AUTOMATIONSWITCH
Michael Nouriel
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Michael Nouriel

Platform Engineer & Founder, Automation Switch

Michael Nouriel is a platform engineer, builder, and the founder of Automation Switch.

Over the past decade he has designed and operated Kubernetes platforms, internal developer platforms, and governance-driven automation at scale. From the global infrastructure behind Vogue and The New Yorker at Condé Nast to banking platform migrations at BNP Paribas and blockchain node infrastructure at Blockdaemon. He holds CKA, CKAD, and AWS Solutions Architect certifications.

Today he builds with AI agents in production, shipping tools like PrecisionReach (Firecrawl + Supabase + CrewAI) and writing from hands-on experience about the stack, the trade-offs, and the workflows that actually work.

Automation Switch is published under Scaletific, a product and platform company building the governed execution layers and developer platforms that make AI-assisted software delivery safe to scale.

Articles by Michael Nouriel
SKILL.md Files: The Agent Skills Directory
SKILL.md files are the configuration primitive that separates capable AI coding agents from consistent, specialised ones. Here is how they work and where to find the best ones.
Mar 2026·12 min
How SDRs Are Cutting Research Time in Half With PrecisionReach
Manual outreach research eats 45 minutes per email. PrecisionReach runs a full research-to-email pipeline in one go — industry mapping, org hierarchy, customer profiles, and five cold emails ready to send.
Mar 2026·6 min