, and all the other tools we've created to enable a global paradise free of menial labor. All can share in our achievements in a world where food is produced, water is purified, and housing is constructed by machines.

Welcome to /r/Automate!

A place for the discussion of automation, additive manufacturing, robotics, AI, and all the other tools we've created to enable a global paradise free of menial labor. All can share in our achievements in a world where food is produced, water is purified, and housing is constructed by machines.

Once, a long time ago, a shovel was a marvel of modern technology. Today, a shovel is $3.99 at the hardware store. Who says the same won't happen with robotics ?


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Declutter Your Reddit Subscriptions with This Script (Batch-Unsubscribe Easily)

Are you tired of manually unsubscribing from subreddits one by one? I created a Tampermonkey script that automates the entire process, making it super easy to batch-unsubscribe from all your subreddits in just a few clicks!

What Does It Do?

This script automatically:

  • Detects all the subreddits you're subscribed to.
  • Clicks the "Leave" button for each one, one by one.
  • Handles dynamic loading, so it works even if the page is slow to load.

No more wasting time clicking those pesky "Leave" buttons!

How to Use It

  1. Install Tampermonkey, a free browser extension:
  2. Go to the GitHub repo: Reddit Unsubscribe Script.
  3. Click on the "One-Click Install" link in the README to add the script to Tampermonkey.
  4. Open your Reddit Subscriptions Page, and the script will start unsubscribing automatically.

Screenshots / Demo

Why Did I Make This?

I was frustrated with how tedious it was to unsubscribe from subreddits, especially when I wanted a fresh start on Reddit. This script saved me hours, and I figured it might help others too.

Features

  • Fully automated: Just install, navigate to the page, and let it do the work.
  • Handles dynamic loading, so it won't miss any subreddits.
  • Open-source: Feel free to modify or improve it.

Feedback & Contributions

This is an open-source project, and I’d love feedback! If you run into any issues or have ideas for improvements, feel free to:

  • Open an issue on GitHub.
  • Submit a pull request if you’re a developer.

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/disbelief2389/reddit-unsubscribe-script

Disclaimer

This script is for personal use and follows Reddit’s existing interface to automate unsubscribing. Use responsibly, and let me know if you find it helpful!

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2024/11/18
02:38 UTC

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HELP! Looking to automate tasks and trying not to throw my laptop out the window!

I have no tech/coding background and it seems that what I am wanting to automate should be straightforward, but for the life of me, can't seem to get things off the ground. I've tried Pabbly and IFTTT and I'm trying to set something up so that I get a text when I get an email from a specified Gmail label; and I am also trying to set up A task in Click-Up triggering a new transaction in Wave; Other ones are a google form submission triggering an email to be sent.

My Question:

  • Is it possible to go about setting up these automations in a way that is novice friendly? Like SUPER novice friendly?

Again, I am very new to this so criticisms aren't helpful. Any helpful info is greatly appreciated.

8 Comments
2024/11/17
16:47 UTC

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2024/11/17
14:14 UTC

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Scrapecore - AI powered web scraping and data monitoring

Hey everyone! 👋

I'm launching Scrapecore - an AI-powered tool that lets you extract and monitor web data within minutes, no coding needed.

Key features:

  • Extract data from any website quickly
  • Monitor sites for changes
  • Handle pagination & infinite scroll
  • Export to CSV/JSON
  • Schedule automated scraping

Join the waitlist: https://www.scrapecore.com/

Would love your feedback and feature requests! Thanks!

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2024/11/17
13:52 UTC

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Tired of Manual Web Monitoring? Here's a Thought

Ever feel like you're stuck in a loop of repetitive browsing tasks? I recently explored how automation tools could help streamline web monitoring and data extraction. Imagine being able to extract data from a webpage, schedule updates, and even set alerts—all without needing a single line of code.

The concept of pairing AI with automation for tasks like summarization, multi-page tracking, and browser actions sounds like a game-changer. If you’re curious, check out Starizon AI or its Chrome Extension.

What’s your go-to solution for automating these kinds of workflows?

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2024/11/17
06:36 UTC

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How should I automate this copy + paste task from google sheets? Help!

