Host Your Own AI Deep Research Agent with n8n, Apify and OpenAI o3

n8n template #2878

Summary

This template attempts to replicate OpenAI's DeepResearch feature which, at time of writing, is only available to their pro subscribers. > An agent that uses reasoning to synthesize large amount of online information and complete multi-step research tasks for you. Source Though the inner workings of DeepResearch have not been made public, it is presumed the feature relies on the ability to deep search the web, scrape web content and invoking reasoning models to generate reports. All of which n8n is really good at! Using this workflow, n8n users can enjoy a variation of the Deep Research experience for themselves and their teams at a fraction of the cost. Better yet, learn and customise th

How to set it up

Open template #2878 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create 3 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: Notion, OpenAI Chat Model, Google Gemini Chat Model. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Check the model in the OpenAI Chat Model node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "Host Your Own AI Deep Research Agent with n8n, Apify and OpenAI o3" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2878). It uses: HTTP Request, Notion, Code, Basic LLM Chain, OpenAI Chat Model, Structured Output Parser, Google Gemini Chat Model. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

HTTP Request Notion Code Basic LLM Chain OpenAI Chat Model Structured Output Parser Google Gemini Chat Model

Questions

Yes. Jimleuk published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 48K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Notion, OpenAI Chat Model, Google Gemini Chat Model. The other 4 nodes are built into n8n.

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