Create fact-based blog outlines with GPT-4o & Tavily search data
Overview
Turn your keyword research into a clear, fact-based content outline with this workflow. It splits your keyword into 5-6 subtopics, makes research questions for those subtopics, and uses Tavily to pull answers from real search results. This way your outline is based on real data, not just AI training data, so you can create accurate and reliable content.
How it works
- Enter a keyword in the form to start the workflow
- The OpenAI node splits the keyword into 5-6 research subtopics and makes a research question for each one. These questions will be used to enrich the outline later on
- We split the research questions into separate items so we can process them one by one
- Each research question is sent to Tavily. Tavily searches the web for answers and returns a short summary
- Next, we add the answers to our JSON sections
- We take all the separate items and join them into one list again
- The JSON outline is converted into Markdown using a code node. The code takes the JSON headers, turns them into Markdown headings (level 2), and puts the answers underneath
Setup steps
- Get an OpenAI API key and set up your credentials inside n8n
- Sign up for a Tavily account and get an API key — you can use a free account for testing
- Install the Tavily community node. If you don’t want to use a community node, you can call Tavily directly using an HTTP node. Check their API reference for what endpoints to call
- Run the workflow and enter the keyword you want to target in the form
- Adjust the workflow to decide what to do with the Markdown outline
Requirements
- An OpenAI API key
- A Tavily account
- The Tavily community node installed
- (Optional) If you don’t want to use the Tavily community node, use a regular HTTP node and call the API directly. Check their API reference for what endpoints to call
Workflow customizations
- Instead of using a form to enter your keyword, you can keep all your research in a Google Doc and go through it row by row
- You can add another AI node at the end to turn the outline into a full article
- You can put the outline in a Google Doc and send it to a writer using the Google Docs node and the Gmail node
Create Fact-Based Blog Outlines with GPT-4o & Tavily Search Data
This n8n workflow automates the process of generating fact-based blog outlines using a combination of user input, web search, and advanced AI. It leverages GPT-4o for content generation and Tavily Search for real-time information retrieval, ensuring the outlines are well-researched and relevant.
What it does
This workflow streamlines the creation of blog outlines by:
- Receiving User Input: It starts by accepting a blog post title and a brief description from a user via an n8n form.
- Preparing Search Queries: It uses the provided blog post title to generate a targeted search query for fact-finding.
- Performing Web Search: It executes a web search using Tavily Search to gather relevant, up-to-date information based on the generated query.
- Aggregating Search Results: It collects and combines the search results into a single, usable format.
- Generating Blog Outline with AI: It sends the original blog post title, description, and the aggregated search results to OpenAI's GPT-4o model to generate a comprehensive, fact-based blog outline.
- Structuring AI Response: It processes the AI-generated outline, extracting key sections and formatting them for clarity.
- Outputting the Outline: The final, structured blog outline is presented back to the user.
Prerequisites/Requirements
- n8n Instance: A running n8n instance to host the workflow.
- OpenAI API Key: An API key for OpenAI (specifically for GPT-4o access).
- Tavily Search API Key: An API key for Tavily Search for web data retrieval.
Setup/Usage
- Import the Workflow: Download the provided JSON and import it into your n8n instance.
- Configure Credentials:
- OpenAI Node: Add your OpenAI API Key credential to the "OpenAI" node.
- Tavily Search Node: Add your Tavily Search API Key credential to the "Tavily Search" node.
- Activate the Workflow: Toggle the workflow to "Active" in n8n.
- Access the Form: Open the URL provided by the "On form submission" trigger node to access the input form.
- Submit Details: Fill in the "Blog Post Title" and "Description" fields in the form and submit.
- Receive Outline: The workflow will execute, and the generated blog outline will be displayed as the output of the "OpenAI" node.
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