Create a Daily Visual Journal From Discord Chats with Gpt-4, Dall-e and Notion

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        [
          {
            "node": "Create Notion Entry",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Filter Today's Messages": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Has Messages?",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Generate Image (DALL-E)": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Upload to Cloudinary",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

About this workflow

I wanted a journal but never had the discipline to write one. Most of my day happens in Discord anyway, so I built this to do it for me.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/12337/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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