Research web topics and email a Claude report via Gmail using SerpApi, Jina.ai and Firecrawl

by Surya Vardhan Yalavarthi ✓ · 69 views · created 2026-02-23 · Market Research, AI RAG

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 29 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Self-Healing Research Agent”) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Anthropic Chat Model and Gmail. It also calls serpapi.com and api.firecrawl.dev over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Self-Healing Research Agent”) (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Set Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: topic, numSources, recipientEmail…
2. Format Error (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: error_message, failed_node, workflow_name…
3. SerpApi Search (HTTP Request): calls serpapi.com
4. Parse & Filter URLs (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
5. Loop Over URLs (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
6. Aggregate: combines items into one
7. Jina Reader (Primary) (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
8. Build Synthesis Prompt (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Normalize Jina Response (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
10. Synthesize Report (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: Claude Synthesizer

…plus 14 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Anthropic Chat ModelGmail

HTTP calls to: serpapi.com, api.firecrawl.dev

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Nodes used (13)

• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches
• Basic LLM Chain@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm
• Anthropic Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatAnthropic
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Mergen8n-nodes-base.merge
• Waitn8n-nodes-base.wait
• Aggregaten8n-nodes-base.aggregate
• Gmailn8n-nodes-base.gmail
• Error Triggern8n-nodes-base.errorTrigger

From the author

Submit a research topic through a form and receive a professionally styled executive report in your inbox — fully automated, with built-in scraping resilience. The workflow searches Google via SerpApi, scrapes each result with Jina.ai (free, no key needed),…

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