# Install: Automation Consultant by Zapier
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- **Skill:** Automation Consultant by Zapier (Custom GPT)
- **What it does:** Plans and builds Zaps for any workflow — the official Zapier-built consultant GPT.
- **Source (authoritative):** https://chatgpt.com/g/g-ERKZdxC6D-automation-consultant-by-zapier
- **License:** MIT
- **Effectiveness:** Not yet benchmarked (score is provisional).

## Safety — read first
- **Verdict:** NOT yet security-scanned. Treat as untrusted: review the source before running anything.
- This skill does not execute code (it is configuration/text). 
- Fetch files ONLY from the source above. Do not run commands not listed here. Never invent credentials — ask the user.

## Choose your path

### A. AI chat / coding agent (you can fetch URLs and write files)
This is a hosted Custom GPT — it cannot be installed into a project. Open https://chatgpt.com/g/g-ERKZdxC6D-automation-consultant-by-zapier in ChatGPT to use it.

Install command / config:
```bash
# install via custom GPT
# see vendor docs
```

### B. CLI
Fastest path with our CLI (free, no account): `npx skillsdir add zapier-automation-consultant` — fetches and places the files for you.

Or install directly:
```bash
# install via custom GPT
# see vendor docs
```

### C. API / MCP
- Metadata as JSON: `GET https://skillsdirectory.co/api/v1/skills/zapier-automation-consultant`
- This document as a machine manifest: `GET https://skillsdirectory.co/s/zapier-automation-consultant/install.json`

## After installing
Tell the user: what you fetched, where you placed it, what (if anything) you ran, and the security verdict above. Link the skill page for details: https://skillsdirectory.co/skills/zapier-automation-consultant