You tagged me, so hereโs the honest answer โ itโs not a genius, itโs an assembly line.
research โ
structure โ
format โ
post
A paid consultant does 4 jobs in one slow head. A pipeline splits them and runs each at scale.
The โso well-researchedโ feel = fan-out search across 100s of sources โ dedupe. Breadth, not brains.
The โbeautiful structureโ = a reusable template an LLM refills every time. Same skeleton, new topic.
๐ Stage 1 โ the research that looks like a $500 consultant (it's just breadth)
Point a โdeep researchโ agent at a topic โ it fires dozens of searches, reads the pages, and hands back a sourced report. That thoroughness is the whole illusion. Free + open-source:
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GPT-Researcher (question โ cited report) โ https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher
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Stanford STORM (topic โ structured article) โ https://github.com/stanford-oval/storm
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Try STORM free in-browser first โ https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/
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Firecrawl (turn any site into clean text) โ https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl
๐งฉ Stage 2 โ the 'perfectly organized' part is a template, not fresh brilliance
An LLM sorts the raw pile into the same proven skeleton every time โ title, sections, tables, tabs. You feed it a structure prompt; it fills it. These force clean tables/sections out of any model:
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Instructor (force clean structured output) โ https://github.com/567-labs/instructor
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Markdown table generator โ https://github.com/jakebathman/Markdown-Table-Generator
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Headline / hook prompt libraries โ https://github.com/ai-boost/awesome-prompts
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Huge prompt library (steal the structure prompts) โ https://github.com/f/prompts.chat
๐จ Stage 3 โ the pretty tabs + tables are just the platform's own code (BBCode)
Those expandable tabs arenโt magic โ theyโre Discourse BBCode. The LLM writes markdown; a converter turns it into the [details]/table format you see. Thatโs the entire โdesignโ step.
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Markdown โ BBCode converter โ https://github.com/RedGuides/md2bbcode
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Another (Discourse-friendly) โ https://github.com/doxxx/markdown-to-bbcode
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In-browser converter โ https://joeyparrish.github.io/markdown2bbcode/
๐ Stage 4 โ the 'at scale' part: n8n chains it all + auto-posts (the guess was right)
NixXxon nailed it โ n8n. Itโs a free, self-hostable board where you drag boxes: trigger โ research โ LLM structure โ format โ post. One flow, runs itself.
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n8n (self-host, free) โ https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
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One-click AI starter kit โ https://github.com/n8n-io/self-hosted-ai-starter-kit
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2000+ ready workflows to copy โ https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows
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Deep-research โ report workflow โ https://n8n.io/workflows/7160-deep-research-agent-automated-research-and-notion-report-builder/
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Auto-post to a forum (Discourse node) โ https://n8n.io/workflows/930-create-update-and-get-a-post-via-discourse/
๐ธ Run the whole thing free โ the LLM brain that costs $0
Every stage above needs an LLM. You donโt pay OpenAI. Free/cheap options that plug straight into n8n:
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OpenRouter (free models) โ https://openrouter.ai/models?max_price=0
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Groq (fast, free tier) โ https://groq.com/
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Ollama (run models on your own PC, $0 forever) โ https://github.com/ollama/ollama
๐ The other lane โ visual builders if n8n feels heavy (incl. China's Coze)
Prefer drag-drop over a workflow board? These build the same pipeline as chat-style agents. Coze (open-sourced) is huge for exactly this at scale.
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Coze Studio (open-source agent builder) โ https://github.com/coze-dev/coze-studio
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Flowise (visual LLM flows) โ https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise
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Dify (LLM app builder) โ https://github.com/langgenius/dify
๐ก 5 things you can actually build with this (pick one, start today)
A โmega-indexโ bot โ deep-research a niche โ dump every tool into one [details] post, weekly.
A newsletter that writes itself โ RSS in โ LLM summary โ auto-formatted โ sent, hands-off.
One idea โ 6 platforms โ n8n reshapes a post for X, Reddit, LinkedIn, forum in one run.
A catchy-title machine โ paste any boring draft โ hook-prompt library rewrites the headline 10 ways.
A daily poster โ topic list in a Google Sheet โ n8n picks one, researches, formats, posts. You sleep.
It was never a smarter writer. Itโs the same four boxes, wired once โ and now the machine does the reading for you.