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"ccbaaf84-52cf-40dd-9147-e09e5c91e71e", "name": "📋 SETUP OVERVIEW", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -2140, -840 ], "parameters": { "width": 400, "height": 460, "content": "🎯 WORKFLOW PURPOSE:\nThis workflow monitors a webpage for content changes and sends email notifications when changes are detected.\n\n📊 KEY COMPONENTS:\n• Firecrawl API for web scraping\n• Google Sheets fo" } }, { "id": "1adc1940-ff74-4454-b841-6e9379c76d9e", "name": "🔐 CREDENTIALS SETUP", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -1700, -840 ], "parameters": { "width": 400, "height": 460, "content": "⚙️ REQUIRED CREDENTIALS:\n\n1️⃣ FIRECRAWL API:\n• Sign up at https://firecrawl.dev\n• Get API key from dashboard\n• Create 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE' credential in n8n\n• Name: 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE account" } }, { "id": "38fc9213-614c-467e-af3f-18fe8c62a99e", "name": "📊 GOOGLE SHEETS SETUP", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -1320, 100 ], "parameters": { "width": 400, "height": 300, "content": "📋 SPREADSHEET STRUCTURE:\n\n🗂️ Create a Google Sheet with 2 tabs:\n\n1️⃣ 'Log' sheet (gid=0):\n• Column A: timestamp\n• Column B: content\n\n2️⃣ 'comparison' sheet (gid=725909638):\n• Column A: last_timestamp\n" } }, { "id": "d9a32777-2a21-46ba-a179-534f27616b28", "name": "⚙️ CONFIGURATION", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -1240, -840 ], "parameters": { "width": 400, "height": 460, "content": "🔧 CUSTOMIZATION SETTINGS:\n\n🌐 TARGET WEBSITE:\n• Update Firecrawl node 'url' parameter\n\n📧 EMAIL SETTINGS:\n• Update Gmail node 'sendTo' field\n• Customize subject and message template\n\n🪝 WEBHOOK PATH:\n• C" } }, { "id": "6b09600c-1a63-4b96-bf3a-eaeb6dfd02f0", "name": "🧪 TESTING & ACTIVATION", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 980, -840 ], "parameters": { "width": 400, "height": 460, "content": "✅ TESTING STEPS:\n\n1️⃣ MANUAL TEST:\n• Click 'Execute Workflow' button\n• Check if all nodes execute successfully\n• Verify Google 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