How to Use Make.com with AI: 5 Real Workflows with Claude & ChatGPT (2026)

Most Make.com tutorials still cover the basics: "when a form is submitted, send an email." That's fine — but it's 2026, and the real power of Make is what happens when you connect it to AI models like Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini as thinking engines inside your automations.

This guide covers 5 production-ready AI workflows you can build in Make.com today. Each one replaces hours of manual work per week.

How Make.com AI Modules Work

Make.com has native modules for OpenAI (ChatGPT/GPT-4), Anthropic (Claude), and Google (Gemini). You add an AI module to any scenario, connect your API key, write a system prompt, and pass dynamic data from previous steps as the user message. The AI response becomes a variable you can use in subsequent steps.

This means you can use AI not just to generate text — but as a classifier, decision-maker, data extractor, or translator inside any workflow. The practical implications are massive.

Workflow 1: AI Customer Support Email Triage

Auto-classify and route support emails with Claude

⏱ Saves ~3 hours/week🤖 AI: Claude🔗 Gmail + Notion/Slack
1
Trigger: Gmail — Watch Emails

Watch your support inbox for new messages. Filter by label or sender domain if needed.

2
Anthropic — Create Message (Claude)

System prompt: You are a customer support classifier. Categorize the email as one of: billing, technical, feature-request, refund, or other. Return only the category label. Pass the email subject + body as the user message.

3
Router — Branch by Claude's response

Use Make's Router to split the flow. Each branch handles one category: billing → finance Slack channel, technical → engineering Notion board, refund → finance team email, etc.

4
Claude — Draft a reply

Optionally add a second Claude step: have it draft a suggested reply based on the category. Save the draft to Gmail or post it as a Slack message for a human to review and send.

Workflow 2: Automated SEO Content Brief Generator

Turn keyword lists into full content briefs automatically

⏱ Saves ~5 hours/week🤖 AI: GPT-4🔗 Google Sheets + Notion
1
Trigger: Google Sheets — Watch New Rows

Your team adds target keywords to a Google Sheet. Each new row triggers the scenario.

2
OpenAI — Generate Content Brief

System prompt: You are an SEO content strategist. Given a target keyword, write a detailed content brief including: recommended title, meta description, target audience, key topics to cover (H2 sections), 5 related keywords, and estimated word count. Format as structured JSON. Pass the keyword from the sheet row.

3
JSON — Parse Response

Use Make's JSON module to parse the structured AI response into individual fields.

4
Notion — Create Page

Create a new Notion page in your content calendar database, populated with the brief. Assign to a writer and set status to "Ready to Write."

Workflow 3: AI-Powered Lead Enrichment

Enrich new CRM leads with AI research before your team calls them

⏱ Saves ~4 hours/week🤖 AI: GPT-4🔗 HubSpot + Slack
1
Trigger: HubSpot — New Contact Created

Fires whenever a new contact is added to your CRM.

2
HTTP — Fetch Company Data

Use the contact's company website (from HubSpot fields) to fetch the homepage via Make's HTTP module. Extract the text content.

3
OpenAI — Analyze and Summarize

System prompt: Given this company's website content, write a 3-sentence summary of: what the company does, who their likely customers are, and one relevant talking point for a sales call about our product.

4
HubSpot + Slack — Update and Notify

Write the AI summary to the HubSpot contact's notes field. Post a Slack message to the sales channel alerting the team with the enriched profile.

Workflow 4: Multilingual Content Localization Pipeline

Automatically translate and adapt content for 3 markets

⏱ Saves ~6 hours/week🤖 AI: Claude🔗 WordPress + Google Drive
1
Trigger: WordPress — New Post Published

Fires when a new article goes live on your English WordPress site.

2
Iterator — Loop through target languages

Use Make's Iterator to loop through your target markets: Spanish, French, German (or whichever you need).

3
Claude — Translate and Localize

System prompt: Translate this article to {{language}}. Do not just translate — localize it: adapt examples, idioms, and cultural references to be natural for {{country}} readers. Maintain SEO-friendly structure.

4
Google Drive — Save Localized File

Save each translated version as a Google Doc in a shared folder for review before publishing to regional WordPress installations.

Workflow 5: Social Media Content Repurposing Engine

Turn one blog post into 5 platform-specific social posts

⏱ Saves ~3 hours/week🤖 AI: GPT-4🔗 RSS + Buffer/Airtable
1
Trigger: RSS Feed — New Item

Watch your blog's RSS feed for new articles. Fires on each new post.

2
OpenAI — Generate 5 Social Variants

System prompt: Given this blog post, write 5 social media posts: 1) LinkedIn (professional, 150 words), 2) Twitter/X (punchy, under 280 chars), 3) Instagram caption (casual, with hashtag suggestions), 4) Facebook (conversational, 100 words), 5) Newsletter teaser (2 sentences that create curiosity). Return as JSON with keys: linkedin, twitter, instagram, facebook, newsletter.

3
JSON — Parse Response

Parse the 5 variants into separate Make variables.

4
Airtable — Create Records

Create one Airtable record per social post with: platform, content, scheduled date (auto-set to 3 days after publish), and status = "Draft." Your social media manager reviews and approves before posting.

Getting Started: The Right Approach

Start with Workflow 1 (email triage) or Workflow 5 (social repurposing) — they're the easiest to set up and deliver immediate time savings. The key to successful Make + AI workflows is writing clear, specific system prompts and asking for structured output (JSON) rather than free text. Structured output makes it easy to parse the AI's response and route it into subsequent steps without fragile text parsing.

Make.com's free plan gives 1,000 operations per month — enough to test all 5 workflows. The Core plan at $9/month supports serious production use.

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Sources

  1. Make.com — AI module documentation for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, May 2026
  2. Make.com — pricing and operations limits, May 2026
  3. Anthropic — Claude API documentation, May 2026
  4. OpenAI — GPT-4 API documentation, May 2026