Cold email icebreaker generator with Apify, GPT-4 & website scraping
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 AI workflow has 19 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects OpenAI and Google Sheets. It also calls api.apify.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.
- Get Search URL (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Call Apify Scraper (HTTP Request): calls api.apify.com (POST)
- Only Websites & Emails (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
- Scrape Home (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- HTML: parses or builds HTML
- Edit Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 8 fields: first_name, last_name, email…
- Loop Over Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- Split Out: splits a list into separate items
- Filter: keeps only the items that match a condition
- Code: runs custom JavaScript code
…plus 8 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.apify.com
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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 (14)
- Remove Duplicates
n8n-nodes-base.removeDuplicates - Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - HTML
n8n-nodes-base.html - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Filter
n8n-nodes-base.filter - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Markdown
n8n-nodes-base.markdown - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Limit
n8n-nodes-base.limit - Aggregate
n8n-nodes-base.aggregate - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code
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