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Track competitor X announcements with Bright Data and OpenAI

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets, Slack and n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 24 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

LargeCalls a model: OpenAI

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24 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Model 2Logic 10Service 9

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

  1. 1Every Weekday MorningSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Or Run It NowManual triggerStarts it
  3. 3ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4If The Run FailsError triggerStarts it
  5. 5SettingsSetLogic
  6. 6Say What They AnnouncedChain LlmModel
  7. 7Say It BrokeSlackService
  8. 8Read What We Already SawData TableService
  9. 9Build The DigestCodeLogic
  10. 10Plan The CrawlCodeLogic
  11. 11One Row Per PostSplit OutLogic
  12. 12Rows For The Watch ListCodeLogic
  13. 13Send The DigestSlackService
  14. 14Ask X For Their PostsHttp RequestService
  15. 15Log The PostsGoogle SheetsService
  16. 16Remember These PostsData TableService
  17. 17Wait For The CrawlWaitLogic
  18. 18Ask If It Is DoneHttp RequestService
  19. 19Ready Or Try AgainCodeLogic
  20. 20Crawl Finished?IfLogic
  21. 21Download The PostsHttp RequestService
  22. 22Score Against Their Own NormalCodeLogic
  23. 23Anything Worth Reading?IfLogic
  24. 24Say It Was QuietSlackService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
24, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
Google Sheets, Slack, n8n data table
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 24 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 24 steps before you point it at anything that matters.