AutomateNI
Automate something. See what happens.
A Northern Ireland community for curious people making things happen with code, software and hardware. Write a script. Wire up a sensor. Make a job easier for someone. Or build something gloriously unnecessary.
EVENT 001Code, hardware, software and people. AI is welcome when it helps; curiosity is the common thread.
Little Automations is up next.
Start with a light, a script, a useful shortcut or a completely unnecessary gadget. Come to see what people have made, ask questions and find something to try. Booking is free on Luma.
The tiny stuff counts.
A script that saves a volunteer an evening. A homemade controller. A door that plays a ridiculous noise. There is room for all of it.
Bring the useful jobs, the experiments and the things you made because you wondered whether you could. You do not need an AI model, a business case or a finished product.
BUILD WALKTHROUGHThe Family Guy Door TransitionHome automationBUILD WALKTHROUGHPublish an Event Once, Then Let the Admin Fan OutEvent automationBUILD WALKTHROUGHA Personal Transcriber for Ideas Before They DisappearPersonal automationBUILD WALKTHROUGHTurn One Idea into a Small Content QueueMarketing automationWhat could you automate?
Pick an area and try a small project idea.
Give me a small idea.
A door opens. Play one short audio sting, then stop.
Good for learning triggers, device states and timing without pretending the project needs a business case.Give the idea a first test.
Sketch what starts it, what should happen and what you want to learn. A project can save time, help somebody or simply make you laugh.
Keep the useful parts.
Find the guide, build note or event behind a topic. These pages keep the details together so you can return to a project after the conversation ends.
Workflow automation
A practical home for triggers, hand-offs, approvals and repeatable work that software can run for you.
Marketing automation
Publishing, follow-up, content reuse and campaign admin, shown through working examples rather than tool lists.
Home automation ideas
Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, sensors and unnecessary projects that are fun enough to teach you something.
Document workflow automation
Create, route, approve, rename, extract and archive documents without the usual copy-and-paste trail.
Email automation examples
Useful ways to trigger, route, draft and follow up without turning your inbox into a robot.
Task automation
Small recurring jobs that can disappear from your week with a script, workflow or rule.
PRACTICAL GUIDEHow to process map: do this before you try automating
Learn how to process map before automating. Follow two worked examples, spot repeated steps and waiting time, and make a job easier to hand over.
IDEASHome automation ideas: my night lights, movie mode and a ridiculous door
My Home Assistant night-light setup, plus morning routines, movie mode, a shutdown button and a door that thinks it is in Family Guy.
WALKTHROUGHHow I use n8n to make a personal RSS newsletter worth opening
RSS feeds, JavaScript and an HTML email in n8n, with a button that turns an interesting story into a document ready for me to write.
WALKTHROUGHA small admin workflow for a charity or volunteer group
Plan an equipment reminder while keeping sensitive decisions, personal information and access under human control.
EXAMPLESDocument workflow automation: six jobs to stop doing by hand
Six practical document workflow automation examples for creating, routing, checking and filing documents.
EXAMPLESEmail automation examples that do not turn you into a spam machine
Practical email automation examples for routing, reminders, receipts and follow-up, with sensible boundaries around human replies.
What we're building.
Bring something.
A finished product is not required. A half-working script with one good lesson can make a better talk than a sales deck with perfect slides.