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Automate blog content creation with OpenAI and Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 12 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 5Logic 2Service 4

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  4. 4Structured Output ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  5. 5Get Topic from Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  6. 6Copywriter AI AgentAgentModel
  7. 7Copywriter Revision AgentAgentModel
  8. 8Set DataSetLogic
  9. 9Send Content for ApprovalGmailService
  10. 10Approval ResultSwitchLogic
  11. 11Update Topic Status on Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Add Generated Content to Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
12, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Sheets
Model
OpenAI
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 12 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.