Automate Your Life in 4 hours – Agent and Automation Zapier Course

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Apr 21, 2026

“
Create a free Zapier account and follow along: https://bit.ly/4tJ2WCh

This course will teach you how to automate repetitive tasks using Zapier for automation and agentic AI capabilities. This comprehensive course covers everything from basic triggers and actions to advanced AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Course developed by @codingwithestefania

?? Contents ??
– 0:00:00 Introduction
– 0:03:48 Welcome to the world of automation
– 0:05:49 Creating your Zapier account
– 0:06:56 Basic concepts
– 0:13:03 First steps + Quick tour
– 0:18:07 Zaps: UI and trigger
– 0:32:46 Setting up the action
– 0:50:33 Built-in tools
– 1:03:54 Managing folders
– 1:09:07 Creating Zaps with Copilot
– 1:29:22 Zapier Tables
– 2:02:23 More field options
– 2:09:42 Zapier Forms
– 2:20:49 AI Agents
– 2:41:42 Zapier Canvas
– 2:56:14 Chatbots
– 3:18:04 Zapier MCP: Google Calendar & Visual Studio Code
– 3:29:24 Zapier MCP: GitHub & Visual Studio Code
– 3:42:47 Zapier MCP: GitHub & Gemini CLI
– 3:50:53 More built-in tools
– 3:54:11 Zap history
– 3:59:26 Final thoughts

?? Thanks to Zapier for providing a grant to make this course possible.

? Thanks to our Champion and Sponsor supporters:
? @omerhattapoglu1158
? @goddardtan
? @akihayashi6629
? @kikilogsin
? @anthonycampbell2148
? @tobymiller7790
? @rajibdassharma497
? @CloudVirtualizationEnthusiast
? @adilsoncarlosvianacarlos
? @martinmacchia1564
? @ulisesmoralez4160
? @_Oscar_
? @jedi-or-sith2728
? @justinhual1290

—

Learn to code for free and get a developer job: https://www.freecodecamp.org

Read hundreds of articles on programming: https://freecodecamp.org/news

[READ MORE]

”