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Automate professional LinkedIn posts with OpenAI and DALL-E

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Email and LinkedIn. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 16 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 9Service 4

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

  1. 1When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set contextSetLogic
  3. 3Get Latest TopicsHttp RequestService
  4. 4Relevant InsightsCodeLogic
  5. 5Generate LinkedIn PostOpen AiModel
  6. 6Get Linked PostSetLogic
  7. 7Generate an imageOpen AiModel
  8. 8Check Generated postIfLogic
  9. 9Binary formatCodeLogic
  10. 10Merge both ResultsMergeLogic
  11. 11Check Image conditionIfLogic
  12. 12Convert to LinkedIn formatCodeLogic
  13. 13Post to LinkedInLinked InService
  14. 14Check Post ResultIfLogic
  15. 15Send Alert EmailEmail SendService
  16. 16Send alert emailEmail SendService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
16, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, LinkedIn
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.