Meet the future of work—AI that actually runs with you. Build and manage open-world automations in plain English across Discord, Slack, X, Shopify, and more with 1000+ integrations, 23000+ actions, and 1000+ templates. Trigger on real-world events, get updates in your favorite chat apps via IM + MCP, and monitor runs, approvals, and issues from one live dashboard.
Hi everyone👋. I’m Edward, the designer of Aident AI
One thing we kept running into while building automation tools: the hardest part isn’t wiring steps together — it’s handling the messy, unpredictable real world.
For Beta 2, I tried to rethink automation from a design perspective:
1. From UI design → Instruction design. Instead of drawing flows, users describe intent. The system interprets and structures it. That shift changed how we design everything.
2. Reducing cognitive overhead. Node graphs are powerful — but they demand constant mental mapping. We asked: can automation feel more like delegating to an assistant than managing a dashboard?
3. Closing the “demo vs real work” gap. Supporting live triggers (Discord, Slack, Shopify, etc.) forced us to design for reliability, not just flexibility.
Also curious about this: for non-technical users, what’s been the hardest part about turning a vague goal into something automation can actually run? 👇
Would love to hear real frustrations — they help us design better.
About Aident AI Beta 2 on Product Hunt
“Open-world automations, managed in plain English”
Aident AI Beta 2 launched on Product Hunt on March 5th, 2026 and earned 424 upvotes and 56 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. Meet the future of work—AI that actually runs with you. Build and manage open-world automations in plain English across Discord, Slack, X, Shopify, and more with 1000+ integrations, 23000+ actions, and 1000+ templates. Trigger on real-world events, get updates in your favorite chat apps via IM + MCP, and monitor runs, approvals, and issues from one live dashboard.
On the analytics side, Aident AI Beta 2 competes within Artificial Intelligence and No-Code — topics that collectively have 471.8k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Aident AI Beta 2 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Aident AI Beta 2?
Aident AI Beta 2 was hunted by Justin Jincaid. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Aident AI Beta 2 including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Justin Jincaid
Hi everyone👋. I’m Edward, the designer of Aident AI
One thing we kept running into while building automation tools: the hardest part isn’t wiring steps together — it’s handling the messy, unpredictable real world.
For Beta 2, I tried to rethink automation from a design perspective:
1. From UI design → Instruction design.
Instead of drawing flows, users describe intent. The system interprets and structures it.
That shift changed how we design everything.
2. Reducing cognitive overhead.
Node graphs are powerful — but they demand constant mental mapping.
We asked: can automation feel more like delegating to an assistant than managing a dashboard?
3. Closing the “demo vs real work” gap.
Supporting live triggers (Discord, Slack, Shopify, etc.) forced us to design for reliability, not just flexibility.
Also curious about this: for non-technical users, what’s been the hardest part about turning a vague goal into something automation can actually run? 👇
Would love to hear real frustrations — they help us design better.