Before you spend another hour configuring n8n nodes, pause for a moment.
We know what it feels like to have the perfect workflow in mind — and then hit the setup wall.
Dragging nodes.
Reading API docs.
Testing connections.
Wondering if you’re doing this the “right way.”
After watching dozens of developers build the same workflows from scratch, we noticed something.
The hard part isn’t knowing what to automate. It’s the manual translation from idea to working n8n workflow.
That’s why we built Autom8n.
✨ From description to deployment in minutes
Tell us what you want to automate.
Get a complete n8n workflow — nodes configured, connections set, ready to deploy.
No more setup hell. No more node-by-node building.
Before you open another API doc or drag another node...
Intro
Today’s ideas share a common thread: they all address the invisible friction in academic writing workflows.
We spotted these problems across Reddit’s r/PhD and r/GradSchool, Twitter threads from frustrated dissertation writers, and conversations in academic Slack communities. The pattern was clear: researchers have powerful tools for individual tasks—Zotero for citations, Notion for notes, Google Docs for writing—but nothing that connects the thinking layer between them.
The result? PhD students lose hours to preventable problems: forgetting what papers said, manually copying bibliographies, and sitting on finished drafts because perfectionism tells them it’s not ready.
Each idea below solves one specific gap in this workflow. Pick the one that matches your skills and ship it in a weekend.
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