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Automated cover letter generator with Indeed job scraping and GPT-4o-mini

Ready for 3.0

by Robert Breen ✓ · 1,361 views · created 2025-08-19 · Multimodal AI

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 6 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.

  1. Set Search Term (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: Search, Resume
  2. Search Indeed (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
  3. Cover Letter Writer (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat Model

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 (6)

From the author

This workflow automates the process of writing tailored cover letters for job applications. It: 1. Uses Apify’s Indeed Scraper to pull live job postings based on your chosen search term. 2. Sends the job description along with your resume into OpenAI, which…

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