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AI Business Idea Hunter (Global)

Automated market research workflow from English & Chinese sources, AI scoring (>7/10), and Notion storage with anti-duplicate logic.

AI Business Idea Hunter (Global)

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1. Overview

This is a complex automation workflow designed for market research. It acts as a “Virtual Assistant” hunting for business opportunities globally.

🚀 Key Highlight: This workflow not only collects news (scraping) but also translates (Chinese to English) and evaluates (reasoning) using AI. Only high-potential ideas are sent to you.

2. Key Features

A. A. Multi-language & Multi-source Collects data from the world’s largest markets:

  • English Sources: Leading business news sites (US/Global).
  • Chinese Sources: Auto-translates from Chinese to English.

B. AI Scoring System

  • Uses LLM to analyze news potential on a scale of 10 based on feasibility and market trends.

🧠 Smart Filtering: Only sends alerts when the score is above 7/10. Low-score items are discarded automatically.

C. Notion Memory & Anti-Duplicate

  • Uses Notion Database as “Long-term memory”.
  • Check: Before processing, checks if the title exists in Notion.
  • Prevent Duplicates: If exists -> Skip. If not -> Process and Save.
  • This ensures you never receive duplicate notifications about an old idea.

3. Detailed Setup Guide

To run this workflow, prepare the following resources:

⚙️ Prerequisites

  • OpenAI API Key: Used for translation and scoring features (Recommended model: anthropic/claude-3-haiku).
  • Notion Integration Token: Required to connect and write data to the Database.
  • Notion Database ID: The ID of the database storing the ideas.
  • Telegram Bot Token & Chat ID: Used to receive notifications.

Steps:

  • Import: Download the JSON file and import it into your n8n instance.
  • Configure Credentials: Enter your OpenAI API Key, Notion Token, and Telegram Bot Token into the corresponding nodes.

Notion Setup:

  • **Create a Notion Database with the following columns: Title, Score, Summary, Source URL.
  • **Copy the Database ID into both the “Notion - Check Duplicate” and “Notion - Create Item” nodes.
  • **Activate: Enable the workflow and configure the execution schedule (e.g., daily at 6:00 AM).

⚠️ Cost Warning: This workflow calls the OpenAI API for every processed article (Translation + Scoring). Be cautious when setting up continuous schedules to avoid unnecessary API charges. It is recommended to test with a limit of 5 articles first.