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Generate startup ideas & business plans with GPT-4.1, Perplexity Sonar & Claude Sonnet

Ready for 3.0

by Automate With Marc ✓ · 1,936 views · created 2025-07-09 · Market Research, Multimodal AI

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 6 nodes and runs when a chat message arrives. Along the way it connects Anthropic Chat Model, Google Docs, OpenAI and Perplexity.

How it runs

Trigger: When a chat message arrives.

  1. Research Scope Definer Agent (OpenAI): uses OpenAI, with 1 tool (Perplexity Sonar Deep Research)
  2. Claude Business Case Writer (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: Anthropic Chat Model
  3. Executive Summary (Google Docs): update

Services it uses

Anthropic Chat ModelGoogle DocsOpenAIPerplexity

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 (6)

From the author

This workflow contains community nodes that are only compatible with the self-hosted version of n8n. 🚀 Start-up Ideas Generator – From Idea to Executive Summary in Minutes Description: This AI-powered n8n workflow helps you brainstorm and validate start-up…

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