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Monitor competitor brand bidding with Bright Data, GPT-5.6 and Slack

Ready for 3.0

by Daniel Shashko ✓ · 4 views · created 2026-08-28 · 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 20 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 07:00). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, OpenAI Chat Model and Slack. It also calls api.brightdata.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 07:00).

  1. Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 9 fields: brand_name, your_domains, authorised_partners…
  2. Build The Query Grid (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Search The Paid Results (HTTP Request): calls api.brightdata.com (POST)
  4. Read Both Ad Blocks (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  5. Read The Roster (Data table): get
  6. Update The Roster Maths (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Only Real Rows (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
  8. Only The Ones Worth Reading (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  9. Log Every Sighting (Google Sheets): append
  10. Remember The Roster (Data table): create or update

…plus 7 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsOpenAI Chat ModelSlack

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 (12)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs every morning to scrape Google paid search ads for your brand queries using Bright Data, logs all sightings to Google Sheets, tracks advertiser history in an n8n Data Table, and uses OpenAI (GPT-5.6) to classify notable…

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

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