Monitor brand mentions and route Slack alerts with Groq and Google News
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 workflow has 16 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 15 minutes). Along the way it connects Slack and Google Sheets. It also calls reddit.com, api.groq.com and api.trustpilot.example over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every 15 minutes).
- Fetch News RSS (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
- Search Reddit (HTTP Request): calls reddit.com
- Normalize News (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Format Errors (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Dedupe Stories (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Report Errors (Slack): uses Slack
- Classify Sentiment (HTTP Request): calls api.groq.com (POST)
- Parse Response (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Check Severity (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Draft Response (HTTP Request): calls api.groq.com (POST)
…plus 5 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: reddit.com, api.groq.com, api.trustpilot.example
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)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - RSS Read
n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
From the author
Quick Overview This workflow runs every 15 minutes to monitor Google News (and optionally Reddit/Trustpilot) for brand mentions, deduplicates stories, uses Groq to classify sentiment/intent/severity, sends high-severity alerts to Slack with a suggested reply…