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Track Google AI Overview citations with Bright Data, OpenAI, Google Sheets and Slack

Ready for 3.0

by Daniel Shashko ✓ · 1 views · created 2026-08-19 · 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 22 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, OpenAI Chat Model, Slack and Google Gemini Chat Model. It also calls api.brightdata.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 08:00) (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: keywords, brand_domain, country…
  2. Read Last Run (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  3. One Row Per Keyword (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Search Google (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  5. Read The AI Overview (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Rank The Cited Domains (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Any Overviews Found? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  8. Plan Page Reads (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  9. Read Cited Pages (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  10. Build Citation Report (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

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

Services it uses

Google SheetsOpenAI Chat ModelSlackGoogle Gemini Chat Model

HTTP calls to: api.brightdata.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 (13)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs weekly (or on demand) to check Google AI Overview citations for a set of keywords using Bright Data, compares the cited domains to last run’s results, generates a short briefing with OpenAI, logs a row-per-citation history to…

Excerpt from Daniel Shashko's description on n8n.io.

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