Automate Japanese Subsidy Matching with Google Gemini & Slack

Streamline Your Subsidy Search: Automate Japanese Subsidy Matching with Google Gemini & Slack

Unlock the power of automation to effortlessly identify and act on Japanese subsidy opportunities tailored for your business. This robust n8n workflow leverages the precision of Google Gemini and the connectivity of Slack to ensure you never miss out on valuable subsidies.

What this workflow does

• Runs on a weekly schedule, automatically loading your company profile details including industry, headcount, prefecture, investment plans, and search keywords.
• Engages the public jGrants subsidies API to fetch the latest, relevant programs and immediately alerts you on Slack if a search fails.
• Combines results with Google Gemini's AI to assign a fit score to each subsidy, categorizing them into strong, possible, or no match, complete with reasons, next steps, and summary.
• Ensures seamless data management by normalizing Google Gemini's responses and logging potential system issues on Slack.
• Efficiently upserts only new subsidies into a designated Google Sheets tracker, preventing repetitive entries and streamlining weekly analytics.
• Routes results based on verdicts: sends comprehensive Slack notifications and drafts Gmail kickoff emails for strong matches, while posting succinct Slack updates for potential candidates, and highlighting uncertain outcomes for review.

Use cases

• For a tech startup in Tokyo planning to expand its R&D operations, this workflow will help identify suitable subsidy programs that provide financial support, minimizing manual research effort.
• An automation engineer at a SaaS company can employ this workflow to align subsidy searches with investment plans, ensuring timely updates and actionable steps through Slack and Gmail integration.
• Corporate strategists ensuring compliance and seeking subsidies aligned with environmental investment strategies will gain a quick, accurate process to match and track potential funding avenues.

Technical details

• Integrations/nodes used: Set, Code, Gmail, Slack, Switch, Split Out
• Required services: Google Gemini (PaLM) API, Google Sheets OAuth2, Slack OAuth2, Gmail OAuth2
• Configuration requirements: Customize company profiles and jGrants search keywords, select appropriate Google Sheets for data logging