📈 Daily stock market digest with GPT-5, Decodo scraping & Gmail delivery
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Description
Step-By-Step AI Stock Market Research Agent (Beginner)
Build your own AI-powered daily stock market digest — automatically researched, summarized, and delivered straight to your inbox. This beginner-friendly n8n workflow shows how to combine OpenAI GPT-5, Decodo scraping tool, and Gmail to produce a concise daily financial update without writing a single line of code.
🎥 Watch a full tutorial and walkthrough on how to build and customize similar workflows at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdnxVhUaQd4
What this template does
Every day, this agent automatically: Triggers on schedule (e.g., 9 a.m. daily). Uses Decodo Tool to fetch real market headlines from Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, etc. Passes the information to GPT-5, which summarizes key events into a clean daily report covering: Major indices (S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow) Global markets (Europe & Asia) Sector trends and earnings Congressional trading activity Major financial and regulatory news Emails the digest to you in a neat, ready-to-read HTML format.
Why it’s useful (for beginners)
Zero coding: everything configured through n8n nodes. Hands-on AI Agent logic: learn how a language-model node, memory, and web-scraping tool work together. Practical use case: a real-world agent that automates market intelligence for investors, creators, or business analysts.
Requirements
OpenAI API Key (GPT-4/5 compatible) Decodo API Key (for market data scraping) Gmail OAuth2 Credential (to send daily digest)
Credentials to set in n8n OpenAI API (Chat Model) → Connect your OpenAI key. Decodo API → Paste your Decodo access key. Gmail OAuth2 → Connect your Google Account and edit “send to” email address.
How it works (nodes overview)
- Schedule Trigger Starts the workflow at a preset time (default: daily).
- AI Research Agent Acts as a Stock Market Research Assistant. Uses GPT-5 via OpenAI Chat Model. Uses Decodo Tool to fetch real-time data from trusted finance sites. Applies custom system rules for concise summaries and email-ready HTML output.
- Simple Memory Maintains short-term context for clean message passing between nodes.
- Decodo Tool Handles all data scraping and extraction using the AI’s tool calls.
- Gmail Node Emails the final daily digest to the user (default subject: “Daily AI News Update”).
Setup (step-by-step)
Import template into n8n. Open each credential node → connect your accounts. In the Gmail node, replace “sendTo” with your email. Adjust Schedule Trigger → e.g., every weekday 8:30 a.m. (Optional) Edit the system prompt in AI Research Agent to focus on different sectors (crypto, energy, tech). Click Execute Workflow Once to test — you’ll receive an AI-curated digest in your inbox.
Customization tips
🕒 Change frequency: adjust Schedule Trigger to run multiple times daily or weekly. 📰 Add sources: extend the Decodo Tool input with new URLs (e.g., Seeking Alpha, MarketWatch). 📈 Switch topic: modify prompt to track crypto, commodities, or macroeconomic data. 💬 Alternative delivery: send digest via Slack, Telegram, or Notion instead of Gmail.
Troubleshooting
401 errors: verify OpenAI/Decodo credentials. Empty output: ensure Decodo Tool returns valid data; inspect the agent’s log. Email not sent: confirm Gmail OAuth2 scope and recipient email. Formatting issues: keep output in HTML mode; avoid Markdown.
🔗 Nodes Used
Gmail, Schedule Trigger, AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Simple Memory
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File