Reddit MVP Generator N8N Workflow

🧠 Reddit MVP Generator – Auto-Generate Startup Ideas from Real User Pain Points

The Reddit MVP Generator is a fully automated business idea mining system built in n8n. It scans trending posts and user comments on Reddit to identify real-world pain points and uses an AI-powered chain to generate detailed, structured MVP business ideas—including industry, business type, revenue potential, and startup cost estimates.

Update:

• Now on version 1.1
• Added Google Sheets integration
• Modified the ai agent and prompts
• Added a timestamp to each business idea
  

🚀 Key Features

• Live Reddit Scraper: Select from a curated list of entrepreneur and business subreddits (e.g., r/smallbusiness, r/entrepreneur, r/marketing) to fetch top trending posts.
• Comment Analysis: Pulls Reddit comments and flattens threads to extract community pain points.
• AI Business Generator: Uses OpenRouter-compatible LLMs (like GPT-4o-mini or Gemini Flash) to analyze post content and comments. Outputs are structured JSON objects with MVP ideas.
• Zero Duplicate Analysis: Automatically deduplicates previously analyzed Reddit posts using a dynamic blocklist.
• Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets Integration: Saves each MVP idea directly into your spreadsheet, organized by MVP, Industry, Pain Point, Startup Costs, and Revenue potential.
• Easy Subreddit Selection: User-friendly form trigger lets you choose your target subreddit without editing the workflow.
• Offline-Friendly: All results are stored in Excel for later review or distribution—ideal for content creators, market researchers, or startup founders.

🛠️ Requirements

• Free n8n account (self-hosted or cloud)
• Reddit developer credentials
• OpenRouter API key (supports Qwen, GPT-4o-mini, Gemini)
• Microsoft Excel 365 with Azure OAuth2 app setup or
• Google Sheets with a Google OAuth2 client

📦 What You Get

• Complete n8n workflow file
• Setup notes inside the workflow (via Sticky Notes)
• Instructions for table formatting and OAuth2 setup
• Output schema designed for downstream automation or AI agents