Jitesh Dugar This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #15623 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Agent → Google Drive recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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"name": "LinkedIn job search with apify - Cover Letter Generator v2",
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"score": "={{ $json.score }}",
"Company": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.company.name }}",
"Location": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.location.linkedinText }}",
"description": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.descriptionText }}",
"Cover Letter": "={{ $json.coverLetter }}"
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"name": "Send a text message",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
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"parameters": {
"text": "=Title: {{ $json.Title }}\nCompany: {{ $json.Company }}\nLocation: {{ $json.Location }}\nJob Score: {{ $json.score }}\nApply: {{ $json.link }}",
"chatId": "123456789",
"additionalFields": {
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"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
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"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
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"name": "Run an Actor and get dataset",
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"parameters": {
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"mode": "list",
"value": "zn01OAlzP853oqn4Z",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://console.apify.com/actors/zn01OAlzP853oqn4Z/input",
"cachedResultName": "Advanced Linkedin Job Scraper (No Cookies) (harvestapi/linkedin-job-search)"
},
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"operation": "Run actor and get dataset",
"customBody": "={\n \"easyApply\": {{ $json['Easy Apply'] }},\n \"jobTitles\": [\n \"{{ $json.Keyword }}\"\n ],\n \"locations\": [\n \"{{ $json.Location }}\"\n ],\n \"maxItems\": 2,\n \"sortBy\": \"date\",\n \"under10Applicants\": false\n}"
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"credentials": {
"apifyApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
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"name": "Edit Fields",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
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"parameters": {
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"options": {},
"jsonOutput": "={{ $json.output }}"
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{
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"parameters": {
"color": "#E9C4C4",
"width": 304,
"height": 576,
"content": "# Step 1: Schedule Trigger\n\nThis node starts the workflow automatically on a fixed schedule.\n\n## What it does\n- Runs the workflow without manual execution\n- Starts the full job search process every day\n- Keeps the job matching system active in the background\n\n## Current setup\n- Trigger type: Schedule Trigger\n- Runs daily at the configured hour"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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{
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"name": "Download file",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
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"parameters": {
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"mode": "list",
"value": "1ms4kSz9GjPYsNQZLs6kTGGJB7zESC9Qy",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ms4kSz9GjPYsNQZLs6kTGGJB7zESC9Qy/view?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "jos_butler_resume.pdf"
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"options": {},
"operation": "download"
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"credentials": {
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"name": "Sticky Note2",
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"parameters": {
"color": "#D4CCE6",
"width": 272,
"height": 464,
"content": "# Step 3: Extract Resume Text\n\nThis node converts the resume PDF into plain text so the AI can understand it.\n\n## What it does\n- Reads the downloaded PDF\n- Extracts all available text from the resume\n- Makes the resume content available for AI matching"
},
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"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": "#BDD5DB",
"width": 304,
"height": 528,
"content": "# Step 4: Read Job Search Filters\n\nThis node reads the search criteria from a Google Sheet.\n\n## What it reads\n- Job keyword\n- Location\n- Easy Apply preference\n\n## Example input\n- Keyword: Software Developer\n- Location: Bangalore\n- Easy Apply: true\n"
},
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": "#C4DEC6",
"width": 352,
"height": 704,
"content": "# Step 5: LinkedIn Job Scraper (Apify)\n\nThis node runs an Apify LinkedIn job scraper using the filters from Google Sheets.\n\n## What it does\n- Searches LinkedIn jobs by keyword\n- Searches jobs by location\n- Applies the Easy Apply filter\n- Sorts results by latest jobs\n- Returns job descriptions, company details, locations, and apply links\n\n## Current configuration\n- Source: LinkedIn job search through Apify\n- Search input: Google Sheets filter row\n- Result limit: Configured inside the Apify request body\n\n"
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"typeVersion": 1
