# Automate SEO research & content gap analysis with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by another system calling it, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

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

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# Automate SEO research & content gap analysis with OpenAI

Started by another system calling it, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 15 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-seo-research-and-content-gap-analysis-with-openai)

**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 5 Logic 4 Service 4

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

- 1 **LLM Engine for Market Intelligence Analysis** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 2 **Parse Market Analysis Output JSON** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 3 **Error Handler Trigger** Error trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Receive SEO Keyword Analysis Request** Webhook *Starts it*
- 5 **LLM Engine for Insight Formatting** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Analyze Keyword SEO Opportunities (AI)** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Slack: Send Error Alert** Slack *Service*
- 8 **Extract Keyword from Request Payload** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Generate Client-Ready SEO Insights Email (AI)** Agent *Model*
- 10 **Flatten AI Output for Downstream Use** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Run Google SERP Search for Keyword (India)** Serp Api *Service*
- 12 **Send SEO Opportunity Report via Email** Gmail *Service*
- 13 **Map SEO Fields for UI & Reporting** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Normalize SERP Results into SEO Dataset** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Log SEO Analysis Result to Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Another system calling it
- **Steps:** 15
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling 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. 15 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 15 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-research-and-content-gap-analysis-with-openai)
- **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)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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