Prototype → production
n8n to Python
A customer chatbot, from prototype to production service
- The problem
- A large share of inbound volume was repeat questions with settled, documented answers — but every one still consumed an agent.
- What I built
- Prototyped the entire conversation flow in n8n first, so the logic could be argued about and corrected in days rather than sprints. Once it was right, I rewrote it as a standalone Python service for production, and now maintain and extend it with Claude Code and Codex.
- Why it matters
- The expensive part of an AI feature is working out what it should do. Prototyping in n8n made that part cheap. Only the proven design earned real code.