# Phase-based blog creation system with Claude and Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. It puts Claude behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/phase-based-blog-creation-system-with-claude-and-google-shee (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Phase-based blog creation system with Claude and Google Sheets

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. It puts Claude behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 21 steps: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: Claude Retrieval

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**21 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Model 13 Logic 1 Service 4

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

- 1 **Call Headline Writer Agent** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 2 **Call Hook Writer Agent** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 3 **Call Intro Writer Agent** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 4 **Call Outline Writer Agent** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 5 **Call Blog Writer Agent** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 6 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 7 **Call Final Draft Editor Agent** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 8 **Call Sources and Quotes Agent** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 9 **Research w/ Perplexity** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **Get Research** Google Sheets Tool *Service*
- 11 **Do Research** Tool Workflow *Model*
- 12 **When Executed by Another Workflow** Execute Workflow trigger *Starts it*
- 13 **Headlines Writer (Tool)** Agent Tool *Model*
- 14 **Chat** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 15 **Slack Message Received** Slack trigger *Starts it*
- 16 **Claude** Lm Chat Anthropic *Model*
- 17 **Orchestrator** Agent *Model*
- 18 **Save Research** Google Sheets *Service*
- 19 **Headlines Writer** Agent *Model*
- 20 **Slack Message Response** Slack *Service*
- 21 **Return Output** No Op *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 21
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Slack
- **Model:** Claude
- **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 and Slack accounts, and a key for Claude. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Claude. 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?

Take your time. At 21 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 21 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%2Fphase-based-blog-creation-system-with-claude-and-google-shee)
- **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)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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