How to get AI automation agency clients: find people already asking
checked 18 October 2026 · 13 requests found in 100 posts judged
The warmest clients for an AI automation agency are people who have already posted that they need AI automation help. They have a problem now and are looking for someone to fix it.
In a scan of Reddit posts from the last 12 months and X posts from the last 30 days, checked 2026-10-18, we judged 100 public posts and found 13 people asking for AI automation help, 12 on Reddit and 1 on X. Requests appeared in communities including r/forhire, r/ForHireFreelance, r/PowerAutomate, r/rpa, and r/remotepython.
How they ask for it
Requests from public posts, paraphrased with anything identifying removed. These are samples, not quotes.
- I need someone for about $5000 to build and maintain AI workflow automation for a real estate lending website using LLM integrations and automation tools.
- I need a working automation for a repetitive Xplan and WealthSolver process with Excel and browser steps, and I can pay a small fixed budget.
- I need a Python developer to automate Facebook ad lead collection, customer follow up, reporting, and Messenger chatbot workflows for a shoe business.
- I need help setting up TradingView alerts, webhooks, Pine Script, and broker APIs to automatically execute buy and sell trades, and I can pay for it.
- I need help building an automated AI video production workflow for a 5 person news team producing 80 short videos per day.
- I need help automating TikTok slideshow creation or workflow.
- I need a script or application that automates deployment and setup of mining software across dozens of idle computers.
- I need help automating parts of my dental client onboarding and campaign setup workflow as we launch several accounts weekly.
- I need help automating content publishing across six channels and connecting my existing agent workflows to posting systems.
- I need help automating WordPress Multisite SEO blog draft creation with Claude Code while keeping posts as reviewable drafts.
- I want help automating prospect research and outreach for my creative services business so I spend less time finding contacts and leads.
Where they ask
Communities where requests showed up in our scan, and what their posted rules allow. Rules change, so read the pinned post before you reply.
| community | members | requests | what the rules allow |
|---|---|---|---|
| r/forhire | 693,664 | 1 | Can reply privately to gigs and post portfolio links, but no B2B advertising or bot outreach. |
| r/ForHireFreelance | 51,556 | 1 | Can offer paid freelance services with rates, but no paid access schemes or deceptive promotion. |
| r/PowerAutomate | 14,829 | 1 | No posted rule on promotion. |
| r/rpa | 17,723 | 1 | Can participate and share nonspam content, but no advertising groups, affiliate links, or promotional business URLs. |
| r/remotepython | 19,072 | 1 | No posted rule on promotion. |
| X | n/a | 1 | Anyone can reply. Answer the post, then follow up by DM if they reply. |
Reddit posts from 18 October 2025 and X posts from 18 September 2026, to 18 October 2026.
Three posts, scored
How HearBuyers reads a post: the sentence that shows the need, a score from 0 to 100, and a reason. Each sample is rewritten and anonymised from a real post.
I am looking for help automating AI systems for a lending website and have a budget of about $5,000. I need end to end AI workflows, integrations with existing platforms and databases, and improvements to reliability and performance.
Why: Actively hiring for AI workflow design, integration, and optimization.
I am looking for someone to automate AI systems for a lending website with a budget of about $5,000. I need AI workflows, integrations across software and infrastructure, and automation that is reliable and scalable.
Why: Seeking immediate implementation of AI automation and integrations.
I have worked with business owners who hired automation providers and ended up with unreliable solutions. I keep seeing workflows built without process analysis, error handling, or long term planning, which creates operational problems and trust issues.
Why: Discussing industry issues rather than seeking automation services.
What a request worth answering looks like
- Clear urgency, such as a deadline, a backlog, or a manual process they want to replace.
- Specific details about the workflow, systems, or outcome they need.
- Budget hints, hiring language, or other signs they are ready to pay.
- A direct request for recommendations, freelancers, agencies, or someone to build the solution.
How to reply without getting removed
- Start by answering part of the question and giving useful guidance.
- Say you are an AI automation agency when it is relevant.
- Explain how you would approach the workflow instead of posting a sales pitch.
- Do not drop links unless the person asks for them or the community allows it.
- Follow each community's rules before posting or sending messages.
A 20-minute weekly routine
- Check communities where people have asked for AI automation help.
- Look for posts that show urgency, specifics, or hiring intent.
- Write helpful replies that address the problem and mention your agency when appropriate.
- Keep track of people who respond and follow up where the rules allow.
AI automation agency lead generation, from public requests
Lead generation for AI automation agencies usually means buying lists or running outbound. Public requests work the other way round: the buyer writes first. Of the 100 posts we judged, 13 were people asking for AI automation help, and the most came from r/forhire. That is a short, warm list you can answer yourself, and HearBuyers reads for it every day. How these numbers compare with other niches is in where B2B buyers ask for help.
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