Stack Overflow FAQ Generator with Notion & Slack

What This Agent Does

The Stack Overflow FAQ Generator is an intelligent automation workflow that transforms trending Stack Overflow questions into polished FAQ entries. This agent continuously monitors Stack Overflow's RSS feed for new questions, intelligently filters relevant content, classifies topics, generates comprehensive FAQ responses using AI, and automatically distributes the results across your team's knowledge management and communication platforms.

Key benefits and time savings:

• Eliminates manual research: Automatically captures and processes Stack Overflow questions without human intervention
• Saves 5-10 hours weekly: Reduces the time spent searching for solutions and writing documentation
• Centralizes knowledge: Creates a searchable FAQ database in Notion while keeping your team informed via Slack
• Ensures consistency: Uses AI to maintain professional, standardized documentation across all entries
• Improves team efficiency: Provides instant access to curated technical solutions and keeps everyone synchronized

Target use cases:

• Technical support teams building internal knowledge bases
• Developer teams documenting common issues and solutions
• DevOps teams creating runbooks from real-world problems
• Educational organizations maintaining FAQ repositories
• Open-source projects documenting user questions

Who Is It For

This workflow is ideal for technical teams of 3-50+ people who want to:

• Reduce repetitive support questions through comprehensive FAQ documentation
• Leverage AI to accelerate knowledge base creation
• Keep distributed teams informed about emerging technical issues
• Maintain a single source of truth for solutions across multiple platforms
• Automate the entire documentation pipeline from discovery to distribution

Whether you're a startup scaling your support operations or an enterprise team managing multiple projects, this agent adapts to your workflow and grows with your needs.

Required Integrations

RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

Why it's needed: RSS feeds provide real-time access to new Stack Overflow questions, allowing your workflow to automatically detect and process trending content without manual monitoring.

Setup steps:

1. Navigate to the Integrations section in TaskAGI
2. Search for and select RSS
3. Click Connect (RSS typically requires no authentication)
4. Verify the connection is active
5. In your workflow, the RSS trigger will automatically use this connection

How to obtain credentials:

• RSS feeds are publicly available and require no API keys
• Stack Overflow's RSS feed URL: https://stackoverflow.com/feeds/tag/[TAG]
• Replace [TAG] with your desired topic (e.g., python, javascript, kubernetes)

Configuration in TaskAGI:

• Feed URL: Enter your Stack Overflow RSS feed URL
• Poll interval: Set to check every 15-30 minutes for new questions
• Maximum items per poll: Set to 5-10 to avoid overwhelming your workflow

OpenAI

Why it's needed: Powers the intelligent classification and FAQ generation using GPT-4o-mini, ensuring high-quality, contextually relevant responses.

Setup steps:

1. Visit platform.openai.com
2. Sign in or create an account
3. Navigate to API Keys in the left sidebar
4. Click Create new secret key
5. Copy the generated key (you won't see it again)
6. In TaskAGI, go to Integrations → OpenAI
7. Paste your API key in the authentication field
8. Click Test Connection to verify

How to obtain API keys:

• Requires an OpenAI account with billing enabled
• Ensure you have credits or a payment method on file
• GPT-4o-mini is cost-effective for this use case (approximately $0.01-0.05 per workflow execution)

Configuration in TaskAGI:

• Model: gpt-4o-mini (pre-configured in both AI nodes)
• Temperature: Keep at default (0.7) for balanced creativity and consistency
• Max tokens: Set to 1000 for classification, 2000 for FAQ generation

Notion

Why it's needed: Serves as your centralized FAQ database, providing a searchable, organized repository that your entire team can access and reference.

Setup steps:

1. Log in to your Notion workspace at notion.so
2. Create a new database or use an existing one for FAQ entries
3. Ensure your database has these properties:
   • Title (text)
   • Topic (select or text)
   • Question (text)
   • Answer (rich text)
   • Source URL (URL)
   • Date Created (date)
4. Go to Settings → Connections in Notion
5. Click Develop your own integrations
6. Create a new integration and copy the API token
7. In TaskAGI, navigate to Integrations → Notion
8. Paste your API token
9. Grant the integration access to your FAQ database

Configuration in TaskAGI:

• Database ID: Found in your Notion database URL (the long alphanumeric string)
• Map each Notion property to corresponding workflow data fields
• Enable automatic formatting for rich text answers

Google Sheets

Why it's needed: Creates a backup log of all FAQ entries for auditing, analytics, and historical tracking purposes.

Setup steps:

1. Create a new Google Sheet or open an existing one
2. Set up column headers: Date, Topic, Question, Answer, Source URL, Status
3. Share the sheet with your TaskAGI service account
4. Copy the sheet URL
5. In TaskAGI, go to Integrations → Google Sheets
6. Click Connect with Google
7. Authorize TaskAGI to access your Google account
8. Select the appropriate Google account and grant permissions

Configuration in TaskAGI:

• Sheet URL: Paste your Google Sheet URL
• Worksheet name: Specify the sheet tab (default: "Sheet1")
• Header row: Confirm headers are in row 1
• Append mode: Enable to add new rows without overwriting existing data

Slack

Why it's needed: Delivers real-time notifications to your team, ensuring everyone is aware of new FAQ entries and can provide feedback or corrections immediately.

