Daily Validated Business Ideas using n8n and Upwork

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Built by Archit Jain Archit Jain
Created on June 05, 2026

Description

How it works
Runs at set times to fetch new Upwork job listings.
Checks each job’s total or hourly budget and keeps only higher-budget ones.
Extracts the job description for those selected jobs.
Uses AI to identify the core business idea from each description.
Records the idea and job details into a Google Sheet.
Can also be triggered manually to process a single job description.

Set up steps

Required:** Upwork API key, AI service key, and a Google Sheet.
Import:** Bring the JSON into n8n.
Configure:** Enter your API keys and connect to your Google Sheet.
Time:** About 25–35 minutes to complete all steps.
Notes:** Detailed setup instructions are added as sticky notes inside the workflow.

Nodes Used (6)

AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
Call n8n Workflow Tool
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolWorkflow
Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
OpenRouter Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter
Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured