Workflow Automation and AI Blog from Connex

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Notion AI unified chat: pricing, credits, security controls

Notion AI unified chat: pricing, credits, security controls

Oct 16, 2026

Notion AI pricing explained: plan features, usage allowances, premium-model credits, Custom Agent limits, and the admin controls that keep AI spend predictable.

Make Maia, AI agents, and governance: what to adopt (Oct 2026)

Make Maia, AI agents, and governance: what to adopt (Oct 2026)

Oct 16, 2026

Make Maia memory, AI agent fallback retries, provider-specific prompt caching, and Enterprise custom roles, plus a practical checklist for testing each one.

How a Restaurant-Tech Company Built a Photo-Reading AI SMS Support Agent with n8n

How a Restaurant-Tech Company Built a Photo-Reading AI SMS Support Agent with n8n

Oct 16, 2026

A restaurant-tech company built an AI SMS support agent that reads customer photos, answers from its Notion knowledge base, and hands unclear cases to humans.

OAuth integrations for productivity apps: a V1 blueprint

OAuth integrations for productivity apps: a V1 blueprint

Oct 15, 2026

OAuth integrations for productivity apps as a V1: pick connectors with clear completion signals, normalize activity, then add Google and Outlook calendar sync.

How to build a Claude scheduling assistant for service businesses

How to build a Claude scheduling assistant for service businesses

Oct 15, 2026

Learn how to use Claude to design a practical scheduling assistant for a service business: data model, daily updates, dispatch workflow, and rollout steps.

Convert ADF XML leads into HubSpot with Zapier

Convert ADF XML leads into HubSpot with Zapier

Oct 15, 2026

Convert ADF XML automotive leads to JSON in Zapier, then map them to HubSpot with duplicate checks, safe error handling, and a working Python example.

Automate nonprofit donations: HubSpot → Zapier → QuickBooks

Automate nonprofit donations: HubSpot → Zapier → QuickBooks

Oct 15, 2026

Design a nonprofit donation workflow with HubSpot, Zapier and QuickBooks Online: prevent duplicate revenue, handle soft credits, and reconcile payouts.

How a Small Human-Services Nonprofit Stopped Donations from Silently Dropping Between Classy and Bloomerang with Zapier

How a Small Human-Services Nonprofit Stopped Donations from Silently Dropping Between Classy and Bloomerang with Zapier

Oct 14, 2026

How a small nonprofit fixed a Classy-to-Bloomerang Zapier sync that silently dropped gifts: ACH re-checks, retry handling, review queues, and event data.

Automate contractor certification in Salesforce (with PandaDoc + Zapier)

Automate contractor certification in Salesforce (with PandaDoc + Zapier)

Oct 14, 2026

Design an approval-gated contractor certification workflow with Salesforce, Jotform, Zapier and PandaDoc, including duplicate prevention and reissue controls.

Zapier + Hunter.io lead enrichment automation (form + loops)

Zapier + Hunter.io lead enrichment automation (form + loops)

Oct 14, 2026

Build a two-Zap lead enrichment workflow with one loop per Zap, Hunter Domain Search, contact review, duplicate checks, and optional Salesforce sync.

Fix purchase order item entry with unit-of-measure pricing (vendor pricing + BOM math)

Fix purchase order item entry with unit-of-measure pricing (vendor pricing + BOM math)

Oct 14, 2026

Model vendor units and conversion factors, preserve issued PO prices, and calculate BOM costs without losing precision or rewriting purchasing history.

Shopify product customization: variants and file uploads

Shopify product customization: variants and file uploads

Oct 13, 2026

Need Shopify product customization with file uploads? See how variants, line-item properties, and apps handle multi-file uploads, conditional fields, and notes.