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Create weekly AI research briefings with Decodo, OpenAI, and Gmail

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1. Workflow Overview

What Problem Does It Solve? Staying up to date with AI and LLM developments requires reading dozens of articles every week. Manual research is time consuming and often leads to “information overloa...

Best for

  • Market Research automation workflows
  • AI Summarization automation workflows
  • advanced n8n builders looking for reusable templates

Tools used

n8n-nodes-base.stickynote, n8n-nodes-base.scheduletrigger, n8n-nodes-base.code, n8n-nodes-base.splitinbatches, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainsummarization, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent, n8n-nodes-base.gmail, @decodo/n8n-nodes-decodo.decodo

Source and attribution

This workflow is cataloged by N8N Workflows and links back to its original n8n.io source page by Abdullah Alshiekh.

Original n8n.io source

1.1 Workflow description

Title
Create weekly AI research briefings with Decodo, OpenAI, and Gmail
Workflow name
Create weekly AI research briefings with Decodo, OpenAI, and Gmail

What Problem Does It Solve?

  • Staying up-to-date with AI and LLM developments requires reading dozens of articles every week.
  • Manual research is time-consuming and often leads to “information overload” or reading low-quality clickbait.
  • Important technical breakthroughs often get buried under marketing fluff.

This workflow solves these by:

  • Leveraging Decodo to instantly find and scrape high-quality organic articles (automatically filtering out YouTube/video noise).
  • Using AI to read and summarize every article individually.
  • Using an "Analyst Agent" to score news by relevance and write a single, high-quality intelligence report.

How to Configure It

Decodo & API Setup

  • Decodo: Connect your Decodo credentials. This is the core engine that handles the high-precision Google Search and content scraping.
  • OpenAI: Connect your OpenAI API key (GPT-4o or 4.1-mini recommended for best analysis).
  • Gmail: Connect a Google Service Account or Gmail OAuth to send the emails.

Search Configuration

  • Open the Set Search Config node.
  • Edit the search_query value to match your niche (e.g., "Latest Large Language Model benchmarks" or "Generative AI in Healthcare").

How It Works

  • Trigger: The workflow wakes up once a week (customizable).
  • Search (Powered by Decodo): It searches Google using Decodo's organic results filter to ensure only high-quality reading material is selected.
  • Scraping: It visits every URL found and extracts the raw text, cleaning up HTML tags.
  • Summarization: An LLM reads each article individually to extract key technical points.
  • Analyst Agent: Reviews all summaries, assigns a "Relevance Score", and compiles the final newsletter.
  • Delivery: The final report is emailed to you immediately.

Customization Ideas

  • Change the topic to any industry (Crypto, Finance, Sports).
  • Swap the AI model for Claude or DeepSeek.
  • Log the summaries into a Notion database.

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1.2 Logical Blocks

This catalog entry is organized from the workflow JSON. The node-level section below shows the executable blocks available for review before importing the template.

2. Block-by-Block Analysis

Block 1 - Main Overview

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 2 - Section 1

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 3 - Section 2

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 4 - Section 3

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 5 - Section 4

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 6 - Weekly Trigger

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - scheduleTrigger
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 7 - Filter & Parse URLs

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 8 - Batch Loop

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - splitInBatches
Config choices
Version 3

Block 9 - Sanitize HTML

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 10 - Summarize Chain

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainSummarization - chainSummarization
Config choices
Version 2.1

Block 11 - Aggregate Summaries

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 12 - Research Analyst Agent

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - agent
Config choices
Version 3

Block 13 - Send Email (Report)

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - gmail
Config choices
Version 2.1

Block 14 - Search API (Decodo)

Type / Role
@decodo/n8n-nodes-decodo.decodo - decodo
Config choices
Version 1

Block 15 - Scrape Content (Decodo)

Type / Role
@decodo/n8n-nodes-decodo.decodo - decodo
Config choices
Version 1

Block 16 - Set Search Config

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 17 - Check Content Quality

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.if - if
Config choices
Version 2.3

Block 18 - OpenAI Model (Summary)

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - lmChatOpenAi
Config choices
Version 1.3

Block 19 - Check Results Exist

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.if - if
Config choices
Version 2.3

Block 20 - Send Email (Empty)

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - gmail
Config choices
Version 2.1

Block 21 - OpenAI Model (Agent)

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - lmChatOpenAi
Config choices
Version 1.3

Block 22 - Telegram Error Alert

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - telegram
Config choices
Version 1.2

3. Summary Table

Workflow Create weekly AI research briefings with Decodo, OpenAI, and Gmail
Complexity advanced
Nodes 22
Categories Market Research, AI Summarization
Author Abdullah Alshiekh
Published 23 Dec 2025

4. Reproducing the Workflow from Scratch

  1. 1. Download the workflow JSON

    Use the JSON export at /data/workflows/12074/12074.json as the source template for this automation.

  2. 2. Import the template into n8n

    Open n8n, import the downloaded JSON, and review each node before activating the workflow.

  3. 3. Configure credentials and variables

    Replace placeholder credentials, API keys, webhook URLs, account IDs, and environment-specific values with your own settings.

  4. 4. Test with sample data

    Run the workflow manually or in a staging workspace, inspect node output, and confirm downstream systems receive the expected data.

  5. 5. Activate and monitor

    Enable the workflow only after testing, then monitor executions, errors, and rate limits during the first production runs.

5. General Notes & Resources

Review imported nodes carefully before activation. This catalog entry is intended to help you inspect the workflow structure, understand required services, and find related templates faster.

Node names, credentials, schedules, webhook paths, and external service limits may need adjustment for your workspace.

Frequently asked questions

What does Create weekly AI research briefings with Decodo, OpenAI, and Gmail do?

What Problem Does It Solve? Staying up to date with AI and LLM developments requires reading dozens of articles every week. Manual research is time consuming and often leads to “information overloa...

What do I need before importing this workflow?

Review the workflow JSON, configure any required credentials in n8n, and test the automation in a safe workspace before using it in production.

Can I customize this workflow?

Yes. Use the block-by-block analysis and the downloadable JSON to inspect each node, then adjust credentials, prompts, schedules, filters, or destinations for your Market Research, AI Summarization use case.