Automate LinkedIn Posts with AI

Automate your LinkedIn content creation and publishing by leveraging AI with this powerful workflow. This n8n automation connects LinkedIn, OpenAI, and Notion to streamline your social media presence. A Schedule Trigger initiates the process daily, querying your Notion database for today's scheduled posts. For each post, the workflow fetches all content from its Notion page, including text blocks and an image URL, then uses OpenAI to reformat the post text for optimal engagement. The workflow then combines the rephrased text and fetched image, publishing the complete post directly to LinkedIn. Finally, it updates the post's status in Notion to "Done," ensuring your content calendar remains accurate. This workflow is ideal for content creators, marketers, and businesses looking to maintain a consistent and engaging LinkedIn presence without manual effort, saving significant time on content preparation and publishing while ensuring high-quality, AI-enhanced posts.
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Workflow JSON

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Text", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi", "position": [1620, 440], "parameters": {"text": "=Thank you kindly for your help, please refer to the following LinkedIn post, and output a reformatted version employing thoroughly thought-out paragraph breaks, and lists if present:\n```\n{{ $json.content.join(\" \") }}\n```", "prompt": "define", "options": {}, "resource": "assistant", "assistantId": {"__rl": true, "mode": "list", "value": "asst_J1KuOx5wTLrjEHuy5q94jEgh", "cachedResultName": "LinkedIn Post Reviewer"}}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1.3}, {"id": "119d7fc7-ed62-4a73-916e-8baf19ab1d86", "name": "get all content from post page", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.notion", "position": [1020, 540], "parameters": {"blockId": {"__rl": true, "mode": "url", "value": "={{ $json.url }}"}, "resource": "block", "operation": "getAll", "returnAll": true}, "credentials": {"notionApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your notionApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 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entries from Notion table for today": {"main": [[{"node": "get all content from post page", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}}}

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