In the visible horizon, it is evident that coding agent platforms such as Cursor and Windsurf are becoming increasingly dominant. While tools like Manus appear impressive, they do not serve as convenient resources for professional coders; rather, they cater more to non-coder users seeking generic answers that can rival those provided by experts, including the generation of detailed stock analysis reports. Integrated with the MCP server and especially with Zapier—capable of connecting over 8,000 applications—these platforms offer significant potential for automating various workflows and daily activities. Therefore, in this blog, I aim to explore and summarize the specific applications of these technologies.
First, regular workflow of a programmer need to
when building up the codebase, need to push/pull git request, report status in task/project management tool such as Monday, need to update the documentation on Notion or Microsoft Sharepoint timely, send emails or broadcast message on TEAM or Slack anytime, all these would be so easily centralized in one coding platform by typing something like below screenshot (from codewithchris). You can even use firecrawl to research internet or post to LinkedIn or other social media instantly.
The Zapier MCP server set up allows to connect to tons of other MCP servers, but some didn’t work, need to figure out the issues.
Second, workflow set up for a small business team, let’s break it down to the following modules:
module 1 is production and billing: new product/client triggered to be prompted to SQL database add rows/records, given the deliverable is electronic files, tools to send email or post to FPT (EasyFTP) can be triggered or scheduled; from the sql database, synced/triggered with the current date, reminder automatically sent to stake holder in email and calendar. Documentation automatically generated in pdf and markdown/html form, posted on Notion or sharepoint. Codes automatically pushed/updated to Git and versioning and commenting automatically updated.
module 2 is client support, live Q&A: chatbot takes in FAQ to support online, can be prompted to human support triggered upon set up questions.
module 3 is marketing and CRM: daily generation of market pulse, research, insight, monthly newsletter, published to the web portal; subscription online be automatically saved in lead table in SQL database, automatically sent to stake holders in email or TEAM. in terms of leveraging AI to generate research, need a separate blog.
Naixian Zhang 