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Automate blog content creation with OpenAI and Perplexity

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Gmail. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 2Logic 2Service 7

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

  1. 1When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  2. 2Slack-ListMcp Client ToolService
  3. 3Publish Article to WordPressWordpress ToolService
  4. 4Send Email NotificationGmail ToolService
  5. 5Notify Slack ChannelMcp Client ToolService
  6. 6Generate SEO Blog Content (GPT-4o)Lm Chat Open AiModel
  7. 7Start with Research Query SubmissionForm triggerStarts it
  8. 8Notion-ListMcp Client ToolService
  9. 9Insert Article in NotionMcp Client ToolService
  10. 10Copywriting AI AgentAgentModel
  11. 11Perplexity ResearchHttp RequestService
  12. 12Format Research OutputSetLogic
  13. 13Edit Workflow VariablesSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.