We were doing research wrong.😱 Every Monday morning, 4 of us would independently search ArXiv, Google Scholar, and Semantic Scholar for papers on AI automation and document processing. 3 hours each. 12 hours total team time. Then we'd compare notes and realize we'd all found the same 7-8 papers. Complete duplication of effort. THE BREAKING POINT: One Monday, our lead researcher was sick. We had a client call Tuesday needing current research on AI extraction methods. Nobody had done the Monday search. We looked unprepared. "We can't keep doing research this way. There has to be a better system." WHAT I BUILT: n8n workflow that runs daily at 8 AM: SCHEDULE TRIGGER - Fires every morning before team arrives ACADEMIC SEARCH NODE - Searches ArXiv, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar simultaneously for "AI automation document processing" papers PROCESS RESULTS - Extracts paper data from API responses VALIDATION FILTER - Ensures paper has abstract (>50 words), PDF link, and author information (removes incomplete entries) LIMIT TO TOP 5 - Selects most relevant papers only GOOGLE SHEETS INTEGRATION - Logs to spreadsheet with: Title, Authors, Abstract, PDF link, Citation count, Source, Year, Date added SLACK NOTIFICATION - Sends formatted morning digest to #research channel The whole workflow took 30 minutes to set up. THE RESULTS: Team arrives each morning to curated research digest. Zero manual search time. Everyone sees same papers. Complete metadata automatically captured in spreadsheet. From 12 hours weekly search → 45 minutes weekly review. Found 3 papers in last 4 months that directly influenced client projects. Would've missed them with old manual approach because they were published Thursday afternoon (we only searched Mondays). CURRENT STATUS: Been running 4 months. Zero maintenance required. Google Sheet now has 480+ papers with full metadata. Searchable knowledge base that grows automatically. Easy to export to CSV or analyze. Team actually reads MORE papers now. Discovery friction removed.

I'm quite curious if some people get prospects that will then convert into their very own client from this platform Skool. If so, how would your standard procedure be? Hi, I'm Eryx and i'm one of those people who started to bootstrap their business with insufficient amount of money invested into it. Working in a space of AI Automation, where It has low cost of starting, I am blessed that even if I am limited with money, I can surely give my time and effort for delivering value.