Automation to turn Reddit posts into validated startup ideas

How it works

• Triggers manually or on a schedule to fetch fresh posts from Reddit (entrepreneur, startups, smallbusiness).
• Extracts pain points from each post using AI analysis.
• Creates a startup idea to solve those pain points with modern AI/automation.
• Matches the idea to predefined categories (e.g., AI assistants, healthcare AI).
• Stores the pain points, idea, category, and industry into a Google Sheet for tracking.

Set up steps

• Connect Reddit account to pull posts and Google Sheets account to save results.
• Import the workflow and authorize Gemini API for AI text analysis.
• Map credentials in the workflow and confirm the Google Sheet is created or linked.
• Estimated setup time: ~20–30 minutes.
• Notes: Inline sticky notes in the workflow give guidance (e.g., Google Sheet setup video link).