Turn spreadsheet drafts into publish-ready articles with team approval

Turns a draft from your spreadsheet into a formatted, SEO-ready article and routes it for email and Slack approval.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; a person has to approve before it continues.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2)

flowchart TD trig(("chat message starts process")):::human s0[("pull latest draft")]:::store s1["generate seo formatted content"]:::task s2(("approver reviews draft")):::human s3["publish final piece"]:::task s4["notify team in slack"]:::task trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s2 --> s3 s3 --> s4 hg(("marketing approver reviews")):::human s1 --> hg hg -->|"approved"| s2 hg -. "sent back" .-> s1 gx{"+ save draft or send for approval"}:::gate s1 --> gx p00["save draft to sheet"]:::task gx -->|"log draft"| p00 p10["email draft to approver"]:::task gx -->|"request approval"| p10 p00 --> s2 p10 --> s2 out[/"approved article published and confirmed"/]:::out pay{{"faster publishing with built-in approval"}}:::pay s4 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
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Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsSEO & Search OptimizationEmail AutomationMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
Google SheetsGmailOpenAISlack

The problem it solves

Getting content from rough draft to published often means bouncing between docs, formatting it by hand, and chasing someone down for a yes before it goes live. Small formatting slips or missed approvals slow the whole pipeline down.

Who it fits

Content and marketing teams publishing articles on a regular schedule.

How it works

  1. Trigger: you start the process from a chat message
  2. The system pulls the latest draft from your Google Sheet
  3. AI writes SEO metadata, converts the draft to formatted HTML, and tags it
  4. The finished draft is saved back to the sheet and emailed to an approver
  5. Once approved, the final piece is sent out and the team gets a Slack confirmation
What you get

Drafts staged and ready for approval

Your spreadsheet drafts get turned into formatted, SEO-ready articles and routed to an approver by email before anything goes live.

What you get

A publish-ready, SEO-formatted article plus a Slack notification once it's approved and sent.

What you need

A Google Workspace account, an OpenAI API key, and a Slack workspace.

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.

Let's Talk Strategy

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