The guide · automation
The viral IG bot researcher.
Send one message to Telegram, get a full competitor analysis report back. This n8n automation pulls your top five competitors, finds their most viral recent reels, transcribes them, runs them through Claude, and hands you the winning patterns and hook ideas — all while you do something else.
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What it does
The whole thing lives in one n8n workflow file (viral-ig-n8n-workflow.json) — import it into your own n8n instance and wire up the credentials. Once it's running, you send it a single message in Telegram:
And the automation runs the full chain end to end:
What you get
Competitor intel
- Latest best-performing reels
- View counts and engagement metrics
Winning patterns
- Common themes across viral content
- Trending topics in your niche
Hook ideas
- Data-driven suggestions based on actual viral performance
- Ready to adapt for your content
Master database
- All competitor data in a Google Sheet
- Historical tracking of what's working
The tech stack
n8nworkflow automation — the engine that runs the whole chain.Telegramthe interface — where you send the request and receive the report.OpenRouterroutes the transcription and analysis to Claude Sonnet 4.5.Google Sheetsdata storage — your competitor list and the master database.
Original guide by Artem Novitckii. More from him on Instagram, in the Skool community, and across his resource library.