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Elena Alston

Elena Alston is a content specialist at Zapier based in London. She's a big advocate of automation and loves making it more accessible to people via storytelling.

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Zapier Agents: Work hand in hand with AI agents

Zapier Agents lets you train AI agents to handle internal tasks across 8,000+ apps

By Elena Alston

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11 min read

Automation inspiration

How to automate ChatGPT

From writing emails to building chatbots—here are the different ways to pull the power of ChatGPT into your automated workflows.

By Elena Alston

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6 min read

The logo for Delay by Zapier—which looks like an hourglass in an orange rectangle—inside a white square on a light orange rectangle.

Zapier feature guides

Delay by Zapier: Control the timing of your Zaps

Don't want your Zap to carry out an action right away? In this guide, learn how you can set up Delay by Zapier to control the timing of automated workflows.

By Elena Alston

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6 min read

The logo for Filter by Zapier.

Zapier feature guides

Filter by Zapier: Get more control over your workflows

With Filter by Zapier, you can ensure automated workflows you create with Zapier will run according to the criteria you set. Learn how to use filters to create smarter workflows.

By Elena Alston

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5 min read


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A Zap with the trigger 'When I get a new lead from Facebook,' and the action 'Notify my team in Slack'