📣 CONTENT ENGINE — SCRAPE WHAT WORKS 📣
Steal the signal, not the words. Consistency beats originality.
💡 The Core Idea
Every day, pull the top-performing ideas in your niche, analyze why they worked, and repackage them in your voice as Shorts + posts.
Your n8n flow already does the heavy lifting: search → rank → analyze → log. This module makes it a daily publishing system.
🧭 What This Builds (in plain English)
Search X/Twitter for high-engagement posts in your niche (last 3 days).
Rank by engagement × recency.
Pull replies to capture what the audience is asking for.
AI-analyze the tweet + comments (hook, emotion, content type, lead-magnet opportunity).
Append to a Content Intelligence DB (Notion/Sheets).
Pick 1–2 items daily → rewrite → publish.
⚙️ Set It Up (once)
Define your niche query (edit the niches array):
examples: ("AI automations" OR "n8n" OR "Zapier" OR "solopreneur" OR "pricing automation" OR "getting clients")
Schedule the flow (daily or q3d) with your Schedule Trigger.
Ensure outputs land in Notion or Google Sheets (your “Content Intelligence” table).
Optional: keep the Sheets appender disabled if Notion is your source of truth.
Columns to keep: URL, Original Tweet, Author, Date, Likes/Retweets/Replies, Engagement Score, Content Type, Priority, Audience Requests, Lead Magnet Score/Opportunity, Hook Type, Emotional Trigger, Primary/Secondary Angles.
🗓 Daily Publishing Loop (20 minutes)
Open your Content Intelligence DB → filter Priority to 🔥 CREATE NOW or ⚡ HIGH POTENTIAL.
Pick 1 item and run the Repurpose Prompt (below) to draft:
1 × Shorts script (45–60s)
1 × Tweet/X post
1 × LinkedIn caption
Edit for your voice (1 pass; no overthinking).
Post on 2 platforms minimum.
Log the post links back into the DB row (track what you used).
✍️ Repurpose Prompt (paste into your model)
You are my content editor. Rewrite the idea below in my voice: concise, practical, no fluff, no hype.
Keep the core insight; change structure, examples, and phrasing so it’s original.
INPUT:
- Core idea (one sentence):
- Why it went viral (hook type + emotional trigger):
- Audience requests (from comments):
- My positioning (who I help + outcomes):
OUTPUT:
1) SHORTS SCRIPT (<=120 words)
- Hook (1 sentence)
- Body (2-3 beats of value)
- CTA (soft)
2) TWEET/X (<=240 chars) + 1 threaded follow-up
3) LINKEDIN CAPTION (120–180 words)
- Hook line
- 3 bullets of value
- Close with a question or CTA
Tone: confident, useful, specific. Avoid clichés.
🎬 Shorts Script Skeletons (pick one)
Problem → Shift → Steps
“Everyone tries X… The people who win do Y… Here are 3 steps…”
Before/After
“I used to do X. Now I do Y. Here’s the change that did it…”
Mistake → Fix
“If you’re doing X, you’re slowing growth. Do this instead…”
🧪 Editorial Rules (make your stuff original)
Keep the insight, not the wording.
Add one fresh example from your work.
Answer one audience request you saw in comments.
Credit when you directly reference someone’s idea: “Saw a great thread on X about __; here’s my take for [your audience].”
📈 Cadence & KPIs
Cadence: 1 idea/day → 2 platforms.
Signal review (weekly): which hook types & emotions (from your DB) perform best for your audience? Double down.
Benchmarks (first 30 days):
20–30 posts shipped
2–3 pieces that outperform your average by 2×
1 lead magnet idea validated by comments/DMs (use your “lead_magnet_opportunity” field)
🧯 Gotchas (and fixes)
Low-quality picks? Raise min_faves/min_retweets in the query.
Too many old posts? Tighten the date window (3–5 days).
Thin analysis? Expand comment sample from 15 → 25 in the “Prepare for Sentiment Analysis” step.
Dupes in DB? Add Tweet ID as a unique key; filter duplicates at insert.
🧑⚖️ Light Compliance Note
Use official APIs or providers aligned with platform ToS.
Don’t copy/paste others’ wording. Transform the idea and add your experience.
📦 Resources (add to module)
Repurpose Prompt (above)
Shorts Script Skeletons (above)
Content Intelligence DB template (Notion/Sheets columns listed above)
Optional: “Voice Calibration Prompt” (paste 3 of your posts; ask the model to summarize tone so rewrites stay consistent)
🏁 The Play
Your flow finds what’s already working.
You turn it into your voice and show up daily.
That rhythm creates inbound: follows → DMs → leads → clients.
Resources
X Parasite System (n8n)