Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Monitor competitors & generate content ideas with Gemini

Started by a clock, and works across Email, Google Sheets and Telegram. 19 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

19 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 11Service 7

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

  1. 1Cron: Weekly (Sun 5 PM)CronStarts it
  2. 2IF: Telegram Enabled?IfLogic
  3. 3Set: Configuration (edit me)SetLogic
  4. 4Telegram: NotifyTelegramService
  5. 5Code: Build URL ItemsCodeLogic
  6. 6HTTP: Firecrawl ScrapeHttp RequestService
  7. 7Code: Normalize ContentCodeLogic
  8. 8Catch: Error HandlingSetLogic
  9. 9HTTP: OpenAI SummarizeHttp RequestService
  10. 10HTTP: Gemini IdeasHttp RequestService
  11. 11Format: Error PayloadCodeLogic
  12. 12Code: Extract OpenAICodeLogic
  13. 13Code: Extract GeminiCodeLogic
  14. 14Email: Error NotificationEmail SendService
  15. 15Merge: Summaries + IdeasMergeLogic
  16. 16Code: Compile RowCodeLogic
  17. 17Google Sheets: AppendGoogle SheetsService
  18. 18Code: Build DigestCodeLogic
  19. 19Email: Send DigestEmail SendService

How it's built

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

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email, 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. 19 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 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.