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🔎 Preview: In today's issue

• 🤔 Episode 1 of our 6 part series on AI Agents
• 📺 Video: Kieran walks us through automations and AI agents from the start
• 🚀 Huge releases from Claude, ChatGPT + others

👩‍💻 What's the fuss about?

There's a lot of chatter (social media posts...) about AI Agents and we want to clear a few things up to help you understand.

What does 'AI Agent' really mean? And how is it different from the automations or workflows?

Think of it like this:

🍝 A workflow is a recipe. You follow steps in order, always the same way.

☕️ An automation is like a coffee machine. You press the button, and the same thing happens every time.

🤓 An agent, though, is more like an intern with initiative. You give them a goal, and they can figure out the best steps to get there — adapting as things change.

That flexibility is what makes agents exciting. They’re not just following scripts; they’re making decisions.

So...

📆 Over the next 6 weeks, we’ll break down the key components that make an AI agent work. By the end, you’ll understand the building blocks — and why they matter.

Here’s the roadmap:

1️⃣ Agent – the digital intern itself.
2️⃣ Goal – the outcome you set (“close the lead,” “summarise the report”).
3️⃣ Autonomy – how much freedom the agent has to decide steps.
4️⃣ Context – the background info it needs to act intelligently.
5️⃣ Tools – the apps or actions the agent can use.
6️⃣ Human in the Loop – you, the supervisor, guiding the process

We hope the explainers will be easy to digest with practical takeaways
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let's get started...

🤓 Explain Like I'm 5
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Agents are software systems that let AI perform tasks independently on your behalf.

Unlike traditional software (e.g if this then that), agents can:

1️⃣ Reason ​
2️⃣ Plan
3️⃣ Act in a continuous loop

Under the hood though they are actually quite simple.

• The LLM reasons: “What should I do now?”
• The tools act: fetch data, send emails, update records.
• The loop continues until the goal is done.

💡 Why this matters: Unlike automations or workflows, agents don’t need everything pre-planned. They bring adaptability to messy, human-shaped problems.

Agents capture our imaginations because they have the potential to take over a lot of the mundane, boring work we don't like doing.

"On the flipside, they also might take over the work we do like doing" ~ Kieran likes to remind us of this regularly

🚀 Examples

You might not realise it but you may be using agents all the time.

​Go here to see even more agentic tools (perks included)

This was a brief overview of agents and next week we'll discuss the "Goal" component and why prompting is fundamental

If you want to start building with agents now we've partnered with 100School's Agent Bootcamp. All Create With members get 20% off all bootcamps.

📺 VIDEO: Automations and AI Agents for beginners using Zapier
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In this 16 minute video, Kieran will talk you through the difference between automations and AI agents from a complete beginner's perspective. He will then show you how to build your own AI agent in Zapier, which is the most beginner-friendly agent platform we've tried.

You’ll learn the difference between simple automations, adding AI for smarter decision-making, and building full AI agents that connect Gmail, Trello, Google Docs, and Google Calendar.

We’ll also test the agent live and explore advanced features like Slack integration, knowledge sources, and agent teams.

▶️ Watch Video​

🔊 On your radar

Keep your finger on the pulse of what we think is hot in the space right now 🔥

⭐ Claude Sonnet 4.5 (HOT RELEASE) boosts coding, agents, and computer use​

👉 Why it matters: Claude’s new model reports stronger results in coding, reasoning, and using a computer to complete tasks. For you, this means more reliable autocompletion, better step‑by‑step problem solving, and smoother agent workflows that can click, type, and handle files with fewer mistakes. It’s available across popular platforms today, with pricing unchanged.

⭐ Lovable launches built‑in Cloud and AI​

👉 Why it matters: Login, databases, files, and backend are handled automatically with Lovable Cloud (they still use Supabase). Lovable AI, powered by Google Gemini, lets you add AI features without setup or API keys and is free until 5 October. Useful if you’ve been stitching together tools; this aims to reduce complexity so you can ship faster. Early builders report real revenue, but treat those figures as directional, not guarantees.

⭐ Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol​

👉 Why it matters: ChatGPT now supports buying directly in chat from select U.S. merchants, starting with Etsy and soon Shopify brands. It’s designed for simple, single‑item purchases, with multi‑item carts coming. Payments run through the merchant’s existing systems, and OpenAI has open‑sourced the protocol co‑developed with Stripe so developers can integrate without overhauling backends. This means it's even more important to sort out your AI search strategy.

🤓 What we're experimenting with

🎯 Cursor can control your browser
​🎯 Nocode App OG Adalo is still going and just released 3.0.
🎯 WeWeb added a new chat component​
🎯 OpenAI added parental controls
​🎯 Cloudflare open sourced their own Replit app​

☕️ Knowledge Shot

Dogfood - to use your own product as much as you can to find bugs and missing features.

🐒 AI in the wild

Fun, interesting, or innovative ways real people use AI in their daily lives and work.

Create With community member Karla Fernandes' mother LOVES to write song lyrics.

The problem is she can't sing or play instruments.

So Karla decided to use AI music generator Suno to bring her mum's lyrics to life.

She didn't just do one song. She made an entire album with a consistent AI singer complete with backstory, marketing photos, and a slick album cover.

Her mum cried happy tears when she heard her lyrics brought to life!

What an incredible use for AI 🙂

Karla Fernandes | design + nocode expert @karlafernandes My mom has written almost 300 songs in just a few years… they were just words on a page. Today, that changed. You can now find the Intimidade by Mafê on all platforms: https://open.spotify.com/album/2kSBfZVNYFHsr2PkczcK3z?si=JbmWDvQmRdWsQ-DAApaV5g And I got to help make that moment real. Music, voice, rhythm. ❤️‍🔥 #MPB #BossaNova 6:50 PM • Sep 1, 2025 0 Retweets 2 Likes

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🗓️ Events to Take Note Of

⏰ This week

🌍 1 Oct - Startup Grind Annual AI Summit​

📆 Up next

🇪🇸 7 Oct - Create With AI Meetup Madrid​

🇪🇸 13 Oct - Create With AI Meetup Barcelona (powered by Make.com)
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🇪🇸 15 Oct - Barcelona AI Summit: Use CREATEWITH10  to get 10% off

🇫🇷 13 & 16 October 🇬🇧 : Bubble Tour is in Paris first and then we'll be at the Bubble tour in London and as a member you get 50% off. Go to the members area to access. Plus $25K worth of giveaways

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💭 Final Thoughts

A big shoutout to our friend and community hero, Sonia!​
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She’s been an incredible supporter of Create With and proof that showing up, working hard, staying kind, and following your passions creates opportunities.

Sonia Toqqe @sonia_toqqe Career update alert! ⚠️ I'm excited to share I've recently joined @make_hq as Community Events Manager! ☺️ 🫂 In this new role, I’ll continue doing what I love most:  bringing the community together 🤗 by creating safe spaces where we can connect, share and learn about 2:30 PM • Sep 28, 2025 5 Retweets 32 Likes Read 13 replies

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