Turn Reddit discussions into content ideas in Google Sheets

AI scans chosen subreddits for relevant posts and logs summaries, pain points, and content ideas to a sheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each matching reddit post.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsSEO & Search OptimizationSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
RedditGoogle SheetsOpenAI

The problem it solves

Finding out what your customers or audience are actually frustrated about means digging through Reddit threads by hand, which takes forever and is easy to lose track of. Most of that research never makes it into an actual content plan.

Who it fits

Marketers or content teams researching audience pain points for blog posts, social content, or product ideas.

How it works

  1. The system checks chosen subreddits and keywords on a schedule
  2. New posts matching your topics are pulled in
  3. AI summarizes each post and pulls out the underlying pain point
  4. Content angle suggestions are generated from each summary
  5. The results are added to a Google Sheet
What you get

Audience pain points you didn't have to dig for

You get a running list of content ideas pulled straight from real conversations on Reddit, complete with the pain points behind them.

What you get

A running Google Sheet of audience pain points and ready-made content angles.

What you need

A Reddit account, a Google account, and an OpenAI API key.

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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