AI-driven competitor & market intelligence with GPT 4 & Apify
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What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 10 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day). Along the way it connects OpenAI, Google Docs, Slack and Postgres. It also calls api.apify.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day).
- Apify (HTTP Request): calls api.apify.com (POST)
- Fetch News & Blog RSS (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
- Combine Data Sources (Merge): merges the data from its input branches
- Pre-process Data for AI (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- AI Analysis & Competitor Insights (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Generate Market Intelligence Report (Google Docs): uses Google Docs
- Sales & Marketing Team Notification (Slack): uses Slack
- Store Insights to Database (Postgres): run a query
- Generate Personalized Sales Talking Points (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.apify.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 (9)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - RSS Read
n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Google Docs
n8n-nodes-base.googleDocs - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Postgres
n8n-nodes-base.postgres
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