Find every article URL on a website automatically with AI

AI scans any website and picks out real article links, skipping menus and category pages, into a sheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each link found on the site.

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 SystemsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
Google SheetsOpenAI

The problem it solves

If you monitor competitors, curate news, or build a research database, you know how much time it takes to click through websites hunting for actual articles. Most links you find are navigation pages or category clutter that waste your time.

Who it fits

Content marketers, researchers, or media monitors who track articles across many websites.

How it works

  1. You add a website to track in a Google Sheet
  2. The system visits the site and pulls every link it finds
  3. AI reviews each link and identifies which ones are real articles
  4. Tracking parameters are stripped and duplicate links are removed
  5. Confirmed article URLs are added to the Google Sheet with their source
What you get

Article links you didn't have to hunt for

You get a complete, sorted list of every real article link on a website, ready to track without sifting through menus yourself.

What you get

A clean, deduplicated Google Sheet of article links ready for research or content curation.

What you need

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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