n8n Supplier Risk Monitor: Notion + NewsAPI + Groq + Alerts

Monitor supplier risk automatically—Notion + NewsAPI + Groq alerts in minutes

This n8n workflow automatically checks your suppliers stored in Notion, scans the latest relevant coverage via NewsAPI.org, uses Groq to detect labor/human-rights violation signals, and then generates Gmail warning drafts, posts a Slack alert, and updates the supplier record back in Notion.

What this workflow does

• Fetch suppliers from Notion: When manually started, it pulls all supplier records from the “Supplier Master List” database.
• Search recent news per supplier: For each supplier, it queries NewsAPI.org using the supplier’s configured news search query.
• AI risk detection with Groq: It analyzes up to three recent articles and returns a strict JSON verdict indicating whether a violation signal is detected.
• Stop if safe; enrich if at risk: If no risk is found, processing stops for that supplier. If risk is detected, it pulls contract profile details from MongoDB (e.g., contract value, penalty clause, and contact email).
• Draft a formal warning email: Using enriched context, Groq drafts a formal warning email body, saved as a Gmail draft addressed to the supplier contact.
• Notify your team in Slack: It posts a high-risk alert message to a Slack channel.
• Update Notion risk status: It sets Risk Status to “At Risk”, logs the current date, and saves the AI-generated action plan to the supplier’s Notion record.

Use cases

• Supplier compliance monitoring for SaaS procurement teams using Notion as the supplier master.
• Automated escalation when potential labor or human-rights concerns appear in recent news.
• Generating consistent, documented supplier warning communications with a draft workflow in Gmail.

Technical details

• Notion, NewsAPI.org, Groq, MongoDB, Gmail, and Slack integrations in n8n.
• Uses workflow logic nodes such as if and set, plus merge and communication nodes like gmail and slack.
• Requires a NewsAPI.org API key (replace the hardcoded apiKey query parameter in the request).