Automate news discovery & publishing with GPT-4, Google Search API & Slack

🚀 Automate News Discovery & Publishing with GPT-4, Google Search API & Slack

🎯 Overview Automated content publishing system that discovers industry news, transforms it into original articles using GPT-4, and publishes across multiple channels with SEO optimization and intelligent duplicate prevention.

✨ Key Features - 🤖 Smart Query Generation - AI agent generates unique search queries while checking Google Sheets to avoid duplicates - 🔍 News Discovery - Uses Google Custom Search API to find recent articles (last 7 days) - 🧠 Content Intelligence - Processes search results and skips anti-bot protected sites automatically - 📝 GPT-4 Article Generation - Creates professional, SEO-optimized news articles in Reuters/Bloomberg style - 📢 Multi-Channel Publishing - Publishes to CMS with automatic Slack notifications - 📊 Comprehensive Tracking - Logs all activity to Google Sheets for analytics and duplicate prevention

🔄 How It Works 1. ⏰ Scheduled Trigger runs every 8 hours to maintain consistent content flow 2. 🤖 AI Agent generates targeted search queries for your niche while checking historical data 3. 🔍 Google Search finds recent articles and extracts metadata (title, snippet, source) 4. 🛡️ Smart Content Handler bypasses sites with anti-bot protection, using search snippets instead 5. ⚡ GPT-4 Processing transforms snippets into comprehensive 2000+ word articles with proper formatting 6. 🚀 Publishing Pipeline formats content for CMS with SEO metadata and publishes automatically 7. 📱 Notification System sends detailed Slack updates with article metrics 8. 📈 Activity Logging tracks all published content to prevent future duplicates

🔧 Setup Requirements

📋 Prerequisites - Google Custom Search API key and Search Engine ID - OpenAI GPT-4 API access - Google account for tracking spreadsheet - Slack workspace for notifications - CMS or website with API endpoint for publishing

🛠️ Step-by-Step Setup

Step 1: 🔎 Google Custom Search Configuration 1. Go to [Google Custom Search Engine](https://cse.google.com/cse/) 2. Create a new search engine 3. Configure to search the entire web 4. Copy your Search Engine ID (cx parameter) 5. Get your API key from [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/)