Automation library · Research and reporting

Build a citation-ready web research pack with SearchCans

Started by someone submitting a form. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 16 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 10Service 5

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

  1. 1Submit research requestForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set research configSetLogic
  3. 3Search GoogleHttp RequestService
  4. 4Search BingHttp RequestService
  5. 5Normalize Google resultsCodeLogic
  6. 6Normalize Bing resultsCodeLogic
  7. 7Merge search enginesMergeLogic
  8. 8Rank and diversify sourcesCodeLogic
  9. 9Loop Over SourcesSplit In BatchesLogic
  10. 10Build evidence pack and review queueCodeLogic
  11. 11Read source in standard modeHttp RequestService
  12. 12Create Markdown evidence packConvert To FileService
  13. 13Standard extraction worked?IfLogic
  14. 14Keep standard extractionCodeLogic
  15. 15Retry with browser renderingHttp RequestService
  16. 16Keep fallback resultCodeLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
16, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

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.