Available for new projects · 2026
Winston-Salem, NC

I build the
quiet machines
that run small businesses.

I'm Keyshawn Rollins — founder of Twin City Automation. I design multi-agent AI systems and end-to-end automations that handle the work small businesses can't afford to hire for: content production, compliance auditing, customer outreach, and operational reporting. Built in n8n, Zapier, and a deeply layered AI stack.

100+
Automations shipped
5
Active client systems
3
Multi-agent AI builds
2026
Building since 2023

The systems behind the work.

A short look at how I map, build, and hand over human-reviewed automations.

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Real systems, running in production.

Each of these is a live, operating automation — not a prototype. Architectures are described as built; metrics are pulled from real workflow runs.

The Critic in action

One post, three agents, no human writes a prompt.

Run ID: bmb_2026_04_29_painkiller
Total time: 47s · Total cost: $0.18
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01 Director generates
Drafting
AI-generated tiki bar interior with bartender
AI · GPT Image 2
Director Agent

Pulls Bamboo's brand pack and writes a photorealistic prompt for tonight's drink feature.

→ Director prompt "Warm tiki interior, bamboo walls, multicolor string lights, bartender mid-shake with house cocktail glassware, El Coco poster art on rear wall, shallow depth of field, ambient lounge mood."
02 Critic scores
Conditional
AI-generated wide shot of tiki bar interior
AI · GPT Image 2
Visual Critic Agent

Scores composition, brand match, and on-screen text. Returns a structured verdict back to the Producer.

→ Critic verdict brand_match: 9/10 · lighting: 8/10 · composition: 7/10 — "Atmosphere strong, decor reads as Bamboo. Slight crop tightness on right edge. CONDITIONAL — push to human review."
03 Human approves
Scheduled
AI-generated $5 Painkillers promo post
AI · GPT Image 2
Telegram → Buffer

Owner taps approve in Telegram. Buffer schedules to Instagram for the 5pm slot. Total human time: 4 seconds.

→ Buffer response status: scheduled · channel: bamboo_lounge_ig · publish_at: 2026-04-29T17:00 · post_type: promo · approval_user: owner
— 02
YouTube Automation Faceless Channel Internal Product

AutoFlow — Twin City Automation (internal)

Fully Automated AI Video Pipeline for Faceless YouTube

A complete n8n production pipeline targeting small business owners — runs from topic ideation through script generation (Gemini 2.5 Flash), voiceover (ElevenLabs), AI b-roll (Kie.ai), video assembly (Creatomate), and scheduled publishing through Buffer. Workflow ID ZjoONvK9bY6j7IgY is built end-to-end; final placeholders (Creatomate template, Buffer YT profile) are the only steps between the current state and full automation. Designed for 8 videos/month at ~$56 in API costs.

Gemini 2.5 Flash ElevenLabs Kie.ai Creatomate Buffer n8n
8
Videos / mo
~$56
Monthly cost
8
Pipeline stages
— 03
Compliance Audit Operations

Wave — Charlotte & Atlanta

Driver Document Compliance Audit & Tracking System

Cross-referenced 33 active drivers against FillHQ signed-document records and the 617-applicant hiring database. Surfaced that no driver was fully compliant — 10 had expired Insurance & Registration, 22 had no records on file, and Driver License expiry was never captured at onboarding. Delivered a management-ready Word report, a live-formula compliance tracker, an n8n CSV audit workflow, and a Zapier doc-renewal flow. Versioned through 9 iterations in production with full rollback capability — every change tested in a staging environment before promotion.

Zapier n8n FillHQ Google Sheets Gmail
33
Drivers audited
617
Applicants cross-ref'd
100%
Doc gaps surfaced
Inside the system

The audit found gaps. The system makes sure they don't happen again.

After delivering the compliance audit report to Wave management, the natural follow-up was: how do we prevent this from happening with the next hire? The answer was a production Zapier workflow with embedded AI document verification — currently running v9, used daily by Wave operations across both markets.

Audit findings →
Of 33 active drivers, zero were fully compliant. 10 had expired Insurance & Registration. 22 had no records on file. Driver License expiry was never captured at intake. Reported to management. System built to close every gap going forward.
› Check Documents From Hired Drivers v9 · In use
Wave Zapier production workflow canvas, 96 steps, with three parallel verification pipelines
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96
Workflow steps
3
Parallel pipelines
v9
Production version

The master workflow: every new hire flows through three parallel verification pipelines — Registration, Insurance, Driver's License — each with AI-powered image validation, success/error branches, approve/decline gates, and downstream logging to Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, and Gmail. Replaces a manual review process that used to take days.

