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Alai Make integrationAutomate Alai with Make.

What if a new presentation could start itself from a request that lands in another tool? The Alai Make integration gives you 2 action modules. This guide is for teams that already use Alai and want to plug it into their other tools, from the API key to a first working scenario.

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What you can automate

What can the Alai Make integration do for you?

The Alai Make integration lets a scenario, the automation you build in Make, ask Alai to produce a presentation using data that comes from another app. Alai never starts the flow itself: something else does, like a form, a spreadsheet or the clock of Make, and Alai does the slide work at the end of the chain.

A sales deck per qualified lead. A lead fills in a request form, the answers travel to the Generate presentation module, and the rep opens Alai with a first draft already built instead of a blank file.

Training material from a shared document. A trainer drops the outline of a session into a tool the team already uses; Make picks it up and hands the text to Alai, so the slides follow the source instead of being retyped.

Anything the listed module misses. Make an API Call reaches the rest of the Alai API with the same account link, which is the way out when you need a call the catalog does not offer as a ready module.

Know the limits before you start. Alai has no trigger in Make, so it cannot launch a scenario on its own, and the documentation behind this app is itself AI-generated and asks readers to double-check what matters. Weighing another tool? The n8n vs Make comparison sets out both. For plan limits, see Make pricing, and when a run fails, Make troubleshooting walks through the usual fixes.

Connect

How do you connect your Alai account to Make?

  1. 01

    Copy your Alai API key

    Log in to the Alai web app, open your account settings and find the API section. The key shows on screen: copy it. Without an active Alai account there is no key, so sort that out first.

  2. 02

    Add an Alai module in Make

    In your scenario, add any Alai module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Alai account linked to Make once, then reused by every Alai module. The Connection name field is optional but helps if you manage several accounts.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Paste the API key you copied from Alai into the credential field, or follow the instructions Make shows on screen, then confirm. The connection now appears in the dropdown of both Alai modules.

First scenario

Build your first scenario with Alai

GoalWhen a new request lands in another app, Make sends its content to Alai and a presentation gets generated.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the big + to place the first module. This one comes from the app where your requests arrive.

  2. 02

    Pick the starting app

    Search the app that holds the source content, such as your form or spreadsheet tool, pick its module and connect that account. Make then lists what it can read there.

  3. 03

    Add Generate presentation

    Click the + on the right of the first module, search Alai and choose Generate presentation. Select your Alai connection, then map the text coming from the first module into the fields Alai asks for.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario a single time and shows the bundles each module received, a bundle being one item passed along. Open the result in Alai and check it.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Set the schedule on the first module (every 15 minutes by default for a new scenario), then switch the scenario on. Each module run counts as one operation on your Make plan.

Modules

What the Alai modules do

Alai gives you 2 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Alai1

Generate presentation

ActionIn the docs only

This module gets you a fresh presentation in Alai, built from whatever content the earlier modules pass to it, so nobody has to paste text into Alai by hand.

When to use it
right after the step that collects the source material, such as a completed brief or a new row with a talk outline.
Watch out
the Make documentation for Alai is AI-generated and warns it may contain mistakes, so review the first output from Run once before you switch the scenario on.
Alai2

Make an API Call

ActionIn the docs only

Here you can send Alai any request its API accepts while reusing the connection you already created, which opens up everything that has no ready-made module in Make.

When to use it
when Generate presentation does not cover the request you need and the Alai API does.
Watch out
this page does not list those requests; you will need Alai's own API documentation to know what to call and what to send.
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FAQ

Alai and Make: frequent questions

01Is the Alai Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Alai is a standard app, so its modules work from the Free plan, which allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between scheduled runs, up to 5 minutes per execution, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams, Enterprise) bring the interval down to 1 minute, remove the cap on active scenarios and allow 40 minutes per run. Alai itself needs an active account with API access, and its subscription terms are on Alai's pricing page.
02What do you need to connect Alai to Make?
An active Alai account and its API key. Log in to the Alai web app, open account settings, find the API section and copy the key shown there. In Make, add an Alai module, click Create a connection, optionally give the connection a name, then paste the key. That single connection serves both Alai modules, including Make an API Call, so you only go through these steps once per Alai account.
03Can the Alai Make integration start a scenario in real time?
No, because Alai has no trigger in Make: none of its modules watches for events. The scenario has to start elsewhere. Either you open it with a module from another app, such as a form tool that calls Make when someone submits, or you rely on the schedule of Make on the first module, which defaults to every 15 minutes. Alai then comes in as the action further down the chain.
04What if the Alai module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It reaches any endpoint of the Alai API with the connection you already set up, so a request the Generate presentation module does not cover can still run inside the same scenario. You will need Alai's API documentation to know which endpoint to call. Keep in mind that the Make documentation for this app is AI-generated and flags possible mistakes, so test each call with Run once.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Alai?
It depends on what you already run. In Make, Alai is a standard app with 2 action modules, available from the Free plan among the 3000+ standard apps offered on every plan, and Make an API Call covers the rest of its API. If your automations already live in n8n, check whether an Alai node exists there before moving anything. Neither tool is ranked here: compare the criteria that matter to your team.
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