Automatically discover and extract reports from websites using GPT and Google Sheets

An intelligent AI-powered agent that automatically browses publication websites, analyzes page content with natural language understanding, and identifies the latest downloadable reports, research papers, and data files across multiple sources using advanced structured output parsing.

What Makes This Different: - AI-Powered Content Analysis - Uses advanced language models (GPT-4/GPT-5.1) to understand page context and identify downloadable reports, even when links aren't explicitly labeled, handling complex page layouts and dynamic content - Structured Output Parsing - Enforces JSON schema validation ensuring consistent data extraction with required fields (title, link, filetype, description), eliminating parsing errors and data inconsistencies - HTML to Markdown Conversion - Converts raw HTML to clean Markdown before AI processing, removing noise and improving AI comprehension of page structure and content hierarchy - Intelligent Link Detection - AI agent identifies direct download URLs, converts relative links to absolute URLs, and prioritizes the most recent reports based on publication dates and page positioning - Comprehensive Validation - Multi-layer validation checks link format, file type detection, and report relevance before saving, ensuring only valid, downloadable reports enter your library - Flexible Source Management - Reads publication sources from Google Sheets, enabling easy addition/removal of sources without workflow modification, with support for categories and custom metadata

Key Benefits of AI-Powered Report Discovery: - Automated Discovery - Eliminates manual browsing and searching across multiple publication sites, saving hours of research time while ensuring you never miss new reports - Context-Aware Extraction - AI understands page context, distinguishing between actual reports and navigation links, category pages, or promotional content - Prioritized Results - Automatically selects the most recent and relevant report from each source, focusing on quality over quantity - Structured Data Output - All discovered reports are saved with consistent metadata (title, link, file type, description, source), making them easy to search, filter, and integrate with other systems - Error Resilience - Handles missing reports gracefully, logging when no reports are found without failing the entire workflow, ensuring continuous operation - Integration Ready - Can be called by other workflows (e.g., PDF downloader), enabling end-to-end automation from discovery to storage

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Who's it for

This template is designed for researchers, market analysts, competitive intelligence teams, academic institutions, industry monitoring services, and anyone who needs to systematically discover and track downloadable reports from multiple publication sources. It's perfect for organizations that need to monitor industry publications, track competitor research, discover new market reports, build research libraries, or stay updated on latest publications without manually visiting dozens of websites daily.

How it works / What it does

This workflow creates an AI-powered report discovery system that reads publication source URLs from Google Sheets, fetches their pages, uses AI to analyze content, and extracts information about downloadable reports. The system: