--- title: Introducing JSC Labs description: "Everyone shipped an AI model router this year, but price isn't why. Introducing JSC Labs, and Flow Grader: a graded health report for your automations." image: https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hubfs/JSC%20Linkedin%20OpenGraph%20Image%202.png --- [Skip to content](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/newsletter/issue-27-zapier-hubspot-introducing-jsc-labs-ai-experimental-resource-center#main-content) [![JSC (1200 x 240 px)](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20(1200%20x%20240%20px).png?width=172&height=34&name=JSC%20(1200%20x%20240%20px).png)](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com) - Services - [HubSpot Consulting](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hubspot-consulting) - [Automation & Analytics](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/automation-analytics) - [Content Operations](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/content-operations) - [Web & Content Development](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/web-content-development) - [Case Studies](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies) - [WSI](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/wsi) - [Wiseman, Schwartz, Cioschi & Trama](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/wiseman-schwartz-cioschi-trama) - [Globe Runner](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/globe-runner) - [Documint](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/documint) - [FutureThink](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/futurethink) - [JSC Labs](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/jsc-labs) - Resources - [Blog](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/blog) - [Case Studies](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies) - [Funnel Vision Newsletter](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/newsletter) - [Funnel Vision Podcast](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/funnel-vision-podcast) Open main navigation Close main navigation - Services - [HubSpot Consulting](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hubspot-consulting) - [Automation & Analytics](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/automation-analytics) - [Content Operations](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/content-operations) - [Web & Content Development](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/web-content-development) - [Case Studies](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies) - [WSI](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/wsi) - [Wiseman, Schwartz, Cioschi & Trama](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/wiseman-schwartz-cioschi-trama) - [Globe Runner](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/globe-runner) - [Documint](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/documint) - [FutureThink](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies/futurethink) - [JSC Labs](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/jsc-labs) - Resources - [Blog](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/blog) - [Case Studies](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/case-studies) - [Funnel Vision Newsletter](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/newsletter) - [Funnel Vision Podcast](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/funnel-vision-podcast) - [CONTACT US](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/contact) [CONTACT US](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/contact) [All newsletters](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/newsletter/all) September 14, 2026 | Issue 27 Automation & Analytics # Introducing JSC Labs AI Experiments You Can Use 🚀 ![Claude](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hubfs/Claude_AI_symbol.svg) ![Zapier](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hubfs/zapier-icon.svg) ![HubSpot](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hubfs/hubspot.svg) ![JSC Email Newsletter - 2026-09-14T131342.864](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-14T131342.864.png?width=438&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-14T131342.864.png "JSC Email Newsletter - 2026-09-14T131342.864") ![Picture of John Steele](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1651756967091.jpeg?width=56&height=56&name=1651756967091.jpeg) By  John Steele · 2 minute read   *First things first: **JSC Labs is LIVE.** It's where our AI experiments go once they produce something you can actually use. Every issue, we take one idea, build it properly, break it, fix it, and hand you the artifact — a skill, a script, a template. The write-up stays here. The thing itself lives at [JSC Labs](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/jsc-labs).* ***Workflow to Watch is now that experiment.*** *Now, to the news...* In April, [we predicted](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/newsletter/issue-18-decentralized-ai-workflow-claude-perplexity-openai) in these pages that AI's role going forward would be curation, not creation, as it is clear that different AI models have different strengths and weaknesses, and that pricing would inevitably change and would become impossible to keep up with. Turns out, we were half right. [OpenRouter looked at over 100 trillion tokens](https://openrouter.ai/state-of-ai) of real routing traffic and found demand is basically price-inelastic — cut a model's price by 10% and usage goes up about half a percent (OpenRouter, State of AI). Nobody is switching models to save money. But that hasn't slowed their creation. [Ramp shipped a model router on August 20](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ramp-launches-its-own-ai-model-router-called-router/) — free through 2026, routing across OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek and xAI (TechCrunch, August 2026). Cursor shipped one in July. Microsoft Foundry's now spans 30+ models. Everybody has one. So if price isn't the reason, why is everyone building routers? Remember that part we were right about? Turns out it's bigger than we knew. That same OpenRouter data shows how lopsided model specialization has gotten. **Claude** takes over 80% of programming and technical tokens. **DeepSeek** takes 66% of roleplay. **Qwen** splits the difference. Only way you get this is by finding out what each model is good at, one job at a time. So we built a tool to help you do that. And with JSC Labs, you can download it and get started right now. **Read on!