Daily validated business ideas using n8n and Upwork

by Archit Jain ✓ · 853 views · created 2025-06-06 · Market Research, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 15 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and OpenRouter Chat Model.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day) (plus 1 other trigger).

1. HTTP Request: calls an HTTP API
2. Code Idea Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: oAI 4.
3. Switch: routes items into branches
4. Big Total Projects (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
5. Big Hourly Projects (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
6. Merge: merges the data from its input branches
7. Job Description (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
8. Validator Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: oAI 4.1 - Nano; 1 tool (Get Core Business Idea); output parser: Structured Output Parser
9. Business Idea Sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets

Services it uses

Google SheetsOpenRouter Chat Model

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Nodes used (12)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Execute Workflow Triggern8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger
• Call n8n Workflow Tool@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolWorkflow
• AI Agent@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
• Switchn8n-nodes-base.switch
• Filtern8n-nodes-base.filter
• Mergen8n-nodes-base.merge
• Structured Output Parser@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured
• Google Sheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
• OpenRouter Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter

From the author

How it works - Runs at set times to fetch new Upwork job listings. - Checks each job’s total or hourly budget and keeps only higher-budget ones. - Extracts the job description for those selected jobs. - Uses AI to identify the core business idea from each…

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