# LinkedIn content automation: AI post creation & images: n8n workflow

> Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and LinkedIn. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and a local model.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/linkedin-content-automation-ai-post-creation-and-images (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# LinkedIn content automation: AI post creation & images

Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Gmail, Google Sheets and LinkedIn. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and a local model. 14 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI, a local model

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Flinkedin-content-automation-ai-post-creation-and-images)

**14 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 5 Logic 4 Service 4

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

- 1 **Google Sheets Trigger** Google Sheets trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Message a model in Ollama** Ollama Tool *Model*
- 3 **Ollama Chat Model** Lm Chat Ollama *Model*
- 4 **Filter** Filter *Logic*
- 5 **Image Prompt** Ollama *Model*
- 6 **Content Generator** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Code in JavaScript** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Generate image** Open Ai *Model*
- 9 **Add the post to the sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 10 **Search** Tavily *Service*
- 11 **Create a post** Linked In *Service*
- 12 **Approval Email** Gmail *Service*
- 13 **chat input** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Approved?** If *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A change in a Google Sheet
- **Steps:** 14, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Sheets, LinkedIn
- **Model:** OpenAI, a local model

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a change in a Google Sheet.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI and a local model. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 14 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 14 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%2Flinkedin-content-automation-ai-post-creation-and-images)
- **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)[LinkedIn](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=LinkedIn#library)

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