Hey everyone! I’m currently building an AI voice agent using n8n and Vapi as my main tools. It’s part of a modular pipeline I’m designing to explore real-time voice interactions and agent orchestration. Right now, I’m testing a specific feature that requires someone to call a U.S.-based number and speak with the agent for just a few seconds. Since I’m outside the U.S., calling the number myself costs quite a bit, and I’m doing all of this on a zero-budget, passion-fueled build. So I’m reaching out to this amazing community: If you’re based in the U.S. (or have free/cheap access to U.S. calling), would you be willing to call the number and say a few words to help trigger the agent? It would genuinely help me move forward with testing and refining the flow. No pitch, no sales, just a quick hello to the bot and you're done. If you're open to helping, I’ll DM the number and a short script (optional).

Got a call "We need contract analysis automation. Budget is $50k. Can you help?" My reality: Built same thing 19 times already. Could deploy in 20 minutes. Charged them $12k. They thought they got a bargain. THE "CUSTOM" BUILD Opened contract_analyzer_template.json Changed 4 API endpoints Updated their logo in notifications Tested with their contracts Deployed to production Sent invoice Actual work time: 22 minutes. Meetings and demos: 4 hours. WHAT THEY THINK THEY BOUGHT "Custom AI contract analysis system" "Proprietary extraction algorithms" "Enterprise-grade security" "Dedicated infrastructure" WHAT THEY ACTUALLY GOT My template #19 with their logo THE NUMBERS Template development: 60 hours (over 8 months) Deployments: 19 Total revenue: $73,000 Average per deployment: $3,842 Actual work per deployment: Under 1 hour THE VALUE REALITY They don't care it's a template. They care it finds termination clauses, catches auto-renewals, alerts on liability limits, extracts payment terms, and it works TODAY not in 3 months. MY TEMPLATE LIBRARY VALUE Contract analyzer: $73,000 generated Invoice processor: $84,000 generated Research aggregator: $41,000 generated Medical form parser: $67,000 generated Total template revenue: $265,000. Total unique builds: Maybe 15. THE LESSON Clients buy outcomes, not originality. My "copy-paste" saves them 30 hours/week. Worth every penny of that $12k. How many times have you rebuilt the same thing from scratch?

Time to share my dirtiest secret. My highest earning workflow looks like spaghetti had a baby with a circuit board. THE BEAUTIFUL DISASTERS Clean 6-node invoice parser: $800/month Elegant research aggregator: $1,200/month Perfect contract analyzer: $1,500/month THE UGLY MONEY MAKER 27 nodes of pure chaos: $4,100/month Client: Old construction company. 40 years of different systems. Paper forms from the 80s. Faxed quotes. Excel sheets. Modern PDFs. Even photos of handwritten estimates. THE MONSTROSITY (n8n) 5 different input methods 7 types of document detection 12 parsing strategies 3 fallback routes Manual review queue Confidence scoring everywhere Weird date format conversions Legacy system API (SOAP from 2003) Modern database sync Email notifications with color coding Retry logic for the fax server (yes, fax) IT'S HIDEOUS. IT'S ALSO PERFECT. Handles everything they throw at it. Old foreman sends photo of coffee-stained bid? Processes it. Architect sends CAD export? Handles it. Fax machine from 1993? No problem. They don't care it's ugly. They care it WORKS. Saved them from hiring 3 full-time data entry people. THE LESSON Pretty workflows impress developers. Working workflows impress clients. Guess which one pays. My other ugly winners: Medical form monster (19 nodes): $2,400/month Legal document frankenstein (23 nodes): $3,200/month Insurance claim beast (31 nodes): $2,800/month Total from ugly workflows: $12,500/month. Total from pretty ones: $3,500/month. What's your ugliest automation that somehow prints money?

I’m running into a bit of trouble. I created both an inbound and an outbound agent using ElevenLabs, and they currently share the same number. The inbound agent works well. The issue is with the outbound agent: it’s not able to receive the dynamic variables needed to identify who it’s calling or the type of industry the business owner is in. Instead, the outbound agent just conducts the call blindly, without knowing who is on the line. In my first HTTP request, I defined the parameters as shown below, and while that works, it does not send the dynamic variables. In my second HTTP request, I tried placing the JSON directly into the body, but I keep getting the error: “Phone number ID cannot be found.” I’ve checked the ID numerous times—it’s the exact same phone number ID I used in the first HTTP request, which successfully initiates the outbound call. My prompt is also set up to screen for dynamic variables.

Hey everyone, For the past few months, I've been heads-down building the core engine for a new type of AI automation agency. The goal is to solve the #1 issue for B2B service companies: generating high-intent leads at scale. The system I've built automates website audits and drafts hyper-personalized outreach based on the problems it finds. The tech is solid, but an engine is useless without a great driver and a map. That's where I need help, and why I'm posting here. I'm looking for a few key people to join me as founding partners: 1. A Marketing Partner (Head of Growth): I'm not just looking for a digital marketer. I'm looking for a strategic partner who can take this powerful engine and build a brand around it. Someone who knows how to advertise our work, create content, and tell our story across various media to attract our ideal clients. 2. A Sales Partner (Sales Manager): A sales pro who can take these highly qualified, "problem-aware" leads and build a repeatable process to close them. You would help refine the outreach strategy and build the sales playbook from the ground up. 3. An AI Automation Expert: Another builder to pressure-test the technology, explore new integrations, and help scale the backend as we grow. This is a ground-floor opportunity to build something significant. There's no product for sale here—I'm looking for a team. If you fit one of these descriptions and are serious about building an agency, comment "Partner" below, and I'll reach out via DM to share the details of the project.