✨ Automated cover letter generator with Indeed job scraping and GPT-4o-mini
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Description
This workflow automates the process of writing tailored cover letters for job applications. It:
- Uses Apify’s Indeed Scraper to pull live job postings based on your chosen search term.
- Sends the job description along with your resume into OpenAI, which writes an optimized cover letter — one paragraph plus bullet points — only using details from your resume.
Perfect for quickly generating professional, customized cover letters for each role you want to apply to.
⚙️ Setup Instructions
1️⃣ Set Up OpenAI Connection
- Go to OpenAI Platform
- Navigate to OpenAI Billing
- Add funds to your billing account
- Copy your API key into the OpenAI credentials in n8n
2️⃣ Set Up Apify Connection
- Go to Apify Console and sign up/login
- Get your API token here: Apify API Keys
- Set up this scraper in your Apify account:
- In n8n, create a HTTP Query Auth credential
- Query Key:
token - Value:
YOUR_APIFY_API_KEY
- Query Key:
- Attach this credential to the HTTP Request node (
Search Indeed)
📬 Contact Information
Need help customizing this workflow or building similar automations?
📧 robert@ynteractive.com
🔗 Robert Breen
🌐 ynteractive.com
🔗 Nodes Used
HTTP Request, AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Structured Output Parser
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File