Generate business research reports with Claude, web search and Google Drive
Ready for 3.0What this workflow does
This workflow has 20 nodes and runs when an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL. Along the way it connects Google Sheets. It also calls google.serper.dev, newsapi.org and alphavantage.co over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: When an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL.
- Set Credentials and Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 16 fields: topic, company, ticker…
- Validate Input (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Search Google via Serper (HTTP Request): calls google.serper.dev (POST)
- Fetch News Articles (HTTP Request): calls newsapi.org
- Fetch Market Data (HTTP Request): calls alphavantage.co
- Return Validation Error (Respond to Webhook): sends the response back to the webhook caller
- Merge and Clean Data (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Claude Pass 1 Research Synthesis (HTTP Request): calls api.anthropic.com (POST)
- Extract Pass 1 Output (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Wait: pauses before continuing
…plus 9 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: google.serper.dev, newsapi.org, alphavantage.co, api.anthropic.com, googleapis.com, api.sendgrid.com
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (8)
- Webhook
n8n-nodes-base.webhook - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Respond to Webhook
n8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait
From the author
This workflow is a fully automated AI-powered business intelligence agent. It accepts a research topic or company name via webhook, autonomously collects data from multiple live sources (web search, news feeds, financial APIs), runs a multi-stage Claude AI…