# Generate research-backed curriculum plans with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets and n8n data table.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-research-backed-curriculum-plans-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Research and reporting](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Research+and+reporting#library)

# Generate research-backed curriculum plans with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets and n8n data table. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 18 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-research-backed-curriculum-plans-with-openai)

**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 13 Logic 1 Service 3

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

- 1 **Start Curriculum Planning** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Supervisor Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Planning Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 4 **Research Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 5 **Content Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Assessment Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **Google Search Tool** Tool Serp Api *Model*
- 8 **Perplexity Research Tool** Perplexity Tool *Service*
- 9 **Wikipedia Tool** Tool Wikipedia *Model*
- 10 **Calculator Tool** Tool Calculator *Model*
- 11 **Code Tool** Tool Code *Model*
- 12 **Google Sheets Tool** Google Sheets Tool *Service*
- 13 **Curriculum Supervisor Agent** Agent *Model*
- 14 **Research Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 15 **Content Creation Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 16 **Assessment Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 17 **Prepare Curriculum Data** Set *Logic*
- 18 **Store Curriculum Plan** Data Table *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 18
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, n8n data table
- **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 account, 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. 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?

Plan an afternoon. 18 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 18 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%2Fgenerate-research-backed-curriculum-plans-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.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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