# Automate SEO blog content creation with Perplexity AI: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets, Notion and WordPress. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you...

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# Automate SEO blog content creation with Perplexity AI

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets, Notion and WordPress. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 31 steps: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

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**31 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Model 11 Logic 6 Service 11

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

- 1 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 2 **get brand brief** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 3 **When clicking ‘Test workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **When Executed by Another Workflow** Execute Workflow trigger *Starts it*
- 6 **OpenAI 4.1 mini** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **OpenAI 4.1 mini1** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **OpenAI 4.1 mini2** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 9 **OpenAI 4.1 mini3** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 10 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 11 **Check History** Google Sheets Tool *Service*
- 12 **Idea creator** Agent *Model*
- 13 **Notion** Notion *Service*
- 14 **Content writer** Chain Llm *Model*
- 15 **Write prompt to search image** Chain Llm *Model*
- 16 **Excerpt creator** Chain Llm *Model*
- 17 **Category rewrite** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Aggregate** Aggregate *Logic*
- 19 **Cleanup HTML** Set *Logic*
- 20 **Get Image from Pexcel** Http Request *Service*
- 21 **WordPress excerpt add** Http Request *Service*
- 22 **Perplexity Research** Http Request *Service*
- 23 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic*
- 24 **Wordpress** Wordpress *Service*
- 25 **Download Image** Http Request *Service*
- 26 **Markdown** Markdown *Logic*
- 27 **Cleanup Links** Set *Logic*
- 28 **Upload Image to Wordpress** Http Request *Service*
- 29 **Update list of blog post** Google Sheets *Service*
- 30 **Set Image on Wordpress Post** Http Request *Service*
- 31 **Update base post** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 31
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Notion, WordPress
- **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 Google Sheets, Notion and WordPress 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?

Take your time. At 31 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 31 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-seo-blog-content-creation-with-perplexity-ai)
- **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.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Notion#library)[WordPress](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=WordPress#library)

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

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