Build Automated Research Reports From Any Data Source
Turn hours of manual research into a structured report in 30 minutes — by connecting your data sources, web research, and a writing model in one automated flow.
Time Required
3 hrs to set up, 30 min per report after
Expected Result
An automated pipeline that pulls data from your sources, researches context from the web, and outputs a formatted report with insights and recommendations — on demand.
Define your report structure
In Notion AI, build a report template with fixed sections: Executive Summary, Key Metrics, Market Context, Risks, and Recommendations. This becomes the schema your automation fills in.
Research market context automatically
Use Perplexity's API (via n8n) to pull fresh web research for your topic on demand. Perplexity returns cited summaries that provide accurate market context without hallucinations.
Synthesize research with Elicit or Consensus
For research-heavy reports, route academic or evidence-based questions through Elicit or Consensus to surface peer-reviewed findings — then merge with the Perplexity output.
Generate the written report
Send the combined data and research context to Claude via n8n. Prompt it to fill in each section of your Notion template and output in clean markdown.
Format and distribute
Use n8n to post the completed report to Notion, send a summary to Slack, and optionally export a PDF via a Notion-to-PDF integration for external stakeholders.