AI Deep Research Agent: n8n, Apify & OpenAI o3
Replicates OpenAI's DeepResearch with n8n: recursive web search, scraping via Apify, and OpenAI reasoning to generate detailed reports in Notion. Cost-effective alternative for teams needing multi-step research automation.
This n8n workflow creates a self-hosted AI Deep Research Agent, mimicking OpenAI's pro-only DeepResearch feature. Users submit a research query and depth preference via a form, triggering a blank Notion page creation for the final report. The agent then performs recursive web searches and scraping using Apify to gather extensive data, synthesizing partial learnings iteratively.
Once data collection completes, all insights are fed into an OpenAI o3 reasoning model to produce a comprehensive repo
- Platform
- n8n
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- $24.99
- Creator
- Fred Garcia
- AI
- Research
- Deep Research
- Apify
- OpenAI
- Notion
- Web Scraping
- Automation
- n8n
- Reasoning LLM
How to import this workflow into n8n
- 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
- 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
- 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
- 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.
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