Step 2: Add Routing Conditions for Ready Items

Filter only items that are ready and belong to the Product category before drafting begins.

1. Add the Ready Status Check node and set the condition Left Value to ={{ $json.Status }}.
2. Set Operator to equals and Right Value to n8n_ready.
3. Add the Product Category Gate node and set Left Value to ={{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json.Category[0] }}.
4. Set Operator to equals and Right Value to Product.

Execution flow: Ready Status Check → Product Category Gate → Mark Item In Progress.

Step 3: Connect Notion Status Updates

Mark items as in progress and later completed in Notion as the draft is generated.

1. In Mark Item In Progress, set Resource to databasePage and Operation to update.
2. Set Page ID to ={{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json.id }}.
3. In propertiesUi, set Status|status to n8n_runing.
4. Credential Required: Connect your notionApi credentials.
5. In Set Status Complete, set Page ID to ={{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json.id }} and set Status|status to =n8n_completed.
6. Credential Required: Connect your notionApi credentials.

Execution flow: Product Category Gate → Mark Item In Progress → Generate Outline Draft → … → Set Status Complete.

Step 4: Set Up the AI Drafting Chain

Generate an outline with OpenAI and expand it into a full article with Anthropic.

1. Configure Generate Outline Draft with Model set to gpt-5-mini.
2. In Generate Outline Draft messages, reference the Notion fields in the user prompt: {{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json['Project name'] }} and {{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json.Notes }}.
3. Credential Required: Connect your openAiApi credentials.
4. Configure Compose Article Text with Model set to claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 and Max Tokens to 64000.
5. Ensure Compose Article Text references the outline via {{ $json.choices[0].message.content }} and the Notion fields {{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json['Project name'] }} and {{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json.Notes }}.
6. Credential Required: Connect your anthropicApi credentials.

Execution flow: Generate Outline Draft → Compose Article Text → Create Docs File.

Step 5: Configure Google Docs Output and Link Storage

Create a Google Doc for each draft, insert the generated content, and store the link back in Notion.

1. In Create Docs File, set Title to ={{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json['Project name'] }}.
2. Leave Folder ID empty if you want to create docs in the root, or set it to a specific folder ID.
3. Credential Required: Connect your googleDocsOAuth2Api credentials.
4. In Insert Draft Content, set Operation to update and Document URL to ={{ $json.id }}.
5. Set the insert action text to ={{ $('Compose Article Text').item.json.content[0].text }}.
6. Credential Required: Connect your googleDocsOAuth2Api credentials.
7. In Store Docs Link, set Page ID to ={{ $('Notion Update Watcher').item.json.id }} and set Google_Docs_Link|url to =https://docs.google.com/document/d/{{ $json.id }}.
8. Credential Required: Connect your notionApi credentials.

Execution flow: Create Docs File → Insert Draft Content → Store Docs Link → Set Status Complete.

Step 6: Test and Activate Your Workflow

Verify the end-to-end draft creation and ensure status updates and links are written back to Notion.

1. Manually update a Notion page in the Content Plan database with Status set to n8n_ready and Category set to Product.
2. Click Execute Workflow and confirm Mark Item In Progress updates the page status to n8n_runing.
3. Verify Generate Outline Draft and Compose Article Text produce content without errors.
4. Check that Create Docs File creates a new document and Insert Draft Content inserts the generated text.
5. Confirm Store Docs Link writes a valid Google Docs URL and Set Status Complete sets the status to n8n_completed.
6. Toggle the workflow to Active to run it automatically on future Notion updates.