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Track competitor pricing and news changes in Google Sheets with Gemini, Gmail and Slack

Ready for 3.0

by vijay kireeti varma ✓ · 0 views · created 2026-09-29 · 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 28 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week at 08:00). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Google Gemini Chat Model, Gmail and Slack.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every week at 08:00).

  1. Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 7 fields: google_sheet_url, your_company, your_offer…
  2. Read Previous Snapshots (Google Sheets): read
  3. Read Competitor List (Google Sheets): read
  4. Active Rows Only (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
  5. Has Page URL? (Filter): keeps only the items that match a condition
  6. Unique Competitors (Remove Duplicates): removes duplicate items
  7. Fetch Page (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  8. Google News (Last 7 Days) (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
  9. Extract Page Text (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Format News (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: competitor, news_title, news_link…

…plus 13 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsGoogle Gemini Chat ModelGmailSlack

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 (15)

From the author

Quick overview Monitor competitor websites and news automatically every week. Built for founders, marketers and sales teams, this workflow detects pricing, product and messaging changes, uses Google Gemini to rate what matters to your business, logs every…

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