I need the geniuses for this one, I'm losing brain cells. I have a google sheet with columns full of partial addresses. What I'm trying to do, is automate copying that info from a cell (which is a partial address) and pasting it into the search box of the property appraiser site (I've found that it's able to know what property I'm looking for based off of just the small part of the address) and then I want to copy the parcel ID and full address from the results of the property page and paste it into another google sheet.

It's simple enough, I know. I've tried UiVision, and tried to have it record me doing the task, but I keep getting weird errors where it can't figure out which cell to select and copy and stuff. I'm open to any solutions, and y'all may even see this post in multiple subreddits. I really appreciate it guys! I won't lie, I'm not code savvy or computer lanugage savvy.

2 Comments
2024/11/17
04:38 UTC

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Python dev automating literally any task you hate doing - Starting $20

Python/JS dev here. I automate boring tasks for people who are sick of repetitive work. Unlike "automation specialists" who just use Zapier, I actually code custom solutions using Python, JS, LLMs, and vision models that don't break.

I've automated for:

Freelancers drowning in admin Small business owners Content creators Real estate agents Students Basically anyone with repetitive tasks Examples:

Turned 4hrs of daily paperwork into 15min Automated social media workflows Built custom data processing that just works Starting at $20 since I'm building my agency's portfolio. All I ask is an honest review on Clutch if you're happy with the work.

Drop your most annoying task below or DM me. I probably automated something similar before.

0 Comments
2024/11/16
23:17 UTC

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Automate your Amazon affiliate search and link generation

Hello everyone! I’m excited to share news about an API I’ve been working on, designed to make it super easy to search Amazon products, generate affiliate links, and share them across social media or blogs without any coding. Perfect for No Code/Low Code app builders, this API saves time by letting you create affiliate links with just a few clicks.

Have been exploring no code apps recently, I created this API to help non-developers and content creators jump into affiliate marketing without the tech complexity. The idea came from watching how long it took me to manually create and share Amazon links, so I wanted to build something that’s fast and easy for anyone to use.

If you’re interested in using the API, just DM me with the word “AUTOMATE”, and let me know how this could help with your content. Thanks for reading—I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

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2024/11/16
19:49 UTC

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Built an AI-Powered Sports Prediction App: PhilPicks.ai 📊🤖

Hey devs! I just launched PhilPicks.ai, a sports prediction app powered by AI. It analyzes real-time and historical data to generate smarter picks and help users beat the odds. Built with Python (TensorFlow), FastAPI, and React Native, it’s designed for speed and accuracy.

Would love feedback or collaboration ideas! Check it out: https://www.philpicks.ai

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2024/11/16
06:02 UTC

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How to Automate Collection of various universities academics Curriculum Data

I want to collect  academic curriculums of various colleges in an efficient & quick way. 

We are exploring two main approaches to gather this data: manually searching for , or using automated methods like AI tools or web scraping.

We've encountered challenges with both approaches. While manual data collection is time-consuming, our attempts at using AI tools and web scraping have not yielded effective results.

Are there any  efficient solutions to automate the collection of college curriculum data. Could anyone suggest reliable tools, methodologies, or frameworks?

eg:   I want to collect academic curriculum of  all the   subjects and classes of all US universities


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2024/11/16
05:38 UTC

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automated job applications with this free plugin

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2024/11/15
21:33 UTC

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The year is ending, what's the best automation you've seen in 2024??

Suuper curious about this as I also wanna start 2025 with all the flow!! Thanks in advance for your responses!!!

5 Comments
2024/11/15
19:17 UTC

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To all Researchers: Which Part of Your Process Drains the Most Time?

Hey all, I am Mr. For Example, because researchers worldwide aren't getting nearly enough of the support they need for the groundbreaking work they are doing, that’s why I’m thinking about build some tools to help researchers to save their time & energy

So, to all Researcher Scientists & Engineers, please help me to help you by choose: which of the following steps in the research process takes the most of your time or cost you the most pain?

