You can set up an automation in Claude by talking to it. Open Claude, describe the job you want done every week, and it builds the thing that does it. No developer, no code, no afternoon lost to a tutorial. The jobs that grow your business start happening whether you remember them or not.

I built an AI company before AI companies were cool, and 24 million readers have learned to use AI from my writing. The automations people ask me about are the complicated ones. The five that change a week are simple enough to describe in a sentence.

Growth comes from the outreach you keep meaning to do. The podcast you meant to pitch, the client who commented on your post and never heard from you again. Every one of those is a job you can describe to Claude once. Here are 5 easy Claude automations to set up this afternoon, and the exact thing to say to build each one.

Claude automations that grow your business opportunities

Get on the podcasts you want to be on

You have a list of shows you would be great on. Pitching each one takes 20 minutes of research and writing, so it happens twice and then stops for a year. An automation finds the shows in your niche, checks they still release episodes, and drafts the pitch with the angle only you would bring. Approve or delete. Simple.

“Hey Claude, help me set up an automation that finds podcasts I would be a great guest on, based on what I do and who I want to reach. Every week, search for shows in my niche that publish interviews, check they are still releasing episodes, and draft a pitch for each one with the specific angle I would bring and two questions the host could ask me. Put the drafts in a folder for me to approve before anything sends. Ask me what I want to be known for before you start.”

Set up coffee chats with people you have things in common with

The people you would get on with are findable. Same city, same sport, same year at the same university, same problem in the same industry. An automation searches for them every week, checks they are somebody you would want to meet, and writes the message that says what you share. Two conversations a week changes who you know within a year.

“Hey Claude, help me set up an automation that finds people I would have a good conversation with, based on where I live, what I do outside work and the kind of businesses I understand. Every Monday, give me 5 people with something specific in common with me, and draft a short message to each one that says what we share and asks for a 20 minute conversation. Keep every message under 80 words. Show me the list before anything goes out.”

Get on a potential client’s radar

The clients you want already have a shortlist of suppliers in their heads, and you are on it or you are not. Getting on it requires small steps repeated over months. A comment on what they published. A message when they announce something. An automation watches the people on your list and tells you when there is a reason to say something, so you stop being the person who appears the week you need work.

“Hey Claude, help me set up an automation that keeps me on the radar of 20 people I would like to work with. Check what they publish and announce each week, then tell me who has done something I could respond to, with a suggested first line that shows I read it. Sort the list by how close each person is to the work I do. Ask me for the 20 names and what I sell before you begin.”

Check your calls for content

You explained something perfectly on a call last week and that explanation is gone. Every client conversation and workshop you recorded has your clearest thinking in it. Said to somebody who needed it at the time. An automation reads the transcripts, finds the parts where you explained something well or said something people would argue with, and drafts them as posts in your language. The content already exists. Somebody has to go and get it.

“Hey Claude, help me set up an automation that turns my recorded calls into content. Every Friday, read that week’s transcripts, find the moments where I explained something clearly or said something contentious, and draft each one as a post in my voice using my words from the transcript. Give me the raw quote next to every draft so I can check it. Skip anything a client shared in confidence.”

Follow up with the people who engaged

Somebody commented on your post, you replied with a thank you, and that was the end of it. A comment is the closest thing to a hand raise you get in public. From a person who read the whole thing and had an opinion about it. An automation collects everybody who engaged, tells you which of them look like the people you work with, and drafts the message that refers to what they said.

“Hey Claude, help me set up an automation that follows up with the people who engage with my [LinkedIn] content. Each week, collect everybody who commented on or shared my posts, tell me which of them match the clients I work with, and draft a short message to each that refers to what they said. Keep it warm and specific, with nothing in it that sounds like a pitch. Show me the list every Monday morning.”

Set up these Claude automations and your network grows

Five conversations with Claude Cowork, and five jobs you keep meaning to do start happening without you. The drafts appear every week. You approve the ones you like and delete the rest. Growth is small actions repeated for months, and repetition is the part you can describe once and stop doing yourself. Describe the job today. Let it happen every week after that.

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