# 148 Learn Zapier in 30 minutes: AI Agent Automation Tutorial For Beginners (2026)

Tom Nassr, co-founder and CEO of X-Ray, walks us through building a Zapier Agent from scratch in under 10 minutes. He demonstrates a practical use case: creating an AI agent that scans Gmail for specific emails and delivers a weekly summary to Slack. You'll learn the key difference between Zapier Agents and traditional Zaps, when to use each, and how to think about deterministic vs. non-deterministic automation.

Check Tom's youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@xrayautomation

Resources Mentioned:

• Zapier: https://zapier.com/

• X-Ray Website: https://xray.tech/

• X-Ray Search Tool (free): https://search.xray.tech/