**     ## ![Workflow to Watch](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T163504.234.png?width=371&height=116&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T163504.234.png) Point it at a workflow export from **HubSpot, Zapier, n8n, Make or Power Automate**. Get back a graded health report — with a fix written for every finding. ### ![JSC Labs: Flow Grader](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T150059.118.png?width=380&height=60&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T150059.118.png) ![Flow Grader report preview: an automation graded step by step with findings and suggested fixes](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/labs-preview.png?width=344&height=206&name=labs-preview.png) ✅ Find the steps you pay for that don't do anything ✅ Catch workflows that've been half-finished since July ✅ Get a named cheaper model for every AI step — or an honest no   [GET FLOW GRADER](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/jsc-labs/flow-grader-instant-process-evaluation-skill)   ![Why it's worth it](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T154340.404.png?width=386&height=60&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T154340.404.png) I pointed it at my own HubSpot portal first, which I'd recommend to anyone building a tool like this. Humbling, but instructive. The tool spotted a test value left over from a previous workflow I copied. Sloppy, yes, but the tool quickly earned its place in the rotation. Model routing is real and it's worth understanding, but it's a second-order optimization. The first-order one is that few people revisit their automations after the day they build them, and the failures are silent. A workflow that sends one email instead of four doesn't throw an error. It just quietly underdelivers until somebody looks. **One more caveat**, and it's the reason I built a tool instead of quoting one. Most workflow builders have onboard AI tools you can use to check your work. But if you are going to check the AI model's work, there's no mechanism to check routing, efficiency and sloppy leftover values in the same go. **Go open the three automations you built most recently and check each one. Let me know how it turns out!**   ### ![In the News](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T155024.417.png?width=371&height=85&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T155024.417.png) [![Scattered numbers over a world map, illustrating Gartner's agentic AI forecast](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T161822.456.png?width=194&height=248&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T161822.456.png)](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027)[![Gartner's agent washing estimate](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T160914.788.png?width=374&height=85&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T160914.788.png)](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) Gartner predicts more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, citing escalating costs, unclear business value and inadequate risk controls. Of the thousands of vendors selling agentic AI, the firm estimates only around 130 are genuine, with the rest relabeling existing products. [**Learn More...**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027)     **[![The OpenAI logo](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T162032.365.png?width=194&height=248&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T162032.365.png)](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/325345/20260824/openai-assistants-api-shuts-down-tuesday-no-automated-migration-threads-risk.htm)** [![OpenAI retired Whisper-1 and the Assistants API](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T161135.578.png?width=374&height=75&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T161135.578.png)](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/325345/20260824/openai-assistants-api-shuts-down-tuesday-no-automated-migration-threads-risk.htm) The transcription model shut down alongside gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe and gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize, and the Assistants API closed the same day with no automated migration tool. Calls to the retired endpoints return hard errors with no grace period; migrating a production system was commonly quoted at two to six weeks. [**Learn More...**](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/325345/20260824/openai-assistants-api-shuts-down-tuesday-no-automated-migration-threads-risk.htm)     **[![A gavel striking a tablet showing a Google AI Overview](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T162358.079.png?width=194&height=248&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T162358.079.png)](https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/08/11/google-ai-summaries-french-dailies-file-complaint-with-competition-authority)**[![French publishers file suit against Google AI Overviews](https://www.johnsteeleconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T160931.605.png?width=374&height=72&name=JSC%20Email%20Newsletter%20-%202026-09-03T160931.605.png)](https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/08/11/google-ai-summaries-french-dailies-file-complaint-with-competition-authority) A group of French daily newspapers filed a complaint with France's competition authority alleging that Google's AI Overviews have cut referral traffic to their sites by as much as 38%, and that Google generates those summaries from their reporting without compensation. 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