Generate AI-powered competitor analysis reports with GPT-4, Apify & Google Docs

How it Works ⚙️

This workflow is your agency’s secret weapon. It’s a multi-AI-agent system that automates the entire process of competitor and market research, providing you with a complete strategic analysis in minutes.

1. Digital Reconnaissance (Agent 1): The workflow is triggered with a client's business name and industry. The first AI agent, powered by Apify, immediately begins a deep dive into the market to identify and scrape data on the client’s top competitors. 2. Strategic Analysis (Agent 2): All the raw data from Agent 1 is sent to the second AI agent, powered by OpenAI (GPT-4). This agent performs a sophisticated analysis to summarize competitor messaging, identify their audience, and generate a full SWOT analysis for your client. 3. Report & Strategy Generation (Agent 3): A third AI agent, also using OpenAI, takes the strategic analysis and writes a professional, persuasive report. This report is then automatically populated into a pre-designed Google Docs template, ready for review. 4. Instant Delivery: The final report is automatically sent to your internal team via Slack, allowing you to start your strategy meeting almost instantly after the workflow is triggered.

Setup Steps 🛠️

1. Get Your Apify Actor: Log in to Apify and find a suitable Actor for web scraping (e.g., Google Search Results Scraper). Copy the Actor ID to use in the n8n workflow.

2. Prepare Your Report Template: Create a new Google Doc to serve as your report template. Use placeholders like {{ clientname }}, {{ reportcontent }}, and {{ clientindustry }} to define where the AI-generated text will go. Copy the document ID from the Google Doc URL and save it for later.

3. Import the Workflow: Copy the provided workflow JSON and import it into your n8n instance.

4. Configure Credentials: Apify: Add your Apify API Key. OpenAI: Add your OpenAI API Key. Google Docs: Add your OAuth2 credential. Slack: Add your Bot Token credential.