Spot newly opened local businesses on Google Maps with Apify, OpenAI and Slack

## Spot newly opened local businesses on Google Maps with Apify, OpenAI and Slack approvals Finds businesses that look newly opened on Google Maps (few reviews and photos, no hours or website yet, a recent first review), then scores each on the actor's newness score plus how easy it is to reach and pitch. Built for agencies, suppliers, banks and local-service sellers who want to reach a business before competitors do. ### How it works 1. A daily schedule (or the manual trigger) loads Config; a Monday schedule sends a 7-day report instead. 2. Runs the Apify actor google-maps-new-business-radar and downloads the results. 3. Drops incomplete rows and anything already seen in the last 30 days. 4. Score new businesses gives a 0-100 rule score; an OpenAI model adds a fit score, verdict and summary. 5. Upserts every row to the New businesses sheet tab. Hot rows go to Slack for approval, warm rows to an email digest. ### Setup steps - [ ] Add an Apify HTTP Header Auth credential (Authorization: Bearer ) on the 3 Apify HTTP nodes. - [ ] Create a Google Sheet with the columns in *Upsert to Google Sheets* and paste its ID into googleSheetId. - [ ] Connect OpenAI, Slack and Gmail; set slackChannelId and digestEmail in Config. - [ ] In Config set actorInput.categories and locations, minNewnessScore, and skipChains. Use a modest maxPlacesPerSearch while testing. - [ ] Describe your ideal result in aiCriteria, run once manually, then activate. ### Customization - Change the weights in Score new businesses (newness 55, no website 15, phone 15, claimed 5, recent first review 5, no hours 5). - Raise hotScore (60) or warmScore (35) to send fewer alerts. - Needs an Apify account; actor runs use your Apify credits.