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AI Agency Automation Control Panel

One ops dashboard for AI automation agencies: deploy Make/n8n/Zapier workflows, catch errors early, bill usage, and prove ROI across every client.

AI automation agencies are drowning in tabs. A typical shop managing 10–20 clients runs Make scenarios, n8n workflows, and Zapier zaps across separate dashboards — each with its own login, execution log, and error notification channel. The agency owner opens five browser windows every morning just to answer one question: did anything break overnight? The pain compounds as agencies scale. A freelancer with three clients can eyeball each scenario. At 15 clients, nobody has a portfolio view. Failed executions get buried in per-platform inboxes. Client onboarding means manually cloning scenarios, updating webhook URLs, and praying nothing was missed. When a client asks "what did we automate this month?" the agency exports CSVs from three tools and spends an hour building a slide deck.

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Suggested stack: Next.js (App Router) + Tailwind, Convex or Supabase, Stripe Billing, Make API + n8n API + Zapier API, Claude (Anthropic API), React-PDF or Puppeteer. Weekend scope: about 10 hours.

The Problem

AI automation agencies are drowning in tabs. A typical shop managing 10–20 clients runs Make scenarios, n8n workflows, and Zapier zaps across separate dashboards — each with its…

The Solution

ClientStack is a white-label operations dashboard for AI automation agencies managing 5–30 clients. Connect Make, n8n, and Zapier accounts once; monitor every execution, error…

Market Research

The AI agents market is projected at roughly $7.8–8.3 billion in 2025, growing to $52–53 billion by 2030 at approximately 45% CAGR (Research and Markets, MarketsandMarkets).…

Competitive Landscape

Make (Integromat) — Visual automation builder with strong agency adoption. Pricing is operations-based: Free (1,000 ops/mo) → Core $9/mo (10K ops) → Pro $16/mo (10K ops + premium…

Business Model

Free guide + waitlist ($0) — "Agency Automation Ops Playbook" PDF; email capture for launch list; builds SEO and trust before product exists

Recommended Tech Stack

Next.js (App Router) + Tailwind — Agency dashboard, client portal (read-only subdomain or path), landing page with value-ladder CTAs. Server components for dashboard shells…

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  1. 1. Project Setup

    Build the weekend MVP of "ClientStack": one dashboard where an automation agency sees every client's workflow health.
    
    Stack: Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind, Supabase (Postgres, Row Level Security, Realtime, Auth with email magic link), the n8n API for executions. Deploy on Vercel.
    Platforms: n8n first, with an API key per client. Make and Zapier come later.
    
    Tables (Row Level Security on, each agency reads only its own rows):
    - agencies(id, user_id, name, logo_url, primary_color)
    - clients(id, agency_id, name, n8n_base_url, n8n_api_key_encrypted)
    - executions(id, client_id, workflow_name, status, started_at, duration_ms, error_message)  where status is success or error
    - alerts(id, client_id, kind, created_at)
    
    Screens: /login, /clients (health badges), /feed (execution feed).
    Env vars (names only): NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL, NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY, SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY (server only), ENCRYPTION_KEY.
    
    Do not build: billing or plans, Make or Zapier connections, template deploys, ROI reports, a client portal, roles beyond the one agency owner.
    Done when: npm run dev starts, you can sign in, and the four tables exist with Row Level Security on.
  2. 2. Core Feature

    Build the one feature that proves ClientStack: a unified execution feed with a health status per client.
    1. A client form saves the n8n base URL and API key (encrypted at rest).
    2. A scheduled job every 5 minutes calls GET /executions for each client, normalizes each one to { client_id, workflow_name, status, started_at, duration_ms, error_message } and inserts it into executions, skipping ones already stored. Back off on rate limits.
    3. /feed lists executions across all clients, newest first, and updates live through Realtime.
    4. /clients shows a green, yellow or red badge per client from the error rate over the last 24 hours: green under 2%, yellow 2 to 5%, red above 5%. A client that goes red writes one row to alerts.
    Empty state: with no clients, show the add-client form and a one-line n8n API key hint.
    Done when: connecting a test n8n instance fills the feed within 5 minutes, and forcing failed executions turns that client red and writes an alert.
  3. 3. Landing Page

    Build a one-page landing site for ClientStack, an operations dashboard for AI automation agencies.
    Hero: "Every client's automations, one screen." Sub: "See which workflows are healthy, which broke and for whom, before the client emails you." One button: Join the waitlist.
    Sections: the problem (agencies find out a client's automation broke when the client does), how it works in five steps (connect platforms, monitor the portfolio, deploy templates, prove ROI, retain clients), and a mock portfolio with green, yellow and red clients.
    Waitlist: store the email in a waitlist table in Supabase. No other service.
    Voice: practical and plain, written for an agency owner.
    Done when: the page renders on a phone and a submitted email appears in the waitlist table.
  4. 4. Branding Package

    Use a design or image tool for this one. A coding agent cannot draw a logo.
    Brand for ClientStack: a wordmark and an icon that suggest a stack of client tiles.
    Colors: a near-black, white, and green, yellow and red used only for health status. Type: one clean sans for the interface and a mono for workflow names.
    Deliverables: wordmark, icon, three status badge designs, and one launch graphic of a portfolio of clients.
    Done when: each deliverable is saved in one folder and the three badges are distinguishable without color.