AI Starter Workshop: Build and Deploy Your Own AI Chatbot

What You Walk Away With

A fully working AI chatbot trained on your business — built live during the session
The chatbot widget installed on your website before you leave
Your own Google Sheet as the knowledge base — update it anytime, no tech skills needed
The n8n workflow template to keep forever and reuse on any project
No coding. No developers. No expensive monthly subscriptions.

About This Workshop

Most small businesses lose leads every day because nobody is available to answer questions after hours. A well-trained AI chatbot fixes that — answering questions, capturing leads, and pointing visitors in the right direction 24 hours a day.

In this 2-hour live workshop you build one from scratch. We use n8n (a visual workflow tool) and OpenAI to create a chatbot that reads from a Google Sheet you control. Add your services, FAQs, pricing, hours — the bot answers based on exactly what you put in it.

By the end you have the chatbot running on a real website. No monthly AI platform fees. No developer needed to make changes. Just a Google Sheet and a workflow you own completely.

What You'll Learn

Set up n8n and connect it to OpenAI
Build a chatbot workflow using a ready-made template
Train it using a Google Sheet with your business information
Embed the chat widget on any website (WordPress, Squarespace, custom HTML)
Test and tune how the bot responds to real questions
Understand how to update and maintain it yourself going forward

Who This Is For

Small business owners who want AI on their site without hiring a developer
Service businesses — consultants, agencies, trades, healthcare, real estate
Anyone who has tried chatbot tools and found them too expensive or too rigid
People who are curious about AI but have never built anything with it
You want to own your tools — not rent them from a SaaS platform forever

What We Cover

How It Works — plain-English overview of n8n, OpenAI, and why a Google Sheet makes the best knowledge base for a small business
Set Up Your Accounts — n8n cloud (free trial), OpenAI API key. Takes 5 minutes, we walk through it together.
Import the Template — load the pre-built chatbot workflow into your n8n account with one click
Train It on Your Business — fill in the Google Sheet with your services, FAQs, hours, pricing. Watch the bot start answering correctly.
Embed on Your Website — copy one line of code into your site. Works on any platform.
Test & Tune Live — ask the bot real questions, fix answers, improve responses together
Q&A — bring your specific use case, we answer everything

Upcoming Sessions

Session	Date & Time	Price
AI Starter Workshop: Build and Deploy Your Own AI Chatbot	Friday, March 27, 2026 2:00 PM PDT	$249.00	Register Now

What You Need

A laptop (any — Mac, PC, or Linux)
A free n8n cloud account — free trial covers the entire workshop
A free OpenAI account — API usage during the session costs pennies
A Google account (for Google Sheets)
Access to your website to paste one line of code (helpful but not required)
Zero coding experience needed

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. n8n is entirely visual — you connect blocks together. The only "code" involved is pasting one embed snippet into your website, which we walk through together.

Will my chatbot actually be live on my website by the end?

That is the goal of the session. If you bring your website login credentials and have access to edit your site, yes — we embed it live together.

What does it cost to run after the workshop?

n8n has a free tier that handles moderate traffic. OpenAI charges per message — a typical small business chatbot costs $2–5 per month in API fees. No other platform fees.

What if I want to update my chatbot later?

Just edit the Google Sheet. Add rows, change answers, update pricing — the bot picks it up automatically. No developer, no redeployment.

Is the session recorded?

Yes. All registered attendees get the recording in their Lukas Labs portal after the session ends.