# Automate blog content creation with OpenAI and Perplexity: n8n workflow

> 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.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-blog-content-creation-with-openai-and-perplexity (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Content](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Content#library)

# 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.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-blog-content-creation-with-openai-and-perplexity)

**13 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 2 Logic 2 Service 7

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

- 1 **When chat message received** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Slack-List** Mcp Client Tool *Service*
- 3 **Publish Article to WordPress** Wordpress Tool *Service*
- 4 **Send Email Notification** Gmail Tool *Service*
- 5 **Notify Slack Channel** Mcp Client Tool *Service*
- 6 **Generate SEO Blog Content (GPT-4o)** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **Start with Research Query Submission** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 8 **Notion-List** Mcp Client Tool *Service*
- 9 **Insert Article in Notion** Mcp Client Tool *Service*
- 10 **Copywriting AI Agent** Agent *Model*
- 11 **Perplexity Research** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **Format Research Output** Set *Logic*
- 13 **Edit Workflow Variables** Set *Logic*

## 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.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-blog-content-creation-with-openai-and-perplexity)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)

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Also content, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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