Daily Auto-generated Tweets From Trending Topics Using Perplexity & Gpt-4o

The workflow JSON

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  "name": "Twitterbot",
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      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "{\n  \"model\": \"sonar-pro\",\n  \"messages\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"user\",\n      \"content\": \"What are the most important or interesting developments from the last 24\u201348 hours in the [ENTER YOUR TOPIC OR INDUSTRY] space? Include key names, links, and short, high-signal summaries. Prioritize novelty, usefulness, and recency. Keep it concise and skip the fluff.\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n\n",
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        "options": {},
        "messages": {
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            {
              "role": "system",
              "content": "You are a sharp, human-sounding ghostwriter for high-signal Twitter thought leaders. Your job is to turn raw summaries into compelling tweets that *do not sound AI-generated*. Each tweet should feel like it came from a real person interpreting the data \u2014 with original insight, tone, and rhythm.\n\nAvoid generic phrases and obvious AI patterns. Vary sentence structure, include your own perspective or commentary, and add a touch of edge, humor, or curiosity when appropriate.\n\nUse human rhetorical devices like:\n- Open-ended questions\n- Unfinished thoughts\n- Bold claims\n- Contrarian takes\n- \u201cHere\u2019s the twist\u2026\u201d setups\n\nEach tweet should be designed to spark conversation** \u2014 end with a question, bold statement, or call for opinion.\n"
            },
            {
              "content": "=Here\u2019s a summary of recent developments in [ENTER YOUR TOPIC OR INDUSTRY] industry. Rewrite it as 1 tweet in my voice: intelligent, confident, and human. Don\u2019t just summarize \u2014 interpret.\n\nEach tweet should:\n- Be under 280 characters\n- Avoid sounding like ChatGPT wrote it\n- Include original commentary or interpretation\n- End the thread with a rhetorical hook, question, or challenge to invite replies\n\n{{ $json.choices[0].message.content }}\n"
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      "credentials": {
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          "name": "<your credential>"
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      "parameters": {
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        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"text\": \"{{ $json.message.content.tweet }}\"\n}",
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        "nodeCredentialType": "twitterOAuth2Api"
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      "parameters": {
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        "content": "\u2705 Automated Daily Tweet Bot\nThis workflow pulls trending insights from Perplexity, summarizes them using OpenAI, and tweets the result.\n\n\ud83e\udde0 Workflow Steps:\nSchedule Trigger \u2013 Runs once per day.\n\nHTTP Request (Perplexity) \u2013 Pulls real-time insights from the web.\n\nOpenAI (GPT) \u2013 Summarizes & formats the insight as a tweet.\n\nHTTP Request (Twitter API) \u2013 Posts the tweet to X/Twitter."
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  "settings": {
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}

Credentials you'll need

Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.

• openAiApi
• twitterOAuth2Api

About this workflow

This workflow auto-generates and posts a tweet once per day using real-time insights from the web. It uses Perplexity to fetch trending topics, OpenAI to summarize them into a tweet, and the Twitter API to publish.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/6981/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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