Generate UK M&A research, pitch decks and briefs from Slack using Anthropic and Google Docs/Slides
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 78 nodes and runs on Slack events. Along the way it connects Google Drive, Google Docs, Postgres and Google Sheets and 2 more. It also calls openrouter.ai, api.firecrawl.dev and ons.gov.uk over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On Slack events.
- Valid Slack Message? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Prepare Slack Context (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Build Intent Request (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Intent Classifier (HTTP Request): calls openrouter.ai (POST)
- Parse Intent (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Intent Switch (Switch): routes items into 4 branches
- Has Research Inputs? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Has Pitch Company? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Has Brief Sector? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Unknown Intent Response (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
…plus 67 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: openrouter.ai, api.firecrawl.dev, ons.gov.uk
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
- Still check Slack Trigger requires a signing secret on the Slack API credential (Slack Trigger Request).
Nodes used (12)
- If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Google Docs
n8n-nodes-base.googleDocs - Postgres
n8n-nodes-base.postgres - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Google Slides
n8n-nodes-base.googleSlides - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Slack Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.slackTrigger
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