Thank you in advance all for your feedback :)

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2024/11/15
18:49 UTC

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Email Assistant

I have a business. Within this business, at times I need to send emails that are technically from another person like an assistant. Is there anything AI source that would be able to send and receive emails? Like if I said “email Equinox to cancel my membership” it could do it?

2 Comments
2024/11/15
02:58 UTC

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Ask and ye shall receive (the data from any public web page)

Been working on some features with AgentQL, and one of them is Query Generation—you tell AgentQL what data you want to return from a URL, and it magically generates the query to get it. Try it out on the playground. Happy automating

https://reddit.com/link/1grk6l5/video/yeh659c8qy0e1/player

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2024/11/15
00:50 UTC

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Who looks for dog commands then accepts a personalized incomplete personal assistant?

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2024/11/14
20:28 UTC

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🛑URGENT!!!

Hello everyone,

I need your help to resolve an issue with Apify modules in Make, and it’s very urgent.

As you can see in the screenshots:

  1. In the first screenshot, I’m using an Apify module to get a Facebook URL. The problem is that I don’t receive the results as usable data but only as a containerUrl link.

  2. In the second screenshot, you can see that I don’t have a module available in Make to directly extract these results.

https://preview.redd.it/4bglz3ix1x0e1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=c69601818746452fe354575ed91a0862842564e3

https://preview.redd.it/0fsov0ix1x0e1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=c80a0d137fcf672ce8b12d4f54ceb8cf191a132c

https://preview.redd.it/3gv2u4ix1x0e1.png?width=3022&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d16bc2d6a5a62fd9848b48f74dad970616e2030

  1. In the third screenshot, I tried using the container URL link in an HTTP module to retrieve the data, but this didn’t work either, and I received an error.

Does anyone know how I could retrieve the results effectively? Thank you in advance for your help!

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2024/11/14
19:11 UTC

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I made an AI automation to build fully generated, publishable custom UI around your Airtable/Notion/Monday data - and you can use it too!

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2024/11/14
18:43 UTC

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6 Comments
2024/11/14
14:12 UTC

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🚨 Revolutionize Your Business With Automation—Skyrocket Productivity & Efficiency 🌍💼💥

🚀🌟 Business Automation: The Key To Unlocking New Heights! 🌟🚀

Alright, everyone! 🤩 Let’s talk BUSINESS AUTOMATION… honestly, if this isn’t the most exciting development in the professional world, I don’t know what is. It’s almost like a cheat code for your business, a boost to productivity, efficiency, and well, let’s face it—your overall sanity!

Ever feel like the endless repetitive tasks pile up and you can’t focus on the big picture? Yep, that’s exactly where business automation steps in and saves the day.

But why is everyone so hyped about it? WELL, here’s why:

  • Time Saver Extraordinaire! – Imagine all those small, mundane tasks: email follow-ups, data entry, even invoicing. Now visualize all of them happening automatically, exactly when and how they should, with no human intervention (except setting it up once)... That’s time freed up for BIG brain work, like strategizing, innovating, and connecting with customers on a deeper level.

  • Kisses Goodbye to Human Errors – Let’s be real here. Humans? We're amazing, but we make mistakes. The wrong number typed into a spreadsheet, a missed deadline, forgetting a follow-up email. Automated systems? They. Don't. Forget. Or mess up. EVER. Say hello to immaculate workflows. 🥳

  • One Word: Scale! – You want to grow FAST? 💥 Automation lets you run processes smoothly whether you're handling a customer base of 10 or 10,000. Imagine designing a system once, pressing play, and watching it manage every order, every lead, no matter the volume.

  • 24/7 Hustler – Your business is ALWAYS productive. Gear up your operations so something is always working in the background—processing payments, shooting out leads, collecting & analyzing data—while you're asleep or sipping piña coladas on vacation somewhere… SOUND GOOD? Now that sounds like boss-level efficiency. 🍹💼

How Are People Applying Automation? 🛠

Here’s where it gets even MORE exciting! Automation isn’t just for coding wizards and big corporates anymore. ANY business, no matter the industry, or size, can set this up today! Here's a checklist that’ll give a bit more clarity where this absolute game-changer is being used:

  • Customer Service: Chatbots, anyone? Handling those FAQs feels like pure magic when responses in customer service chats are fired off without lifting a finger.
  • Sales follow-ups: Don’t chase leads frantically. Automated email workflows do the chasing (& nurturing).
  • Social media scheduling: Who wants to hit "publish" every hour manually? Use tools to schedule content, track engagement, and analyze performance.
  • Payroll: Automated systems to keep payroll cycles consistent and accurate. One time set, no more fretting on payday 😎💰.

