Monitor competitors' websites for changes with OpenAI and Firecrawl

n8n template #3101

Summary

Who is this template for? This workflow template is designed for people seeking alerts when certain specific changes are made to any web page. Leveraging agentic AI, it analyzes the page every day and autonomously decides whether to send you an e-mail notification. Example use cases Track price changes on [competitor's website]. Notify me when the price drops below €50. Monitor new blog posts on [industry leader's website] and summarize key insights. Check [competitor's job page] for new job postings related to software development. Watch for new product launches on [e-commerce site] and send me a summary. Detect any changes in the terms and conditions of [specific website]. Track customer r

How to set it up

Open template #3101 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: OpenAI Chat Model. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Check the model in the AI Agent 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 "Monitor competitors' websites for changes with OpenAI and Firecrawl" (https://n8n.io/workflows/3101). It uses: HTTP Request, Code, AI Agent, OpenAI 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 Code AI Agent OpenAI Chat Model

Questions

Yes. Sleak published it free on n8n.io, and it has 10K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

OpenAI Chat Model. The other 3 nodes are built into n8n.

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