What happened?
Sales, ad spend, stock, margin.
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Own Your Data · Closed-loop systems · ClearAds seller event
Automations
You Can Trust
A session for ClearAds sellers · Real Team A + Team B examples
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Founder · IdealSync
Quick Intro
Dorian Gorski has spent thirteen years inside Amazon conversion work on a data-science foundation: three thousand optimizations across two thousand-plus brands. Founder of Keplo, the CRO platform for 8-figure Amazon brands.
At IdealSync he writes the architecture, runs the build, and signs the handover. The systems on this page are the ones he works in every day, not a deck.
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The loop already exists.
Team A supplies the learning and data examples. Team B supplies the task execution examples.
Team A · ask → learn
Implemented + measured usageAsk business questions against the company database. Record failures and missing data. Improve the shared guidance.
13,692 recorded tool calls in four complete weeks. A real feedback signal for what to improve next.
Team B · raise → track
Implemented in reviewed sourceRaise a task, apply a reusable flow, resolve owners and due dates, create the work, and track its lifecycle.
Completion returns to the ledger. The next process review can use evidence.
Observe→Decide→Execute→Measure↻Improve
Production Team A aggregates · Team B main reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · Sources & definitions ↗
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Actual use. Precisely counted.
10 August–6 September 2026 · four complete Europe/Berlin weeks · production only, smoke checks excluded.
Recorded tool calls13,692
Calls, not conversations
Signed-in identities17
Plus one shared Slack identity
OK / logged responses96.7%
13,239 calls · not answer accuracy
Calls by week starting
How the team uses it
12,186 database query calls
11,021 calls through the shared Slack door
73 calls to log a data request
146 no-data responses + 307 other problem responses expose gaps to investigate.
Tool categories and Slack usage overlap. A request call is not a unique feature request.
Team A weekly usage view · read 7 Sep 2026 · recorded telemetry may omit failed logging · Sources & definitions ↗
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A closed loop remembers what happened.
The same pattern appears in the two systems you have just seen.
01 · Observe
Team A · recorded evidenceBusiness questions reach the company database. Tool receipts reveal which requests succeed, which fail, and what data is missing.
02 · Act
Team B · owned workA person raises and reviews a request. A reusable flow creates the tasks, owners and dates. Changes feed back into the schedule.
03 · Learn
Both · a durable recordTeam A links outcomes to decisions and improves shared guidance. Team B records task lifecycle events for the next process review.
The connection matters: a signal leads to owned action, the action leaves a receipt, and the receipt informs the next decision.
These are distinct existing systems demonstrating one philosophy. They are not presented as one combined implementation.
Existing Team A + Team B mechanisms · Sources & definitions ↗
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The useful question: where does the loop stop?
A practical lens for any seller’s business, illustrated by mechanisms already built.
Data → decision
Example · Team ACan the team trace an answer to its data? When an answer fails, does the failure improve shared guidance?
Decision → work
Example · Team BDoes a request become steps with owners and due dates? Does a changed deadline reach the next person?
Work → knowledge
Examples · both systemsDoes completion return to tracking? Can the next colleague find the earlier decision and its recorded outcome?
Own the data. Make the playbook executable. Record the result. Improve the system with evidence.
ClearAds is the seller-event audience. Team A and Team B are the implementation examples; demo brands and people are fictional.
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What this session is about
Two Kinds of
Intelligence.
One Closed Loop.
Automations your team actually runs — fed by both, sharpened every cycle.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE · QUANTITATIVE
The numbers — sales, ads, ranks, margins.
OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE · QUALITATIVE
How your team actually does the work.
✕ tool-hopping
✕ data that doesn't talk
✕ apps nobody uses
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Before we start · one promise
Stay to the End —
Leave With the Builder.
Everything you're about to see, you can build. At the end I'll share a free resource that helps you do exactly that — step by step, inside your Claude.
THE MCP · REVEALED ON THE LAST SLIDE
An assistant trained on this exact method — it guides, designs, and builds with you.
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Section 1 · The foundation
It All Starts
With Data
An automation is only as smart as the data underneath it. Crap in, crap out.
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The pain · what almost everyone does first
A Chatbot Is Not an Accountant
ai chat · wired straight into raw data
What was net profit in March?
£41,203£38,910£45,570same question · a different answer every time · always confident
raw API data · no checks, no math layer
{"order":"112-8804216","fees":[3.11,0.42,…]}
{"asin":"B0KJ4X8","qty":3,"promo":null,…}
{"order":"112-8804216","fees":[3.11,0.42,…]}
{"asin":"B0KJ4X8","qty":3,"promo":null,…}
60%
of its answers were wrong
off by 20 to 50% · my own tests
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The solution · the medallion model
Refine It Like Gold
Bronze is raw and untouched. Silver is cleaned and checked by code. Gold is verified numbers the AI is finally allowed to read.
