AI-generated LinkedIn posts with OpenAI, Google Sheets & email approval workflow
Transform your content strategy by automatically generating tailored LinkedIn posts from Google Sheets data using OpenAI's powerful language models. This workflow integrates a seamless email approval gate, ensuring every post is reviewed and refined by a human before publication. It’s a perfect balance of AI efficiency and brand-safe editorial control.
Run this with your team's AIWhat This Recipe Does
Maintaining a professional presence on LinkedIn often requires hours of manual drafting and scheduling. This automation streamlines the entire content lifecycle by generating high-quality posts based on your specific data sources or content pillars. Instead of starting from a blank page, the system automatically prepares drafts and stores them in a Google Sheet for easy management. To ensure brand consistency and quality control, the workflow includes a built-in approval process. You receive a notification for every new draft, allowing you to review and approve the content before it goes live. Once approved, the system handles the publishing to LinkedIn on your behalf at the scheduled time. This approach eliminates the friction of manual posting while maintaining full control over your professional voice. By automating the repetitive parts of social media management, business leaders and marketing teams can focus on high-level strategy and engagement rather than the mechanics of content creation and distribution.
What your team gets
Forms and dashboards, so it is not a script only one person understands
Runs on your schedule in the cloud, so it does not stop when a laptop closes
Endpoints, so the rest of your stack can trigger the same work
DaySchedule, Google Sheets, BigMailer connected for the team, not per person
How It Works
- 1
Open the recipe and connect your accounts
Connect DaySchedule and Google Sheets once, in your team cloud, and nobody has to do it again on their own machine
- 2
Tell your own agent what is different about your process
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, whichever your team already uses. It adapts the recipe to how you actually work
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Run it, then leave it running
It lives in your team cloud, so it keeps going after you close the laptop and every teammate's AI can use it
Who Uses This
- Founders and executives who want to maintain consistent thought leadership without spending hours writing and posting every week.
- Marketing managers overseeing employee advocacy programs who need a centralized way to draft, review, and distribute content for team members.
- Content teams using spreadsheet-based editorial calendars to automate the transition from a drafted idea to a published LinkedIn post.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have control over what gets posted to my profile?
Yes. The automation includes a mandatory approval step. No content is published to your LinkedIn account until you review the draft and provide authorization through the approval trigger.
Can I use my own data or topics for the posts?
The system pulls information from your Google Sheets or external web sources, allowing you to feed it specific industry news, company updates, or content pillars to guide the generation process.
What happens if I want to edit a post before it goes live?
You can easily modify the drafted content within the connected Google Sheet or during the review process. The system will publish the final version of the text as it exists at the moment of approval.
How often does the automation generate new content?
The schedule is entirely customizable. You can set the trigger to generate drafts daily, weekly, or on specific days of the month to match your content strategy.
Coming from n8n?
This recipe uses nodes like HttpRequest, ScheduleTrigger, Langchain.lmChatOpenAi, GoogleSheets and 7 more. On Runwork, you don't need to learn n8n's workflow syntax. Describe what you want to your own AI agent in plain English.
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