Automate FAQ Generation from Stack Overflow to Notion using GPT-4o-mini with Slack Alerts

📊 Description This workflow automatically classifies new Stack Overflow questions by topic, generates structured FAQ content using GPT-4o-mini, logs each entry in Google Sheets, saves formatted FAQs in Notion, and notifies your team on Slack — ensuring your product and support teams stay aligned with real-world developer discussions. 🤖💬📚

⚙️ What This Template Does Step 1: Monitors Stack Overflow RSS feeds for new questions related to your selected tags. ⏱️ Step 2: Filters out irrelevant or incomplete questions before processing. 🧹 Step 3: Uses OpenAI GPT-4o-mini to classify each question into a topic category (Frontend, Backend, DevOps, etc.). 🧠 Step 4: Generates structured FAQ content including summaries, technical insights, and internal guidance. 📄 Step 5: Saves formatted entries into your Notion knowledge-base database. 📚 Step 6: Logs all FAQ data into a connected Google Sheet for analytics and tracking. 📊 Step 7: Sends real-time Slack notifications with quick links to the new FAQ and the original Stack Overflow post. 🔔 Step 8: Provides automatic error detection — any failed AI or Notion step triggers an instant Slack alert. 🚨

💡 Key Benefits ✅ Builds a continuously updated, AI-driven knowledge base ✅ Reduces repetitive support and documentation work ✅ Keeps product and dev teams aware of trending community issues ✅ Enhances internal docs with verified Stack Overflow insights ✅ Maintains an audit trail via Google Sheets ✅ Alerts your team instantly on errors or new FAQs

🧩 Features Automatic Stack Overflow RSS monitoring Dual-layer OpenAI integration (Topic Classification + FAQ Generation) Structured Notion database integration Google Sheets logging for analytics Slack notifications for new FAQs and error alerts Custom tag-based question filtering Near real-time updates (every minute) Built-in error handling for reliability

🔐 Requirements OpenAI API Key (GPT-4o-mini access) Notion API credentials with database access Google Sheets OAuth2 credentials Slack bot token with chat:write permissions Stack Overflow RSS feed URL for your preferred tags

👥 Target Audience SaaS or product teams building internal FAQ and knowledge systems Developer relations and documentation teams Customer-support teams automating knowledge reuse Technical communities curating content from Stack Overflow

🧭 Setup Instructions Add your OpenAI API credentials in n8n. Connect your Notion database and update the page or database ID. Connect Google Sheets credentials and select your tracking sheet. Connect your Slack account and specify your notification channel. Update the RSS Feed URL with your chosen Stack Overflow tags. Run the workflow manually once to test connectivity, then enable automation.