Create a founder digest and leads from Hacker News with GPT-4o and Gmail
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What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 13 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day). Along the way it connects Azure OpenAI Chat Model, Gmail, Google Sheets and MCP Client and 1 more.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day).
- Search Hacker News Discussions via Google SERP (Serp Api): uses Serp Api
- Extract SERP Results into Discussion Records (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Filter Valid Hacker News Discussion Threads (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Aggregate: combines items into one
- Generate Founder Digest from Hacker News Discussions (AI) (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: LLM Reasoning Engine for Founder Digest
- Extract High-Signal Founder & Buying-Intent Insights (AI) (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: LLM Engine for Lead Qualification & Signal Interpretation; 1 tool (External Social Context & Enrichment Tool (MCP Client))
- Email Founder Daily Hacker News Digest (Gmail): uses Gmail
- Normalize AI Insight Output for Storage (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Append Founder Insights to Hacker News Intelligence Sheet (Google Sheets): append
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-serpapi is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Search Hacker News Discussions via Google SERP).
Nodes used (9)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Serp Api
n8n-nodes-serpapi.serpApi - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Aggregate
n8n-nodes-base.aggregate - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Azure OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatAzureOpenAi - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - MCP Client Tool
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool
From the author
📊 Description Automate daily founder intelligence from Hacker News without manual monitoring. This workflow scans Hacker News discussions (Show HN, launches, AI, startups, SaaS), filters out noise and non-discussion pages, and extracts only high-signal…