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Self-Host n8n for Free: Run Powerful Automations Without a Monthly Bill

​SESSION GUIDE: https://www.lelandcourses.com/ai-builder/n8n-build-workshop/ Every automation you build in Zapier, Make or n8n becomes a monthly subscription. The more you automate, the more you pay, and the bill keeps coming whether you used the tool that month or not. ​In this exclusive AI Builder session, Jonathan McLemore will walk you step by step through setting up your own self-hosted instance of n8n: the open-source automation platform that runs the same kinds of workflows you'd build in Zapier, without the per-task fees. You'll leave with a working n8n environment running on your own infrastructure, ready to run as many automations as you want. ​The real takeaway is the skill underneath: how to get yourself off the SaaS treadmill for tools you can host yourself, and what it actually takes to own the thing instead of renting it. Once you've done it once, you can do it for almost any open-source tool worth running. AI agents. Vector databases. Internal dashboards. Knowledge bases. The setup pattern is the same. ​Jonathan is the founding solutions engineer at Plinko Solutions, where he builds these kinds of systems for clients every day. Now he's showing you how to run yours.

Build a Cold Outbound Email Agent

SESSION GUIDE: https://www.lelandcourses.com/ai-builder/cold-outbound-email-agent/ The math of cold outbound never quite works. A genuinely personalized email takes twenty minutes. A templated one gets a one percent reply rate. Either way, you're losing time. ​In this exclusive AI Builder session, Jonathan McLemore will walk you step by step through building a cold outbound email agent powered by Claude, one that researches every prospect on your lead list, writes a personalized first-touch email for each, and queues them up for you to review before sending. By the end of the hour you'll have a working agent ready to put to work the next morning. ​But the email agent is just the on-ramp. The real takeaway is the playbook: how to turn a one-off chat with AI into a repeatable system that processes an entire list the same way, every time. First outbound. Next a lead qualification agent, a customer research bot, a weekly report that writes itself. Same skill, different shape. ​Jonathan builds AI automations for sales teams as the founding solutions engineer at Plinko Solutions. He's done this for a living. Now he'll do it with you. ​Open exclusively to AI Builder Program members.

Build an AI-Powered Lead Gen System in 45 Minutes (No Code) [5/30/2026] (Recording)

A practical build-along where you design a simple, end-to-end AI-assisted outbound workflow — from prospecting and enrichment to first-touch drafting — tailored for lean service businesses. Leave with a concrete, working outbound system you can implement immediately. Agenda: • 10 min: Overview of the agentic approach (browser agents + human-in-the-loop) and why it beats hiring another SDR • 25 min: Structured build steps — you demo, they follow along with a provided checklist template • 10 min: Qualify who should get DFY support vs. continue DIY Who this is for: Founders of agencies, consulting firms, and service businesses who want to build a repeatable AI-powered outbound engine without writing code. CTA: If you want this system fully built and wired into your tools in 2 weeks, book a System Builder call.

OpenClaw for Beginners: Build AI Agents from Scratch (Free)

A complete beginner-friendly course on building and running AI agents using OpenClaw Architecture — 100% free to set up. In this course, you'll learn how to: • Install and configure OpenClaw on a DigitalOcean droplet (cloud server) • Connect your preferred language model (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Qwen, and more) • Understand the core anatomy of an AI agent: soul, identity, skills, memory, heartbeat, and cron jobs • Add Perplexity-powered search capability to your agent • Troubleshoot terminal errors in real time using a "fail fast" methodology • Manage costs and token usage to keep your monthly spend under $50 • Think like a builder: define your success outcome before writing a single line of config This course is built for non-technical beginners and power users alike. You'll watch a live, detailed setup — including real errors and how to fix them — so you know exactly what to expect when building your own agent infrastructure. By the end, you'll have a self-hosted AI agent running autonomously in the background, capable of handling research, sales outreach, content, and more — amplified across everything you do.

Automate Prospect Research and Personalization with Claude Agents [6/13/2026] (Recording)

Stop manual Googling. This session walks you through using Claude browser agents to research prospects, extract key signals, and generate personalized first-touch messages at scale. Leave with a working prospect research + personalization workflow you can run this week. Agenda: • 10 min: The agentic research framework — what signals matter and how to extract them automatically • 25 min: Build-along — set up a Claude agent workflow for prospect research and first-touch personalization • 10 min: DFY qualification and CTA Who this is for: Service firm founders doing manual prospect research or relying on generic templates with low response rates. CTA: Book a System Builder call to have this workflow built and integrated into your outbound stack in 2 weeks.