📊 E-commerce price monitor with Firecrawl, Claude-Sonnet AI & Telegram alerts
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Description
Introduction
Automate price monitoring for e-commerce competitors—ideal for retailers, analysts, and pricing teams. Scrapes competitor sites, extracts pricing/stock data via AI, detects changes, and sends instant alerts for dynamic pricing strategies.
How It Works
Scrapes competitor URLs via Firecrawl and Apify, extracts data with AI, detects price/stock changes, logs to Google Sheets, and sends Telegram alerts.
Workflow Template
Trigger → Scrape URL → AI Extract → Parse → Merge Historical → Detect Changes → Update Sheets + Send Telegram Alert
Workflow Steps
- Trigger & Scrape → Manual/scheduled trigger → Firecrawl + Apify fetch competitor data
- AI Processing → Claude extracts product details → Parses and structures data
- Change Detection → Reads historical prices → Merges with current data → Identifies updates
- Output → Logs alerts to Sheets → Updates historical data → Sends Telegram notification
Setup Instructions
1. Firecrawl API Get key from dashboard → Add to n8n 2. Apify API Get key from console → Add to n8n → Configure actors 3. AI Model (Claude/OpenAI) Get API key → Add to n8n 4. Google Sheets OAuth2 Create OAuth2 in Google Cloud Console → Authorize in n8n → Enable API 5. Telegram Bot Create via BotFather → Get token & chat ID → Add to n8n 6. Spreadsheet Setup Create Sheet with required columns → Copy ID → Paste in workflow
Prerequisites
Self-hosted n8n, Firecrawl account, Apify account, Claude/OpenAI API key, Google account (Sheets OAuth2),Telegram bot
Customization
Add more URLs, adjust scraping intervals, change detection thresholds, switch to Slack/email alerts, integrate databases
Benefits
Saves 2+ hours daily, real-time tracking, automated alerts, historical analysis, multi-source scraping
🔗 Nodes Used
Google Sheets, HTTP Request, Telegram, Schedule Trigger, Perplexity, Anthropic
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File