99% of people trying AI automation are making the same 4 mistakes that waste weeks of their time.

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99% of people trying AI automation are making the same 4 mistakes that waste weeks of their time.

People literally cry when we solve these in 5 minutes because they've been stuck for months.

Here are the 4 mistakes that are killing your AI automation projects.

Mistake #1 is using ChatGPT wrong for data extraction.

You get messy data like emails or PDFs and need to pull out names and contact info into Google Sheets.

Most people mess up the three message structure. You need system message for context, user message for input, and assistant message that defines JSON output.

Turn on JSON output format and copy the exact structure you want. Takes 5 minutes once you know the formula.

Mistake #2 is not knowing how to watch changes in Google Sheets.

You want to trigger actions when someone checks a box or updates a cell. Like sending an email when you mark someone as qualified.

The solution is webhooks plus Google Apps Script. Sounds scary but you just copy and paste the code.

Set up a trigger that fires when cells change. Now your sheet becomes an interactive dashboard.

Mistake #3 is being afraid of HTTP requests.

Every integration in automation tools is just an HTTP request. The difference is some are pre-built and others you build yourself.

Go to any API documentation. Find the curl request example. Copy it and paste into your automation tool using import curl.

Add your API key for authentication and you're done. Works for any service.

Mistake #4 is the big one. JSON data types.

This trips up literally every single person I talk to. They tune out because it seems technical.

But this is what stops people for weeks. Text plus text equals combined text. Number plus number equals math.

When you mix data types you get silent errors that break everything. Text "true" is not the same as boolean true.

Use convert types when comparing different data types. This one fix solves 80% of mysterious errors.

These four mistakes cost people months of frustration.

Fix them and your automation projects will actually work.

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