Daily Competitor Intel Briefs to Slack (API Direct + OpenAI)

Get daily competitor updates in Slack—automatically

This n8n workflow searches Twitter/X and Google News every morning for your competitor’s latest mentions, uses OpenAI to summarize what’s new into an intelligence brief, and posts a single, source-linked message to Slack.

What this workflow does

• Runs on a schedule (every morning), so you don’t have to manually check updates.
• Searches last-24-hours coverage for the configured competitor name across Twitter/X and Google News using API Direct.
• Filters repeat items by removing mentions already processed in previous active runs.
• Builds a compact corpus from the new mentions plus a short list of source links for transparency.
• Generates exactly three bullet points with OpenAI (or outputs a single noise note if there’s nothing actionable).
• Posts one Slack message containing the brief and the source links to your chosen Slack channel.

Use cases

• SaaS operators tracking competitor positioning and product announcements without leaving Slack.
• Marketing and growth teams monitoring brand mentions and headlines that may impact campaigns.
• Competitive intelligence updates for founders and analysts who want a daily, lightweight summary.
• Automation engineers validating an end-to-end pipeline: API Direct → OpenAI → Slack.

Technical details

• API Direct for Twitter/X and Google News search (API key credential required).
• OpenAI chat model to produce the intelligence brief from new mentions only.
• Slack integration to deliver the formatted message to a selected channel.
• n8n nodes mentioned in this workflow: set, code, merge, slack, sticky note, and n8n-nodes-apidirect-apiDirect.

Setup requirements

You’ll need an API Direct API key (new accounts include free credit), an OpenAI API key for the chat model, and a Slack workspace. Then update the competitor name and connect your credentials.