Is There a Catch?

Honestly… Yeah! The only catch here is that YOU have to get on board. This wave of automation is coming in STRONG—and the businesses that adopt it early will accelerate like crazy. The ones who stay stuck in manual territory? Well, they'll unfortunately fall behind. Harsh truth—but embrace it and you’ll thank automation when you’re sailing miles ahead.

Could you imagine the creativity flood—unlocked time, less stress, more human connection with clients, scaling leaps—bringing win after WIN to your business just because you automated wisely?

Come on, how could you not be hyped about this? Every entrepreneur, decision-maker, and creative professional should have automation high on the agenda right now.

Conclusion:

Automation isn't just a tool; it's an absolute power move—for solopreneurs, startups, massive corporations, and YOU.

So, let’s put it out there—where have you already started automating? (Or what are you excited to AUTOMATE next?)

Let’s share tips, wins, and automation ideas! Maybe you’ll discover your next productivity hack right here! 👇

😎 Make systems work FOR you. Let's free ourselves from the grind and smash our business goals. Let’s freakin' automate! 💥

1 Comment
2024/11/14
01:28 UTC

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Python dev automating literally any task you hate doing - Starting $20

Python/JS dev here. I automate boring tasks for people who are sick of repetitive work. Unlike "automation specialists" who just use Zapier, I actually code custom solutions using Python, JS, LLMs, and vision models that don't break.

I've automated for:

Freelancers drowning in admin Small business owners Content creators Real estate agents Students Basically anyone with repetitive tasks Examples:

Turned 4hrs of daily paperwork into 15min Automated social media workflows Built custom data processing that just works Starting at $20 since I'm building my agency's portfolio. All I ask is an honest review on Clutch if you're happy with the work.

Drop your most annoying task below or DM me. I probably automated something similar before.

6 Comments
2024/11/13
12:47 UTC

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Best approach/platform to automating outlook invites with variables, teams invite and attachments.

Been really enjoying seeing some of the possibilities of what can be automated. I am running hitting a roadblock with GPT though so wanted to run something by this lovely community to see what my options might be/best approach. In short - I want to automate interview invites. Everything I have done so far and considerations are below. Would really value the communities feedback and advice!

Current Automation Setup:

  • Interview Documents: Initial interview notes and CVs are collated and formatted from a Microsoft Form. Power Automate creates a folder in SharePoint for each person, named after them, to store their uploaded CV and interviewer notes centrally for easy data management.

Desired Automations:

  • Password Protection: Looking to add password protection to the generated Word documents for added security, especially as these contain sensitive information. I considered Encodian for this but find it steep at £30/month solely for password-protecting documents. Open to Encodian if there are other use cases I could leverage, but otherwise exploring alternatives.
  • Automated Interview Invites: We use an online Excel document to store interview schedules. Ideally, I’d like to tick a box in Excel, which would trigger an automated Outlook invite to all participants. This invite would:
    • Include a Microsoft Teams meeting link (with the “hide attendees” setting enabled).
    • Dynamically set the subject line based on the candidate’s name.
    • Pull in variables like interviewers, interviewees, date, time, and team—all stored in Excel.
    • Retrieve and attach the candidate’s CV and notes from their corresponding SharePoint folder.

Tools in Use / Available:

  • Power Automate Premium is our main tool, but I’m open to others if they could help simplify things.
  • Excel vs. SharePoint Lists: While Power Automate integrates better with SharePoint lists (or so ChatGPT tells me), we currently use Excel due to its ease for quick data entry on the fly, especially as interview schedules can change.