Bronze
Raw, exactly as it arrived. Untouched, kept forever.
Silver
Cleaned, deduped, checked. Every row passes code.
Gold
Verified numbers. The only shelf the AI can see.
reads gold only
never touches the ore
AI reads. Python counts.
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Accuracy
Every Number, Checked Twice
Each key number is computed from two independent sources. If they disagree, we flag it. If data is stale, we say so. Never a dressed-up number.
when they disagree
A £128,410≠B £131,020
flagged · shown · never hidden
A mismatch becomes a finding you can act on, not a guess baked into a dashboard.
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Security
One Leaked Key Can Sink the Ship
I have watched shared Amazon credentials leak and cost real money. The fix: your team never touches the sources. A guarded database sits in between — they read it, and nothing else.
The pain · keys passed around
Everyone holds the key. One copy always slips.
The fix · one guarded door
No keys to expose. One truth — fresh, maintained, verified — for everyone.
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What goes in
Two Kinds of Data Run Your Business
Business data tells you WHAT happened: sales, ads, ranks, keywords. Operational data tells you WHY: SOPs, decisions, tasks, people, results.
Business data · what happened
MOST BRANDS STOP HERE
SP-APIADSKEEPAKEYWORDSRANKS
Sales, ads, ranks. Every brand tracks this.
Operational data · why it happened
SOPSCHECKLISTSDECISIONSTASKSPEOPLE
Who decided what, and how it turned out. Almost nobody logs this.
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Choose your sources
Pick What Matters.
Stop Renting the Rest.
Rank Tracker Pro$199 / mo
Keyword Suite$249 / mo
Review Watch$99 / mo
Listing Monitor$149 / mo
rented · many just re-read Amazon pages
owned · read into a database you keep
Plug in only the sources that drive real decisions. AI with eyes can read the rest into a database you own.
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Where this is heading
When Both Meet, Your Business Starts Learning
Business data spots the problem. Operational data knows who fixes it, and how. Next time, the system already knows what worked.
01Rank drops on a hero product
02A task creates itself — from your SOP
03Finds the right person, hands them the data
04Decision made
05Result logged
06System remembers — next lap starts smarter
product · person · SOP performance — all connected
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Section 1 · done
The Moment You Own Your Data, the Possibilities Are Endless
Database structure is the most important decision in the whole journey. Get it right and everything after it gets easy.
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Section 2 · SOPs
Data Tells You What.
SOPs Tell You What To Do.
The hardest part of automation is not the tech. It is writing down how your business actually thinks.
Without a playbook · knowing
Dashboards full. Nothing moves.
With a playbook · doing
Same data, plus a playbook. A path to a finished task.
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The pain
Your SOPs Are Asleep in a Google Drive
Written once, outdated in a month, opened by no one. So the real manual lives in people's heads, and every question still lands on you.
The documents · asleep
Written once. Read never.
The reality · one head
Every question still routes to the owner.
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The living library
A Playbook Is More Than Checklists
Best practices. Procedures plus edge cases and alerts. Who owns what. The KPIs that define success. And the unwritten rules your best people use.
01Best practices
02Procedures · edge cases
03Alerts · thresholds
04Structure · who owns what
05KPIs · goals
06Rules of thumb · who may decide what
versioned · connected · machine-readable
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Stage 1 · mine what exists
Your Company Already Wrote Its Manual.
It Is Just Scattered.
We plug into the tools you already use and read everything — automatically. Out come SOP drafts, the real org map, and the habits that actually make money.
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Stage 2 · own the AI doorway
Every Question Your Team Asks Is a Gap Report
Your team gets company AI agents inside Slack and ClickUp. Every question is logged: who asked, what they needed, what was missing. The library learns where it is thin.
The pain · personal chatbots
Answers vanish. Data drifts into accounts you cannot see.
The fix · one company agent
One doorway. Every gap becomes the next SOP.
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Stage 3 · interview the experts
Get the Knowledge Out of Their Heads Before It Walks Out the Door
We interview the people who carry the business and log what they know. It comes back out as tasks, recommendations, and guidance for everyone. No more "quick question, how do I…"
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The payoff · priority math
Busy Is Not Productive
When everything is measured, every task gets a price: time it takes vs money it moves. The system does not just create tasks. It ranks them.
PRIORITY 1
Main image suppressed · Product X
$700/dayest. loss while it sits
30 minto fix
PRIORITY 3
Sessions dipping · Product Z
$40/dayest. impact
3 hrsof research to fix
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Section 2 · done
Numbers and Knowledge, Joined by an ID
Business data and operational knowledge live in one database and point at each other: product, person, SOP, decision, result. That connection is what makes automation possible.
#SKU-123#SOP-14#PERSON-7#DECISION-88
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Section 3 · Automations
Now the Machines Can Work
An automation is just data plus playbook, acting. You built both. This is where they start moving.
