Automate Business Idea Generation from Reddit to Telegram with n8n

The Problem: You scroll through Reddit daily, spotting golden opportunities in subreddits like r/entrepreneur, r/ArtificialInteligence, and r/n8n. Someone asks about AI automation. Another person needs help building a workflow. Every post is a potential client, a content idea, or a business insight. But tracking them manually? That's hours of work you don't have.

The Solution: This n8n workflow acts as your intelligent Reddit assistant. It automatically searches targeted subreddits, uses AI to classify and analyze posts, generates ready-to-publish social media content, and delivers everything to your Telegram inbox. No manual monitoring. No missed opportunities. Just pure business intelligence served daily.

Prerequisites: What You'll Need

Before diving into the workflow, gather these essential components:

• Reddit OAuth2 API credentials for accessing Reddit data programmatically
• OpenAI API key for the AI analysis and content generation capabilities
• Telegram Bot token to receive your daily content reports
• n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted) to run the automation

Key n8n Nodes in This Workflow

• Schedule Trigger: Runs the workflow automatically at noon daily
• Reddit Node: Searches and fetches posts from multiple subreddits
• Text Classifier (LangChain): Categorizes posts as Questions or Requests
• AI Agent (LangChain): Analyzes content and generates social media strategies
• Structured Output Parser: Ensures consistent, actionable data format
• Code Node: Formats everything into readable Telegram messages
• Telegram Node: Delivers the final report to your device

How This Workflow Transforms Reddit Into Revenue

Let me walk you through the magic happening behind the scenes. This isn't just scraping Reddit. It's building an intelligent content pipeline that thinks like a strategist.

Step 1: Multi-Subreddit Intelligence Gathering

The workflow kicks off with three parallel Reddit search operations, each targeting different gold mines of opportunity:

• r/ArtificialInteligence: Searches for "AI automation OR workflow automation OR business automation" and pulls the 20 newest posts
• r/n8n: Grabs the 20 hottest posts from the n8n community
• r/entrepreneur: Hunts for "AI business OR artificial intelligence business OR automation startup" conversations with the most engagement

These three streams merge into a single pipeline, giving you comprehensive market intelligence from where your ideal clients hang out.

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Step 2: AI-Powered Post Classification

Here's where it gets smart. Not all Reddit posts are created equal. The Text Classifier node powered by GPT-4.1-mini analyzes each post's content and categorizes it into two strategic buckets:

• Questions: Posts where people seek knowledge, explanations, or understanding. These are content opportunities.
• Requests: Posts where people need something built, automated, or solved. These are potential client leads.

This classification is crucial because it determines the next step: each category gets its own specialized AI analysis.

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Step 3: Dual-Track AI Analysis System

This is the brain of the operation. The workflow splits into two intelligent pathways:

For Questions (Educational Content Track):

An AI Agent analyzes the post through the lens of Femi Adedayo, a Nigerian entrepreneur and AI automation expert. It generates:

• Relevancy score (0.05 to 0.95) measuring alignment with AI/automation expertise
• Detail score assessing how specific and answerable the question is
• 5-line strategic summary covering the core question, knowledge gap, business context, automation angle, and teaching opportunity
• 3 LinkedIn post ideas for thought leadership
• 3 Twitter post ideas for quick engagement

For Requests (Sales Opportunity Track):

A separate AI Agent evaluates each request as a potential project:

• Relevancy score for service alignment
• Feasibility score measuring technical deliverability
• 5-line solution summary detailing the requested solution, requirements, business value, technical approach, and project scope
• 3 solution-focused LinkedIn posts
• 3 lead generation Twitter posts

Both agents use Structured Output Parser to maintain consistency and ensure every analysis follows the exact same format.

Step 4: Data Transformation & Formatting

Raw AI output isn't immediately actionable. The Edit Fields nodes extract and restructure the data into clean components: Score, Meaning, Summary, and Social Media Content. These parallel streams then merge back together, creating a unified dataset ready for presentation.

The Code node takes over next, building a comprehensive Telegram message that's actually pleasant to read. It formats everything with clear headers, dividers, and structured sections. It even handles message chunking, because Telegram has a 4,096 character limit. If your daily intelligence report runs long, it automatically splits into multiple messages without breaking context.

Step 5: Intelligent Delivery to Your Pocket

Finally, the Telegram node sends your complete strategic report directly to your phone. Every day at noon, you receive a formatted breakdown containing opportunity analyses, relevancy scores, strategic summaries, and ready-to-publish social media content. All without opening Reddit once.

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Why This Workflow Changes The Game

Real-World Applications

Content Marketing on Autopilot: Generate weeks of social media content from real community questions. Your LinkedIn and Twitter feeds stay active with relevant, timely posts that position you as an expert.

Lead Generation System: Identify potential clients asking for automation solutions before your competitors even see the posts. The feasibility scoring helps you prioritize which opportunities to pursue.

Market Intelligence: Track trending topics, pain points, and emerging needs in the AI automation space. Your workflow becomes a competitive intelligence tool that costs nothing but delivers insights worth thousands.

Time Reclamation: What used to take 2-3 hours of manual Reddit browsing, note-taking, and content ideation now happens automatically while you sleep. You wake up to opportunities, not busywork.

The Strategic Advantage

This workflow doesn't just save time. It creates an unfair advantage. While others manually sift through hundreds of posts hoping to find something valuable, your AI-powered system has already identified the best opportunities, scored their relevance, analyzed the business potential, and generated the content you need to capitalize on them.

The beauty lies in the automation doing what humans do poorly: consistent daily monitoring with zero fatigue. Combined with AI doing what humans do slowly: deep analysis and creative content generation. You get to do what humans do best: strategic decision-making and relationship building.

This is business development automation at its finest. You're not replacing human judgment. You're augmenting it with tireless AI assistance that ensures you never miss an opportunity hiding in plain sight.

Your Next Move

The workflow is ready to deploy. Start with the manual trigger to test everything, then switch to the daily schedule when you're confident in your setup. Adjust the subreddits and search terms to match your specific niche. Modify the AI prompts to reflect your unique voice and positioning.

Within a week, you'll have a library of content ideas and a pipeline of qualified opportunities. Within a month, you'll wonder how you ever operated without this system. That's the power of combining AI analysis with workflow automation. Reddit never stops generating opportunities. Now neither do you.