Building an AI Lead Response System with n8n + OpenAI

<p>A local party rental company told me they were losing 40% of their leads because they took too long to reply. Turns out, if you don't respond within 5 minutes, you're

<p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> I run WhatsApp automation workflows for 50+ businesses on shared infrastructure using n8n (queue mode), WAHA (unofficial WhatsApp Web API), Supabase,

<p>I was spending 2+ hours a day responding to the same 4 types of emails: pricing questions, support requests, meeting requests, and general inquiries.</p> <p>The replies were

<p>I've been working on workflow automation tools for a while, and I always felt something was missing — the ability to combine visual workflow building with real AI agent

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<p>I publish a blog post. Then I spend the next two hours:</p> <ul> <li>Rewriting it as a Twitter thread (5 tweets, each under 280 chars)</li> <li>Adapting it to LinkedIn tone

<p>I'm a huge fan of coding agents. My daily consumption is at about <strong>7 million tokens</strong> and growing. I started on Cursor, fell in love with OpenCode, got into

<p>Most lead intake automations work on the happy path. A form arrives, the workflow sends an email, and the lead appears in a CRM.</p> <p>The expensive failures happen at the