Track free Udemy courses automatically and log them to Google Sheets

Checks for free Udemy courses every hour and keeps a running Google Sheet of what's currently free.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each featured course; a person is alerted when a step fails.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Email AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsEducation & Training
Connects
RapidAPIGoogle SheetsGmail

The problem it solves

Free course deals disappear fast and you don't have time to keep refreshing a coupon site to catch them. Manually copying details into a spreadsheet is tedious and easy to forget.

Who it fits

Anyone building a library of free learning resources for themselves or a team.

How it works

  1. Every hour, the system checks for currently featured Udemy courses
  2. It filters the list down to only the ones that are fully free
  3. New or updated free courses are added to your Google Sheet
  4. If the check fails, you get an email alert so nothing is missed
What you get

Free courses added to your list automatically

You get a constantly updated spreadsheet of every free Udemy course as soon as it becomes available, ready to share with your team.

What you get

An always up-to-date Google Sheet of free Udemy courses.

What you need

A RapidAPI account and a Google account.

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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