When I updated my job title to AI Automation Engineer for HR, I didn't expect it to spark so much conversation. Friends, coworkers, even people I hadn't talked to in years, were curious about what it means.
The short answer: I build and test AI-powered automations that make HR work a little less chaotic and a lot more human.
And because I'm always experimenting, my top AI agents change from week to week depending on what's helping me the most. I thought it might be fun (and maybe even useful) to share the top three carrying me right now, built with Zapier Agents.
You can see me walk through the agents in the video below. Plus, keep reading to get access to easy-to-use templates so you can copy my workflows.
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1. The Slack to-do capturer
Slack is where so much of my work starts, but it's also where to-dos love to hide. A teammate asks me for something three messages deep into a thread. I mentally flag it for later. But then later never comes.
So I built a little helper. Whenever I react with a "todo" emoji, this agent scans the whole thread so I don't miss context, figures out exactly what I was asked to do, and gives it an urgency and effort rating. Then it checks my Google Calendar and actually books me time to handle it. Finally, it sends me a DM that just says, "All set."
It feels like someone quietly putting sticky notes on my desk at the exact time I need them.
2. The good morning digest
This one feels almost like having a personal chief of staff. Every morning, it gives me a short but powerful summary of my previous workday in Slack.
It tells me:
what I did yesterday (with links to the threads if I need a refresher),
what I should focus on today,
any blockers that might need attention, and
a few energy boosters, like shout-outs or positive notes from teammates.
Instead of starting my day by scrolling through channels and DMs trying to remember where I left off, I get a focused message in Slack that helps me start the day with clarity and momentum.
3. The LinkedIn balancer
I wanted a way to stay on top of LinkedIn without losing balance between company updates and my own personal content. So I paired two agents together to make it easier.
Here's how it plays out. If someone asks me in Slack to post something for Zapier, I react with a "linkedin-to-do" emoji. That triggers the first agent, which gathers all the context and hands it off to the second agent.
The second agent looks at my LinkedIn calendar and checks for conflicts. If it sees that I already have a post planned, it reschedules things so my feed isn't all company, all the time. Then it blocks time on my calendar with the right context so I can draft the post.
The best part is that, like any Zapier Agent, I can also access it and trigger this same agent from my browser if I stumble on an article I want to comment on personally because I can use the Chrome extension to allow it to read my screen. Same system, different entry points. It makes me feel like I have a quiet partner in the background keeping my professional presence in check.
Why these builds matter for HR automators
If you're in HR, you know how often requests, updates, and reminders get scattered across systems. It's not that the work itself is complicated—it's that it's fragmented. These AI builds help bring it all together.
You can adapt each of the ones I shared for HR automation use cases, like:
Capturing and scheduling interview feedback or manager requests from Slack
Summarizing employee conversations and priorities from the day before
Balancing internal communications with external employer branding on LinkedIn
and more!