› Automated Image Check For Driver Documents Sub-flow
Wave Zapier sub-flow for automated document image verification with AI and approval gates
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AI
Image verification
2
Approval branches
26
Steps

The reusable verification sub-flow: a single document image is run through OpenAI vision to validate authenticity (registration / insurance / license), formatted with Zapier Formatter, then routed through Approve / Decline / Manual Review branches with full Airtable logging and email notifications back to applicants.

Full deliverable set →
[xlsx]
Driver Master Tracker
4 sheets · 33 drivers · live compliance flags
[docx]
Management Report
Findings · market breakdown · operational blockers
[zap]
Production Verification Zap
96 steps · v9 · in daily use
[n8n]
CSV Audit Workflow
Reusable monthly audit · n8n JSON export
— 04
News Pipeline Content Ops

We Are Black America (WABA)

Black News Compositor & Directory Enrichment Engine

Two production pipelines: (1) a Supabase Edge Function-based news card compositor with a Creatomate video subworkflow and ElevenLabs/Qwen3-TTS voiceover; (2) a business directory enrichment pipeline using Tavily search and Perplexity/Qwen via OpenRouter. Plus a meme automation workflow against the Imgflip get_memes endpoint with fuzzy template matching.

Supabase Tavily OpenRouter Creatomate Imgflip
3
Pipelines live
6+
Syndication targets
Edge
Compositor runtime
— 05
Social Automation Hospitality

Slappy's Chicken — Winston-Salem, NC

Dual-Model Image Pipeline with Switch Routing

A social content engine with a dual-model image pipeline: Nano Banana for GPS-grounded outdoor restaurant shots, Qwen2 for blurred restaurant-feel backgrounds. Migrated text generation to Kimi K2.5 via OpenRouter for stronger food-voice copy. A Switch node routes Yelp-style customer review posts to dedicated agent prompts versus standard menu features.

n8n Nano Banana Qwen2 Kimi K2.5 Buffer
2
Image models
3
Post-type branches
GPS
Location grounding
— 06
Local LLM Infra Self-hosted

Twin City Automation — infrastructure

Self-Hosted Qwen3-TTS Voice Cloning Server

A local Qwen3-TTS server running on WSL2 (RTX 3060, 12GB VRAM) and exposed to n8n through a permanent ngrok domain. Configured a custom voice profile (waba_hype) for branded voiceovers across WABA workflows — eliminates per-character API costs for high-volume TTS while keeping pipeline integration identical to ElevenLabs.

Qwen3-TTS WSL2 ngrok CUDA
12GB
VRAM ceiling
$0
Per-char API cost
1
Custom voice cloned
— 07
Service Catalog TCA Internal

Twin City Automation — internal product

Zap Library — A Cataloged Menu of 100+ Production Automations

A structured catalog of every automation built across Wave, WABA, and other engagements — used as TCA's service menu and reusable building-block library. Each entry is tagged by domain (driver ops, content, recruiting, compliance), trigger type, and integration footprint, so any new client engagement can pull pre-built modules instead of starting cold.

Zapier n8n Notion
100+
Cataloged automations
4
Domain categories
∞
Reuse multiplier

Tools I reach for, by reflex.

n8n Zapier OpenRouter Gemini 2.5 GPT Image 2 ElevenLabs Kie.ai Creatomate Buffer Supabase Cloudflare Telegram Imgflip Tavily Netlify Qwen3-TTS n8n Zapier OpenRouter Gemini 2.5 GPT Image 2 ElevenLabs Kie.ai Creatomate Buffer Supabase Cloudflare Telegram Imgflip Tavily Netlify Qwen3-TTS

Automation that actually sticks.

Not workflows you'll abandon in 3 weeks. Systems your team can understand, operate, and grow with.

01
AI-first, not AI-bolted-on

Every workflow is architected with the AI agent at the center — Producer/Director/Critic patterns, sub-agent tools, and memory passing — not a single GPT call duct-taped onto a Zap.

02
Human approval gates by default

Anything that ships to a customer goes through a Telegram or email approval step. AI is fast — but my clients still review every post before it goes live.

03
Documented & maintainable

Every node is named, every credential is documented, every cost is tracked. When I hand a system off, the next operator can run it without calling me.

04
Version-controlled & disaster-tested

n8n workflow exports backed up to git. Staging environment separate from production. Static sites auto-deploy from commit. Every system can roll back to a prior known-good version — because production incidents are inevitable and recovery time is what actually matters.

Let's build something

If your team is doing it by hand — I can fix that.

Currently taking on small business clients in Winston-Salem and remote engagements anywhere in the US.

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