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Template of Automated Industry Trend Scraper & Outline Creator

Brief

Scrapes recent article metadata (titles, authors, summaries) from Medium tag archives to automate trend research and content curation.

What does Automated Industry Trend Scraper & Outline Creator do?

This template automatically visits specific Medium tag archive pages (e.g., for "Artificial Intelligence" or "Marketing") to gather data on the latest published stories.

It captures the raw feed of new articles, which allows downstream automation tools (like n8n and AI agents) to filter out spam, categorize stories, and generate high-quality industry trend reports without manual research.

What data can you scrape from Medium ?

Platform: Medium

Data Points:

  • Article Title
  • Author Name
  • Article Summary / Snippet
  • Article URL
  • Publication Date (if available on the archive view)

How to use Automated Industry Trend Scraper & Outline Creator ?

  • Run via n8n: This template is triggered specifically within the Create curated industry trend reports from Medium to Google Docs workflow.
  • Provide Input: You must pass the specific Medium tag URL you wish to track.
  • Output: The template returns a JSON array containing the list of recent articles found on that tag page.
  • Next Steps: This data is passed to an AI agent to analyze relevance and remove duplicates before generating a final report.

Why scrape Medium ?

  • Monitor Trends: Track specific keywords to see what experts are discussing in real-time.
  • Filter Noise: Automate the reading process to separate high-quality insights from clickbait.
  • Curate Content: Quickly build digests for newsletters or internal team updates

This template is a dependency for the n8n workflow: Create curated industry trend reports from Medium to Google Docs. Ensure this template is saved in your BrowserAct account before running the n8n automation.

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