Discover business ideas from HackerNews posts with GPT-4.1 analysis and Google Sheets
What it is This n8n workflow monitors top Hacker News posts (in the Front Page) and identifies business-related pain points using AI. How It Works It filters posts by engagement (comments > 80, points > 200, and recent date), extracts key metadata, fetches the article content, and uses a GPT-4.1-based agent to detect and summarize pain points. Results are appended to a Google Sheet for further analysis. Setup To run this workflow, you need to set up credentials for: 1. OpenRouter: Uses an
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Discover business ideas from HackerNews posts with GPT-4.1 analysis and Google Sheets is a ready-made n8n workflow you import as a workflow JSON file — no build required. It connects Google Sheets, OpenAI. It's free to download. Follow the 5-step import below to go live in minutes.
- Platform
- n8n
- Connects
- Google Sheets, OpenAI
- Modules
- 13
- Price
- Free
- Version
- v1.0

About this workflow
What it is This n8n workflow monitors top Hacker News posts (in the Front Page) and identifies business-related pain points using AI. How It Works It filters posts by engagement (comments > 80, points > 200, and recent date), extracts key metadata, fetches the article content, and uses a GPT-4.1-based agent to detect and summarize pain points. Results are appended to a Google Sheet for further analysis. Setup To run this workflow, you need to set up credentials for: 1. OpenRouter: Uses an API Key. Generate this key directly from your OpenRouter account settings. (YT Tutorial : 2. Google Sheets: Uses OAuth 2.0. Requires setup in Google Cloud Console (enable Sheets API, create OAuth Client ID with n8n redirect URI) to get a Client ID & Secret. Ensure these credentials are created and selected in the respective n8n nodes (Get Posts, OpenRouter Chat Model nodes, Output The Results).
How to import this n8n workflow
- 1
Download the workflow JSON file after purchase.
- 2
Open n8n → click the menu → Import from File.
- 3
Select the downloaded JSON and import.
- 4
Set up credentials for each node that requires them.
- 5
Click Execute Workflow to test, then activate.
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