Setup steps:

1. Go to api.slack.com/apps
2. Click Create New App → From scratch
3. Name your app (e.g., "FAQ Generator Bot")
4. Select your workspace
5. Navigate to OAuth & Permissions in the left menu
6. Under Scopes, add chat:write and chat:write.public
7. Scroll to OAuth Tokens for Your Workspace and copy the Bot Token
8. In TaskAGI, go to Integrations → Slack
9. Paste your Bot Token
10. Click Test Connection

Configuration in TaskAGI:

• Channel: Specify your target channel (e.g., #faq-updates)
• Message format: Use rich formatting for better readability
• Mention options: Configure to notify specific users or groups

Configuration Steps

Node-by-Node Configuration

1. Stack Overflow RSS Trigger (Node 6057) This node initiates your workflow by monitoring the RSS feed.

• Feed URL: https://stackoverflow.com/feeds/tag/python (customize your tag)
• Poll interval: 30 minutes
• Output: Raw feed items containing question titles, descriptions, and URLs

2. Stack Overflow FAQ Generator Note (Node 6058) A documentation node explaining the workflow purpose.

• No configuration needed — serves as a reference point
• Output: Passes data to the filter node

3. Filter Questions (Node 6059) Intelligently filters questions based on relevance criteria.

• Condition: Check if question has minimum 5 upvotes OR contains specific keywords
• Example logic: upvotes >= 5 AND (title contains "error" OR title contains "how to")
• True path: Proceeds to classification
• False path: Discards low-relevance questions

4. Classify Topic (Node 6060) Uses OpenAI to categorize questions into topics.

• Prompt: Pre-configured to analyze question content
• Model: gpt-4o-mini
• Output example: { "topic": "Error Handling", "subtopic": "Exception Management", "difficulty": "Intermediate" }

5. Generate FAQ Entry (Node 6061) Creates comprehensive FAQ responses using AI.

• Prompt: Instructs the model to write professional, clear answers
• Model: gpt-4o-mini
• Output: Detailed FAQ answer (500-1000 words)
• Branches to: Both Format AI Response (6062) and Merge Data (6063)

6. Format AI Response (Node 6062) Cleans and structures the AI-generated answer.

• Operations:
  • Remove markdown artifacts
  • Add proper line breaks
  • Ensure consistent formatting
• Output: Polished text ready for Notion

7. Create Notion FAQ Entry (Node 6064) Inserts the formatted entry into your Notion database.

• Database ID: Your FAQ database ID
• Field mapping:
  • Title → Question title
  • Topic → Classified topic
  • Answer → Formatted response
  • Source URL → Original Stack Overflow link
  • Date Created → Current timestamp

8. Log to Google Sheets (Node 6065) Appends a summary row to your tracking sheet.

• Sheet URL: Your Google Sheet URL
• Columns to populate: Date, Topic, Question, Answer preview, Source URL, Status (Completed)

9. Merge Data for Slack (Node 6063) Combines data from classification and FAQ generation for the notification.

• Merges: Topic, question title, answer preview, and Notion link
• Output format: Structured object for Slack message

10. Notify Slack Team (Node 6065) Sends a formatted notification to your team.

• Channel: #faq-updates
• Message template:

  📚 New FAQ Entry Created
  Topic: [Topic]
  Question: [Question Title]
  Answer Preview: [First 200 characters]
  View in Notion: [Database Link]
  

Testing Your Agent

Step 1: Verify Integration Connections

1. Go to Integrations in TaskAGI
2. Confirm all five integrations show Connected status
3. Test each connection individually using the Test button
4. Address any authentication errors before proceeding

Step 2: Run a Test Execution

1. Click Test Run in your workflow editor
2. Select a recent Stack Overflow question as test data
3. Monitor the execution progress in real-time
4. Check the Execution Log for any errors

Step 3: Verify Each Node's Output

• Node 6059 (Filter): Confirm the question passes your relevance criteria
• Node 6060 (Classification): Verify the topic classification is accurate
• Node 6061 (FAQ Generation): Review the generated answer for quality and completeness
• Node 6062 (Format): Ensure formatting is clean and readable
• Node 6064 (Notion): Check that the entry appears in your Notion database
• Node 6065 (Google Sheets): Verify the row was appended correctly
• Node 6065 (Slack): Confirm the notification arrived in your channel

Step 4: Expected Results and Success Indicators

✅ Success looks like:

• Notion database contains a new FAQ entry with all fields populated
• Google Sheets has a new row with complete data
• Slack channel received a formatted notification message
• Execution completed in under 2 minutes
• No errors in the execution log

✅ Quality checks:

• FAQ answer is 500+ words and professionally written
• Topic classification matches the question content
• All links are functional and point to correct sources
• Formatting is consistent across all platforms

Your Stack Overflow FAQ Generator is now ready to transform questions into knowledge assets automatically!