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"parameters": {
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"height": 560,
"content": "# Step 6: Process Jobs One-by-One\n\nThis node loops through every scraped LinkedIn job result individually.\n\n## What it does\n- Takes the full list of job posts from Apify\n- Sends one job at a time to the AI matcher\n- Prevents multiple job descriptions from being mixed together\n- Keeps scoring and cover letter generation clean and accurate\n"
},
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": "#E2D0B1",
"width": 320,
"height": 528,
"content": "# Step 7: AI Resume Matcher\n\nThis AI Agent compares the extracted resume text with the current LinkedIn job description.\n\n## What it does\n- Reads the job description from the current loop item\n- Reads the extracted resume text from the PDF\n- Calculates a job match score\n- Generates a personalized cover letter\n- Returns the result in structured JSON format\n"
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"name": "Job Matcher",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
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"parameters": {
"text": "=You are a helpful job matcher, you read my resume then analyze the given resume and job description and provide a job matching score. also write a cover letter based on my resume and the job description. cover letter must be at least 2 paragraph and ignore the name, address and signature part from start and end.\nif you are using special character like \" use \\ to escape it. output must be parse in json without error. \n\nfor example your response should be like:\n{\"score\": 80, \"coverLetter\": \"sample cover letter\" }\n\njob_description: {{ $json.descriptionText }}\nmy_resume: {{ $('Extract from File').item.json.text }}",
"options": {},
"promptType": "define"
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"name": "Sticky Note7",
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": "#E8BFDB",
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"height": 560,
"content": "# Step 8: Parse AI Output\n\nThis node converts the AI Agent response into structured workflow data.\n\n## What it does\n- Reads the AI output\n- Converts the response into JSON fields\n- Makes `score` and `coverLetter` available for later nodes\n\n## Why this is needed\nThe next nodes need clean fields to save data into Google Sheets and filter high-quality job matches.\n"
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"name": "Sticky Note8",
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"parameters": {
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"content": "# Step 9: Save Results to Google Sheets\n\nThis node stores each processed job result in Google Sheets.\n\n## What it saves\n- Job title\n- Company name\n- Location\n- Job description\n- LinkedIn apply link\n- AI match score\n- Generated cover letter\n\n## Matching logic\nThe workflow uses the job link as the matching column, so duplicate jobs can be updated instead of creating repeated rows.\n"
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"parameters": {
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"height": 352,
"content": "# Step 10: High Match Score Filter\n\nThis node checks whether the AI match score is high enough to send a Telegram alert.\n\n### Current Logic\nOnly continue if:\nScore \u2265 50"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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"name": "Sticky Note10",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": "#F0E3B2",
"width": 320,
"height": 464,
"content": "# Step 11: Telegram Job Alerts\n\nThis node sends a Telegram message when a job passes the score filter.\n\n## What it sends\n- Job title\n- Company name\n- Location\n- AI match score\n- LinkedIn apply link\n"
},
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
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"content": "# Overview\n\n# LinkedIn AI Job Matcher & Cover Letter Generator\n\nThis workflow automatically searches LinkedIn job posts, compares each job description with a resume, generates an AI match score, and writes a personalized cover letter.\n\n## How it works\n1. Runs on a schedule.\n2. Downloads and extracts text from a resume PDF.\n3. Reads job search filters from Google Sheets.\n4. Searches LinkedIn jobs using Apify.\n5. Uses AI to score each job against the resume.\n6. Saves every result to Google Sheets.\n7. Sends Telegram alerts only for high-match jobs."
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"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": "#DEC1E6",
"width": 320,
"height": 448,
"content": "# Step 2: Download Resume PDF\n\nThis node downloads the selected resume file from Google Drive.\n\n## What it does\n- Connects to Google Drive\n- Downloads the resume PDF as binary data\n- Passes the file to the PDF extraction node\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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About this workflow
This n8n workflow automatically searches LinkedIn jobs using Apify, compares each job with your resume using AI, calculates a match score, generates a personalized cover letter, and stores everything inside Google Sheets.
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/15623/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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