Turn trending articles into a ready-to-post LinkedIn update

Pulls a topic from your content list, finds related articles, and drafts a LinkedIn post with an image.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsSocial Media ManagementSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
Google SheetsOpenAIDumpling AI

The problem it solves

Writing a solid LinkedIn post means reading through several articles, pulling out the useful bits, and turning them into something worth posting, plus finding an image to go with it. Doing that consistently, week after week, is hard to keep up with.

Who it fits

Social media managers, ghostwriters, and founders who want to post on LinkedIn regularly without writing from scratch.

How it works

  1. You start the automation with a topic waiting in your content spreadsheet
  2. The system searches for and pulls the top related articles
  3. AI reads them and drafts a LinkedIn post along with a matching image idea
  4. AI generates an image from that idea
  5. The finished post text and image are saved back to your spreadsheet
What you get

Drafts sitting in your queue ready to review

You get a polished LinkedIn post and matching image drafted from trending articles, ready in your spreadsheet.

What you get

A drafted LinkedIn post with a matching image, saved and ready to review and publish.

What you need

A Google Workspace account, an OpenAI API key, and an API key for the article search and image service.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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