Generate Startup Ideas from Reddit with Gemini AI & Sheets

This n8n workflow automates the discovery of startup opportunities by scraping top posts from key subreddits that highlight user frustrations or unmet needs, such as phrases like 'Why is there no tool that' or 'I wish there was an app for.' It uses Google's Gemini 1.5 Flash-8b AI model to deeply analyze each post, extracting the core problem, checking for existing solutions, proposing innovative startup ideas, identifying target users, and outlining implementation steps.

The process begins with a manual trigger, followed by Reddit API queries across multiple subreddits. Results are merged and refined to focus on critical data like title, selftext, upvotes, creation date, and URL. This cleaned data feeds into the AI for insightful analysis, with both raw posts and generated ideas seamlessly appended to a Google Sheet for review, prioritization, and action.

Ideal for entrepreneurs, product managers, and innovators, this workflow saves hours of manual research, uncovers hidden market gaps, and provides actionable AI-powered insights. It's particularly valuable for bootstrappers seeking validated problem spaces without expensive surveys. Requires self-hosted n8n with Reddit API and Google Gemini credentials; compatible with community nodes.