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The map
Automations Live in Four Places
In your chat. Inside your team tools. In the background. And on your screens. Each one has a different job.
HOME 01 · ASK
Company chat
Sporadic questions, answered from one brain.
SLACKCLICKUP
HOME 02 · HELPS WHERE YOU WORK
Agents in your team tools
They follow the work and step in with help.
HOME 03 · WORKS WHILE YOU SLEEP
Background workers
Scheduled jobs that end in conclusions.
HOME 04 · SEE AND ACT
Your own dashboards
Screens built for your exact workflows.
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Home 1 · company chat
1234
Ask Your Business Anything
A company chat assistant with read access to your verified data. Sales questions and process questions, one brain, sourced answers.
company chat · read only · gold layer
What was our DE profit last week?
€41,320
verified · Gold layer · as of 07:00
How do we handle a hijacker?
SOP-31Hijacker response
owner: Marta · 6 steps · updated 3 weeks ago
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Home 2 · agents in your team tools
1234
Help That Arrives Before You Ask
Agents live inside Slack and ClickUp, follow the conversation, and step in when they have something useful.
#garlic-press · example thread
A
Anna · 09:12
Sales on the garlic press dipped 30% this week. Anyone know why?
Company Agent · 09:12
Main image changed on Tuesday.
Sessions are stable. Conversion fell 4.1% to 2.8%.
A similar case in March was fixed by reverting the image.
SOP-14 applies. I drafted a task for Anna with the data attached.
View task
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Home 3 · background workers
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Work That Happens While You Sleep
Scheduled jobs gather data, run the math with plain code, and wake you up with conclusions, not raw numbers.
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Home 4 · your own screens
1234
Your Business, On One Screen
Dashboards and small apps built for your exact workflows. Not what a software vendor thinks you need.
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Under the hood
The Engine Room: Own Your Stack
n8n for the plumbing: built once, runs at scale, easy to fix. Paid AI for the heavy thinking. Your own GPUs for the 24/7 work.
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Alerts, and beyond
Problems That Fix Themselves
An alert is the floor. The ceiling: the system investigates, plans the fix, drafts the email, and hands you a finished package to approve.
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Section 4 · Feedback
This Is Where the Magic Happens
Everything the system does leaves a trace. Now the traces go to work.
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What gets measured
Every Action Leaves a Receipt
Each decision, each KPI, each SOP used, each task done, each alert fired. All logged, all connected by IDs.
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The loop closes
The Data Goes Back
The loop answers the questions that grow a business: what works, what to fix, what is missing, where the next opportunity hides.
Q1Where are the opportunities?
Q2Where do issues keep arising?
Q3Where is data still missing?
Q4Which SOPs are weak?
Q5Which automations have earned autonomy?
Q6Which alerts are just noise?
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The payoff · from part 1
Remember the Rank Drop?
First lap, humans decided and the system logged. Second lap, it already knows what worked, who did it best, and how long it took.
Second lap · recommendation, pre-filled
Last time this pattern appeared, an image revert fixed it in 2 days.
Recommend SOP-14.
Suggest Anna — fastest resolution on this issue.
SOP-14 · 92% success
Anna · avg 1.8 days
Same loop as an hour ago. Now you can see the learning.
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Fair by design
When Something Fails, We Blame the System First
The order is fixed: check the data, then the SOP, then coach the person — with facts. Reviews run on logged reality, not memory.
SOP-14 · two versions, measured
v168% success · 3.1 days
v292% success · 1.8 days
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Why this compounds
Every Lap Makes It Harder to Copy
Each cycle: richer data, sharper playbook, smarter automations. A rival can copy your photos tomorrow. Not your years of logged decisions.
WIDER EVERY CYCLE
LAP 1
Every automation runs, every decision gets logged.
LAP 2
Patterns surface — the playbook gets sharper.
LAP 3
Automations sharpen themselves — less owner time.
✓They can copy your listing tomorrow.
✕They cannot copy what your database has learned.
less owner-dependent
documented · self-improving
worth more the day you sell
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Own Your Data · the whole journey
The Possibilities Are Endless.
The First Step Is Small.
THIS MONTH · 01List the data sources that actually drive your decisions.
02Get them into one guarded database. Structure first.
03Automate one painful workflow — with a human in the loop.
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Free · for Claude
Leave with your next system mapped.
Your free Systems Blueprint: map one workflow, find its weak handoffs, and choose a practical next move.
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MCP · 01
It guides you
Dorian’s method and a free MCP helper for Claude.
MCP · 02
Exact steps to follow
See roles, required inputs and the next improvement.
MCP · 03
Check it with your team
Invite one teammate to verify a selected handoff.
MCP · 04
Bring your blueprint to Dorian
Discuss how to turn the plan into a working system.