40-Day Gen AI, n8n & Workato Roadmap with Free Resources

🧠 Generative AI Days

Day 1‑2: Generative AI Basics

• Elements of AI Course (https://www.elementsofai.com/)

• Anthropic AI Fluency Course (https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-ai-fluency)

Day 3‑4: LLMs & Prompt Engineering

• IBM Prompt Engineering Course (https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-generative-ai-prompt-engineering)

• Great Learning Prompt Engineering Free Course (https://www.mygreatlearning.com/academy/learn-for-free/courses/prompt-engineering-for-chatgpt)

Day 5‑6: Practical Gen AI Applications

• Google Prompting Essentials (https://cloud.google.com/training/generative-ai-prompting-essentials)

• Learn Prompting Open Source Guide (https://learnprompting.org/)

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⚙️ n8n Days

Day 7‑8: Introduction to n8n

• n8n Level One Official Course (https://n8n.io/learn)

• Beginner Guide at Xray.Tech (https://xray.tech/blog/n8n-tutorial-guide-getting-started-with-n8n)

Day 9‑10: n8n Fundamentals

• Continue with n8n Level One (https://n8n.io/learn)

Day 11‑12: n8n API Work

• n8n Blog: AI & API Tutorials (https://n8n.io/blog/tag/ai/)

• DataCamp Guide: AI Automations with n8n (https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/ai-workflows-with-n8n)

Day 13‑14: Prompt Engineering for Automation

• Learn Prompting (https://learnprompting.org/)

• Google Prompting Essentials (https://cloud.google.com/training/generative-ai-prompting-essentials)

Day 15‑16: Image & Code Generation with n8n

• n8n AI Blog Tutorials (https://n8n.io/blog/tag/ai/)

Day 17‑18: Real-Life Use Case 1 - Support Automation

• AI-Powered Newsletter Workflow on Medium (https://medium.com/@thibault.martin/how-to-use-n8n-to-automate-your-ai-powered-newsletter-f268ae69cf4d)

Day 19‑20: Real-Life Use Case 2 - Summarizer

• n8n Community Tutorials (https://community.n8n.io/c/workflow/11)

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🤖 Workato Days

Day 21‑22: Introduction to Workato

• Workato Docs: Getting Started (https://docs.workato.com/getting-started.html)

• Workato Automation Institute (https://www.workato.com/automation-institute)

Day 23‑24: Building Workato Recipes

• Workato Academy: First Recipe (https://docs.workato.com/getting-started/build-your-first-recipe.html)

• Workato for Beginners Blog (https://www.workato.com/the-connector/workato-for-beginners/)

Day 25‑26: Workato + Generative AI

• Reuse Prompt Engineering resources from Generative AI Days

Day 27‑28: Advanced Recipes

• Workato for Beginners Blog (https://www.workato.com/the-connector/workato-for-beginners/)

Day 29‑30: Real-Life Use Case 3 - Lead Enrichment

• Workato Lead Enrichment Tutorial on Medium (https://medium.com/@ridvan.ozel/salesforce-integrations-in-workato-453593b58ad1)

• Workato YouTube Tutorials Playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2sw1x5z-gmMGurQEl_gXGjzr_YMxAk2g)

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🚀 Expert Automation & Capstone Days

Day 31‑40:

• Combine all above resources

• Build cross-platform workflows

• Plan & implement Capstone Project

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🎯 Bonus YouTube Playlists

• Master n8n in 2 Hours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCCjv-p2Dkk)

• 6-Hour n8n AI & Automation Full Course (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kI2ncRrnc)

• Workato Beginner Full Tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsw2PxnOd80)