Context / Background:

  • Volume: This automation would apply to approximately 15 interviews per week for this particular role, so while it’s not massive volume, it does add up over time.
  • Security & Compliance: Given the sensitivity of candidate data, we’re focused on ensuring data protection, which is why we’re exploring password protection and centralized storage on SharePoint.

Any suggestions on tools, methods, or best practices to improve this setup, particularly around document protection and automating invites attachments?

1 Comment
2024/11/13
11:34 UTC

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Automatic affiliate finder

Introducing mangosqueezy.com

Problem statement - Finding, managing, and measuring affiliates takes time and effort.

What we do - The tool finds and onboards affiliates automatically

Benefit - saving time and expanding reach effortlessly.

Here's a quick guide to creating a task:

  • Select the product and country you want the affiliate to promote.
  • Once selected, AI will automatically handle the rest.

Note: It's an open-source platform, here is the source code github

0 Comments
2024/11/13
04:01 UTC

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Automating my website

I’m building out a prototype for my new website and I want to automate as much as possible from the start so I can focus on other areas of the business.

The flow would look something like:

  1. Customer populates a form (e.g. Typeform).
  2. One of the question asks them their location and they would select the first half of their postcode.
  3. I want to be able to send the data populated in the form by the customer to relevant companies who operate in the area that the customer lives in. These companies would be added to my contact list with the relevant tags relating to the location.

I attempted to do this with Typeform > Zappier > Mailchimp but I’m having no luck at the moment.

Can anyone recommend any good approaches to do this?

Thank you!

6 Comments
2024/11/12
22:31 UTC

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Automating My Trading Routine with Galileo FX

Hey everyone, I wanted to share how I’ve been using Galileo FX to automate my trading and save a lot of time. I do most of my research and strategy setup in advance, and Galileo FX takes it from there, running on my MetaTrader platform. It handles all the trade executions based on the conditions I set up, which has made trading way more manageable and less stressful.

What’s great is that I can customize the bot’s settings to match my approach to risk and target levels, so it really feels like an extension of my own strategy rather than a “one-size-fits-all” bot. It’s been awesome seeing how automation can take over repetitive tasks, and now I can step away from the screen while it trades on my behalf. Anyone else here tried automating trading or other tasks? I’d love to hear what tools you’re using!

6 Comments
2024/11/12
22:22 UTC

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How to extract links from hidden subpages

I want to extract all sidebar links from this website

https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/

But the problem is, until and unless we click on those arrows, those links don't load in the inspect element tab

Any idea how to do that?

1 Comment
2024/11/12
17:41 UTC

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Python dev automating literally any task you hate doing - Starting $10

Python/JS dev here. I automate boring tasks for people who are sick of repetitive work. Unlike "automation specialists" who just use Zapier, I actually code custom solutions using Python, JS, LLMs, and vision models that don't break.

I've automated for:

Freelancers drowning in admin Small business owners Content creators Real estate agents Students Basically anyone with repetitive tasks Examples:

Turned 4hrs of daily paperwork into 15min Automated social media workflows Built custom data processing that just works Starting at $10 since I'm building my agency's portfolio. All I ask is an honest review on Clutch if you're happy with the work.

Drop your most annoying task below or DM me. I probably automated something similar before.

(Not trying to spam - just love solving automation problems and helping people get their time back)

DM me on Discord: @Kakachia777

18 Comments
2024/11/12
12:06 UTC

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Automated bagging equipment - China vs US?

Hi there,

I am currently looking for automatic bagging equipment for industrial use. This will be for bagging powders, granules, herbs into large 16x30 bags. 10-50 LB

There are companies like premier tech, canadian based but super expensive.

Does anyone know chinese equipment that has any offices in the US for post-sale support?

Or if anyone knows good equipment to use. Open to all feedback

3 Comments
2024/11/11
16:36 UTC

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First-time posting on reddit! What everyday tasks do you wish were automated by AI?

I'm new to Reddit and gathering ideas for projects. I'm super curious about the everyday tasks you'd love to automate with AI. What repetitive, mundane stuff do you deal with that you'd happily hand over to AI and spend actual time doing things you love to do? Excited to hear your thoughts and get some ideas going!

4 Comments
2024/11/11
15:06 UTC

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