Recover lost backlinks with DataForSEO, OpenAI, 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 22 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week at 08:00) (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Google Sheets and Slack. It also calls api.dataforseo.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every week at 08:00) (plus 2 other triggers).
- Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 7 fields: domain, lost_since_days, min_rank…
- Say It Broke (Slack): post (message)
- Ask What We Lost (HTTP Request): calls api.dataforseo.com (POST)
- Read The Lost Links (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Read What We Reported (Data table): get
- Drop The Ones We Sent (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Anything New To Work? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- One Link Per Loss (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
- Nothing New To Chase (Slack): post (message)
- Is Your Page Still There? (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
…plus 8 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.dataforseo.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)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Data table
n8n-nodes-base.dataTable - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - Basic LLM Chain
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Error Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.errorTrigger
From the author
Quick overview This workflow runs weekly to fetch recently lost backlinks from DataForSEO, deduplicate them by referring domain, and triage each loss with a live status check. It logs results to Google Sheets, drafts recovery email angles with OpenAI for…