Monitor competitor funding with Apify, Google Gemini, Google Sheets and Slack
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 13 nodes and runs on a schedule (cron 0 8 * * 1). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Slack and Google Gemini Chat Model. It also calls api.apify.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (cron 0 8 * * 1).
- Read Competitors from Sheets (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Prepare Scraper Input (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Post to Apify Scraper API (HTTP Request): calls api.apify.com (POST)
- Calculate Funding Baseline (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Strategic Analysis Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: Google Gemini Model; output parser: Parse Structured AI Output
- Update Sheet for No Changes (Google Sheets): update
- Parse AI Analysis Output (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Send Slack Alert Message (Slack): uses Slack
- Update Sheet on Funding Change (Google Sheets): update
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.apify.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 (9)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Google Gemini Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGoogleGemini - Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
From the author
Quick Overview This workflow runs every Monday at 8AM to pull a competitor list from Google Sheets, scrape the latest Crunchbase data via Apify, detect new funding, generate a strategic impact summary with Google Gemini, send an alert to Slack, and update the…