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Vet Instagram creators for real engagement with Bright Data, GPT-5.6 and Google Sheets

Ready for 3.0

by Daniel Shashko ✓ · 8 views · created 2026-08-26 · Market Research, AI Summarization

Ready 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 AI workflow has 25 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Vet Instagram creators”). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model and Google Sheets. It also calls api.brightdata.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Vet Instagram creators”).

  1. Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 13 fields: sheet_url, currency_symbol, max_creators…
  2. Clean The Handles (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Ask For The Profiles (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  4. Ask For Recent Posts (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  5. Read The Vetting History (Data table): get
  6. Track Both Jobs (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Wait: waits 45 seconds
  8. Check Both Jobs (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (GET)
  9. Are They Ready? (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Both Snapshots Ready? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false

…plus 12 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelGoogle Sheets

HTTP calls to: api.brightdata.com

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.

Nodes used (13)

From the author

Quick overview Paste a list of Instagram handles and the fee you had in mind. Bright Data pulls each profile and its recent posts, and the workflow computes engagement against the real follower count, the comment-to-like ratio bought likes cannot fake, and…

Excerpt from Daniel Shashko's description on n8n.io.

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