Suggestion on Integrate AI on Make

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Hello,

As I am in the process of creating a small business (I am not a developer or coder at all), and after researching tools that might help me, I had the following thought (explained in a brief note I initially wrote for myself, but I am now sharing with you to suggest this idea).

I would like to propose the integration of an AI-powered chat within Make. I’m from an older generation, but I know Make could be highly beneficial to my business. However, since I’m not particularly skilled (yet not entirely unfamiliar with technology), I realized that an AI assistant, embedded directly in Make, would be an excellent addition. This would be similar to Microsoft Copilot, which is integrated into Microsoft Power Platform’s automation tools.

Here’s a summary of the notes I initially wrote for myself:

It’s worth noting that Microsoft Power Platform integrates Copilot (especially with Power Automate for various automations, Power Apps for building internal applications like inventory or HR management, and Power BI for creating data dashboards for analytics, like financial data). The Power Platform now includes Microsoft’s Copilot AI, allowing users to request help with automations and workflows. However, Power Platform primarily connects to Microsoft Office 365 tools (Excel, SharePoint, Office) and some external APIs (like Salesforce, Google Drive, and ERP systems).

On the other hand, Make is often preferred as it’s simpler and more intuitive, with greater flexibility. It connects with a wider range of applications and allows more varied automations at a more affordable price. However, a notable advantage of Microsoft Power Platform’s integration with Copilot is the sidebar AI chat. This AI assistant helps users create and verify workflows, which is very practical for beginners. Currently, Make doesn’t have this feature, which means that if I encounter issues, I would need to seek help from ChatGPT or another AI.

In conclusion, I believe having an integrated AI assistant in Make would be a valuable addition, as it could support users like me directly within the software, just as Microsoft Copilot does in Power Platform.

Thank you for considering this suggestion!

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Unfortunately, as I don’t have a professional email address, I couldn’t submit my feedback through Make’s contact form. I was eager to share my suggestion of integrating an AI assistant similar to Microsoft’s Copilot directly into Make. I believe such a feature would be incredibly beneficial for both novice and experienced users, simplifying complex workflows. I imagine the Make team has considered this, but perhaps technical limitations or licensing issues related to AI technology are preventing them from implementing such a solution.

Thank you for your time, and apologies for any inconvenience.

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Welcome to the Make community!

It really depends on what you are using AI for. If it’s just for a chat bot for a website, there are likely simpler tools.

Make.com does so much more than just web-based chat bots, because they also have AI-powered integrations that do so much more.

If you’re interested in exploring existing solutions, I recommend looking into tools like DumplingAI which offers no-code AI-powered modules that can augment your scenario, or Chatbase, which allows you to create a custom GPT chatbot for various applications, including customer support and workflow automation, and can also be used with Make.

Try signing up for a free account on Make and give these integrations a try!

I would suggest completing the Make Academy before jumping into building a complete scenario. If you need specific assistance when you are building a scenario it’s easier to help you then. Otherwise, you can also hire a professional by posting a request in the Hire a Pro category.

Here are some useful links and guides you can use to learn more on how to use the Make platform, apps, and app modules. I found these useful when I was learning Make, and hope they might benefit you too —

Getting Started

Help Centre Basics

Articles & Videos

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

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Thank you for your response. Indeed, as I plan to start with this software, I am happy to learn that there are tutorials and above all I said to myself that an integrated AI could also help me and I think that this is feasible by posing questions to chatgpt or by integrating DumplingAI

Indeed, I haven’t tried Make yet but from what I’ve seen, it’s not that simple for beginners.

This is why to save time in my learning, I was looking for a solution or proposing an idea like a directly integrated AI assistant could have helped me. But it seems that chatgpt or DumplingAI that you mentioned could help me if I cannot achieve this or that automation.

Thank you for these tips.

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I have also recently trained a chatbot based on all my posts on this forum, if that’s what you’re after. Check it out on my profile (I can’t advertise it directly here).

– @samliew

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Thank you very much Sam. What I was looking for, my proposal or question (if it is possible to communicate it to the people concerned at Make because I don’t have a professional account at the moment, I can’t write to them), was that Make developers can one day, I hope, install an AI assistant directly in Make, exactly like Copilot on Excel, which doesn’t just answer questions, but as I saw on Excel’s copilot, it directly carries out the requested task, therefore transforming your spreadsheet according to your instructions simply described in the copilot.

Such a tool in Make allowing not only to answer questions but above all to carry out the task itself, the automation that you describe to it, would be very useful, exactly like the AI ​​Copilot assistant does in Excel.

Indeed, (from what I’ve seen), Make is not very easy to learn (I’m from the older generation and I’m not bad, but I’m just as good at using computers as younger people). But above all a lot of automations, very interesting flows are possible, which is not easy to configure when you are a beginner and even for people who are comfortable with computers as the automation possibilities are so interesting and numerous in Make. Thus, even for people experienced in Make, such a “copilot” AI integrated directly into Make and therefore like Excel’s copilot, being able to carry out tasks that are described to it could not only give ideas for difficult automation, but also help implement automation more quickly.

I note that if I used chatgpt “externally”, I could just have advice on how to carry out this or that automation with Make, but chatgpt, but even this gives DumplingAI, could not carry out the task itself like the made the copilot in excel.
Indeed, while waiting perhaps one day for Make (and other software) to integrate this type of AI assistant into their software, I will try to create a GPTS, or one which perhaps already exists, by creating an automation between Make and chatgpt and that this automation would be dedicated to all the questions I will have on Make to help me achieve automation in Make. But this would only be advice because it is not directly integrated into Make, I do not think that chatgpt can take control of Make to itself carry out the automation that I am describing. Or even try DumplingAI.

I hope that the Make developers and people concerned will be able to read my message and I imagine that they have already thought about doing this anyway, but that for technical reasons or financial reasons or legal reasons with the companies of artificial intelligence, maybe they can’t build that into their API, right?

In summary, as I saw on the Copilot in Excel, I note that when developers integrate an AI assistant directly into their software, rather than using it externally which ultimately can only answer questions but cannot carry out the task itself, this is much more efficient and to a completely different extent and such a possibility in Make (and other software in general) would have been great, in particular for people less comfortable in computer science but also for more experienced people as we have just seen see.

Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.