Auto-Generate AI News Commentary with Dumpling AI and GPT-4o

Description

This workflow turns trending news into thoughtful first-person commentary for platforms like LinkedIn. It uses Dumpling AI’s News Search and Scraping APIs to find and extract article content, then feeds the cleaned text to GPT-4o to write personalized insights. The final output is saved back to Google Sheets as a draft for easy review or posting.

✅ What this workflow does

Triggers daily using a Schedule node.
Fetches a list of content topics from a Google Sheet.
Uses Dumpling AI to search for relevant news articles based on each topic.
Scrapes the article content with Dumpling AI’s /scrape endpoint.
Cleans and aggregates the article content using a Code node.
Generates first-person commentary with GPT-4o tailored for LinkedIn.
Appends the generated post back to the Google Sheet next to its topic.

🧩 Nodes in this workflow

Schedule Trigger**: Starts the workflow daily.
Google Sheets (Read Topics)**: Pulls topic rows that don’t have a generated commentary yet.
Split In Batches**: Processes each topic one at a time.
Wait**: Adds a delay to manage API limits.
HTTP Request (Search News)**: Uses Dumpling AI's /search-news to find relevant articles for the topic.
Split Out**: Iterates over the list of article results.
HTTP Request (Scrape Article)**: Extracts the full article text using Dumpling AI’s /scrape.
Aggregate**: Collects and merges article content fields.
Code (Clean Article)**: Strips links, formatting, and irrelevant text.
OpenAI (GPT-4o)**: Generates a short, first-person LinkedIn post-style commentary using a custom prompt.
Google Sheets (Write Back)**: Appends the final output next to the original topic in the sheet.

🧑‍💼 Who is this for?

Founders, content creators, marketers, or **agency teams looking to maintain an active presence on LinkedIn or newsletters by sharing smart takes on industry trends.

💡 What problem does this solve?

Most people want to comment on current events but don't have the time to summarize articles or write well-structured posts. This automation saves hours of manual work by:
Finding the right article.
Extracting and cleaning the content.
Writing it in a natural, first-person voice using AI.

⚙️ What you need to use this:

A Google Sheet with at least two columns: topic and generated commentary.
A Dumpling AI API Key with access to the /search-news and /scrape endpoints.
An OpenAI GPT-4o connection.