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Monitor competitor prices with OpenAI, Google Sheets, Slack, and Notion

Ready for 3.0

by Syed Hassan Ali ✓ · 31 views · created 2026-08-18 · Market Research, AI Summarization

Ready 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 19 nodes and runs on a schedule (cron 0 8 * * *). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Slack, OpenAI and Notion.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (cron 0 8 * * *).

  1. Build Initial Config Values (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  2. Fetch Competitor URLs from Sheets (Google Sheets): get all rows (sheet)
  3. Loop Over Competitor URL List (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  4. Create Daily Competitor Summary (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  5. Fetch Competitor Web Page (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (GET)
  6. Post Summary to Slack (Slack): uses Slack
  7. Convert HTML to Plain Text (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  8. Process Fetch Error (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  9. OpenAI: uses OpenAI
  10. Post Fetch Error Alert to Slack (Slack): uses Slack

…plus 8 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsSlackOpenAINotion

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)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs daily to read competitor product URLs from Google Sheets, fetch each page, use OpenAI to extract price and stock status, and send Slack alerts and Notion logs for significant price drops while updating the latest prices back…

Excerpt from Syed Hassan Ali's description on n8n.io.

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