Automation Process for Creating and Publishing Articles with Air Table and Wordpress

Overview

• Demonstration of an automated process to research topics, create outlines, generate articles, and publish them to Wordpress.
• The process integrates Airtable, Perplexity for research, and GPT-4 for content generation.
• Articles include images, key takeaways, YouTube videos, formatted text, and social media drafts.

Workflow Steps

Initial Setup

• Topics are added to an Air Table base.
• Status changed to "ready for outline" to initiate the process.

Research and Outline Formation

• Research: Uses Perplexity, which is like ChatGPT but has live internet access for real-time topic research.
  • Set up by creating an account and getting an API key.
• Outline Creation: Utilizes GPT-4 to organize research into a structured outline.
  • Instructions provided for format: key points, data, statistics, sources.

Article Generation

• Article Writing: Divides the article into sections and formats using JSON.
  • Each section is individually generated, ensuring unique media (images or YouTube videos).
  • Utilizes GPT-4 to ensure structured, engaging content.

Formatting and Media Integration

• Creates section-wise formatted HTML content.
• Randomly adds either an image or YouTube video to each section for variety.
  • Images generated using the Flux model.
  • Video URLs extracted using Data for SEO API.

Publishing Process

• Wordpress Post: Articles are compiled, formatted, and uploaded as draft posts.
  • Featured images and videos included.
  • Utilizes a plugin to upload images hosted on external servers.

Social Media Preparation

• Draft Creation: Article summaries are used to draft social media content for platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
  • Social media drafts are reviewed and then published based on user readiness.

Automation and Integration Tools

• Perplexity API: Used for live research; very cost-effective.
• Data for SEO API: Retrieves YouTube video URLs.
• GPT-4: Manages text generation and formatting.
• Flux Models: For generating images with variability in media content.
• Airtable: Central hub for managing topic statuses and data integration.

Improvements and Cost Considerations

• Upcoming Perplexity API features may improve URL sourcing.
• Tools mentioned are cost-effective, with each API having a low per-call cost.
• Make.com is used for automation but may incur low costs for larger articles.

Additional Resources

• For detailed setup and tutorial, refer to linked resources provided within the video description.

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Notes:

• This automation provides a detailed, structured approach to article creation and publication.
• Benefits include the ability to handle large content with rich media integration, unlike simpler systems.
• Integration with multiple APIs allows for a dynamic and efficient writing process.