# Monitor brand mentions with OpenAI and Reddit: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Email. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-brand-mentions-with-openai-and-reddit (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Monitor brand mentions with OpenAI and Reddit

Started by a clock, and works across Email. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 9 Service 8

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

- 1 **Monitor brand mentions every hour** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Set brand monitoring config** Set *Logic*
- 3 **Fetch Twitter/X mentions** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Fetch Reddit mentions** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **Fetch news article mentions** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Merge all platform mentions** Merge *Logic*
- 7 **Normalize mentions into unified schema** Code *Logic*
- 8 **AI sentiment and urgency analysis** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Wait For Result** Wait *Logic*
- 10 **Process AI analysis results** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Route by sentiment and urgency** Switch *Logic*
- 12 **Send critical mention alert** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Log mention to Airtable** Http Request *Service*
- 14 **Generate HTML daily digest report** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Filter mentions requiring alerts** Filter *Logic*
- 16 **Post mention alert to Slack** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Email HTML digest to marketing team** Email Send *Service*
- 18 **Log success and update listening statistics** Code *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 18, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Email
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email account. 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. 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%2Fmonitor-brand-mentions-with-openai-and-reddit)
- **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.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)

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