Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Competitor price monitoring with Google Sheets and Telegram

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. 15 steps, 1 branch, 3 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
3Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 9Service 5

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

  1. 1Daily 8 AM TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Fetch Product List from SheetGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3Process Each Product in Batches of 1Split In BatchesLogic
  4. 4Pause Between RequestsWaitLogic
  5. 5Load Product Page HTMLHttp RequestService
  6. 6Extract Current Price from HTMLHtmlLogic
  7. 7Normalize Price ValuesCodeLogic
  8. 8Compute Price ChangeCodeLogic
  9. 9Clean Up Parsed FieldsCodeLogic
  10. 10Is Price Changed?IfLogic
  11. 11Build Telegram Alert MessageCodeLogic
  12. 12Log Price History to SheetGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13Send Price Alert via TelegramTelegramService
  14. 14Pause Before Updating SheetWaitLogic
  15. 15Update Last Price in Master SheetGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
15, with 1 branch, 3 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Telegram
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Telegram accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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. 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.