You're reading from Automate It with Zapier and Generative AI - Second Edition

Product type Book

Published in Aug 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803239842

Pages 706 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Concepts

Workflow Automation

Author (1):

Kelly Goss

Table of Contents (33) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Started with Zapier

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Process Automation with Zapier

3. Chapter 2: Preparing to Automate Your Processes

4. Chapter 3: Building Your First Automated Workflow (Zap)

5. Chapter 4: Managing Your Zaps

6. Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and Handling Zap Errors

7. Part 2: Customizing Your Zaps with Built-in Apps by Zapier – Functionality and Practical Uses

8. Chapter 6: Creating Multi-Step Zaps and Using Built-In Apps

9. Chapter 7: Getting Started with Built-In Apps

10. Chapter 8: Built-In Communication Apps

11. Chapter 9: Exploring Built-In Apps for Extracting and Compiling Data

12. Chapter 10: Other Useful Built-In Apps by Zapier

13. Chapter 11: Advanced Built-In Apps by Zapier

14. Chapter 12: Managing Your Zapier Account with Built-In Apps

15. Chapter 13: Newly Released Apps and Features

16. Part 3: Using the Features of the Formatter by Zapier Built-In App

17. Chapter 14: Formatting Date and Time

18. Chapter 15: Formatting Numbers

19. Chapter 16: Text Formatting Functions in Zapier – Part 1

20. Chapter 17: Text Formatting Functions in Zapier – Part 2

21. Chapter 18: Zapier’s Utilities Functions

22. Part 4: Getting the Most Out of Zapier

23. Chapter 19: AI and Automation

24. Chapter 20: Automating Your Marketing Processes

25. Chapter 21: Automating Your Sales Processes

26. Chapter 22: Automating Your Operations Processes

27. Chapter 23: Automating Your Finance and Reporting Processes

28. Chapter 24: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices to Enhance Your Productivity

29. Chapter 25: Challenging Your Problem-Solving and Zap-Building Skills

30. Assessments

31. Index

Why subscribe?

32. Other Books You May Enjoy

Running Zap AI Actions (beta) using the Zapier Chrome extension and the ChatGPT plugin (beta)

Zapier has integrated AI-powered or AI-related features into a few Zapier built-in apps, and more developments are underway. For example, the Zapier Chrome extension built-in app now has Natural Language Action (NLA) and AI Actions (beta) features, and the Formatter by Zapier built-in app now has a transform function available named Split Text into Chunks for AI Prompt. Many of these features are currently in beta and may change. Before we explore these features, let’s cover NLA and AI Actions in more detail.

NLA and AI Actions

With the NLA API from Zapier, you can use the Zapier platform to power your own products, and it is optimized for products that use natural languages, such as chatbots, for example. You can read more about the NLA API and use cases in the article at https://zapier.com/l/natural-language-actions. The NLA API allows you to create AI Actions to use with Zapier...