# make.ge - Comprehensive Automation & AI Agent Knowledge Base

## Course Overview
- **Title:** AI Assistants, Agents and No-Code Automation (AI ასისტენტები, აგენტები და No-Code ავტომატიზაცია)
- **Institution:** Smart Academy (Tbilisi, Georgia)
- **Instructor:** Giorgi Basilaia (Associate Professor, [Free University of Tbilisi](https://freeuni.edu.ge/ge/details/?person=giorgi-basilaia))
- **Format:** 7 Sessions (17.5 hours total) - 6 Online sessions + 1 In-person session
- **Target Audience:** Business owners, operational managers, digital marketers, IT specialists, and professionals seeking to automate repetitive tasks without programming.

## Session-by-Session Curriculum

### Session 1: Custom GPTs, Claude Projects & Personal Assistants
- Architecture of conversational assistants.
- Configuring System Instructions and Persona definition.
- Knowledge base attachment and document retrieval (RAG).
- Multi-step action triggers via OpenAPI schemas.

### Session 2: Model Context Protocol (MCP) & Local File Security
- Understanding Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Connecting desktop AI environments directly to local databases, file systems, and development tools.
- Enterprise security considerations and data boundary protection.

### Session 3: Make.com Advanced Scenarios & Enterprise Logic
- Multi-route scenario modeling with Routers and Filters.
- Webhook endpoints: receiving and sending payload JSON data.
- Error handling directives (Resume, Rollback, Commit, Ignore).
- Data parsing with Iterator, Aggregator, and Data Stores.

### Session 4: n8n Workflow Automation (Cloud & Self-Hosted)
- Architecture comparison: n8n vs Make.com vs Zapier.
- Deploying self-hosted n8n instances via Docker for data privacy and zero per-run fees.
- Custom JavaScript node execution and complex conditional branches.
- Webhook trigger integration with Telegram bots and Google Workspace.

### Session 5: Local LLMs with Ollama & Vector Databases
- Running open weights models (DeepSeek, Llama 3, Mistral) locally on private hardware.
- Installing and configuring Ollama for offline, zero-data-leakage inference.
- Introduction to vector embeddings and semantic search with Qdrant.

### Session 6: Web Scraping, Structured Extraction & Firecrawl
- Automated content extraction from dynamic websites.
- Using Firecrawl and modern scraping APIs to feed LLMs clean Markdown.
- Building scheduled market intelligence and competitive price tracking monitors.

### Session 7: Capstone AI Agent Project & Enterprise Deployment
- Building an end-to-end autonomous workflow: Lead capture -> Enrichment -> Personalized AI Draft -> CRM Update -> Notification.
- Measuring ROI, error logging, and enterprise maintenance protocols.

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## Instructor Profile
- **Giorgi Basilaia:** 25+ years in IT systems, Associate Professor at [Free University of Tbilisi](https://freeuni.edu.ge/ge/details/?person=giorgi-basilaia), 3388+ citations on Google Scholar, Google Gemini Certified Educator.
- **Faculty Profile:** https://freeuni.edu.ge/ge/details/?person=giorgi-basilaia
- **Personal Hub:** https://basilaia.com
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/basilaia/
- **Email:** basilaia@gmail.com

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## Basilaia AI Network (Connected Ecosystem)
1. **https://chatgpt.ge:** Flagship courses, corporate training, AI tools directory.
2. **https://make.ge:** No-code automation, AI agents, Make.com, n8n, MCP, local LLMs.
3. **https://elevenlabs.ge:** Georgian voice models, voice cloning, audio branding.
4. **https://perplexity.ge:** Fact-grounded search, market research, deep competitive analysis.
5. **https://lovable.ge:** Full-Stack AI web app development, Vibe Coding, React/Supabase deployment.
6. **https://basilaia.com:** Authoritative central executive and research hub.