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NeuronWriter Zapier integrationAutomate NeuronWriter with Zapier.

NeuronWriter on Zapier offers 3 triggers and 3 actions, and no search. This NeuronWriter Zapier integration starts SEO content queries from other tools, tells you when recommendations are ready or a draft is marked done, and pulls the saved text back out.

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Overview

What the NeuronWriter Zapier integration does for you

NeuronWriter tells you how to write content that ranks for a given keyword: which terms belong in the title, the headings and the body. Its Zapier integration plugs that work into your other tools through Zaps, automations made of one trigger (the event that starts them) and one or more actions (the steps they then run for you).

Three results are within reach. Queries launched from your keyword list: Create New Query opens a NeuronWriter analysis for a keyword, a search engine and a content language, straight from a row or a form another tool holds. A nudge when the analysis is done: Finished Processing Query starts a Zap once the recommendations are ready, so you know the recommendations can be read. Drafts that leave the editor by themselves: Query Is Marked as "Done" fires when a query is tagged as ready for publication, and Get Content Saved for a Query hands over the last saved revision.

Between those, Get Query Details reads where a query stands: once its status says ready, it returns the recommendations themselves.

What Zapier does not do here: none of the three triggers is instant, so Zapier checks NeuronWriter at your plan's interval, every 15 minutes on the free plan. There is no search, no action to edit a query, and nothing that publishes the content for you.

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Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Eight words carry this page. Here they are in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time that event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it, here a query that is ready or done.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you, like creating a query.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. The number on your plan is a count of those.
Polling trigger
A trigger Zapier checks on a timer: it asks the app for new items at a fixed interval and keeps only the unseen ones.
Instant trigger
A trigger the app reports itself, the moment the event happens. NeuronWriter has none on Zapier, so the timer applies.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A filter or a second action makes one, and it then needs a paid plan.
Cost

What a NeuronWriter Zap really costs

NeuronWriter is not a premium app: it works from the free plan. You pay in tasks, and only for actions that go through.

  • TriggerNever costs a task
  • Successful action1 task each
  • Failed actionNot counted
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited two-step Zaps
  • Premium appNo

Zapier checking NeuronWriter costs nothing, however often it looks, and the trigger never uses a task. Each successful action counts once; a failed one is not counted. Create New Query, then Get Query Details, then a message is three actions, so three tasks per keyword. The free plan stops at two steps: a filter or a second action calls for a paid plan. The grid below sets how often Zapier checks the three NeuronWriter triggers.

Connect

Connect your NeuronWriter account in 3 steps

  1. 01

    Add the connection from Apps

    In your Zapier account, open the Apps page and click + Add connection. Search for NeuronWriter in the dialog, pick it, then confirm with Add connection. Everything starts in Zapier.

  2. 02

    Sign in to NeuronWriter

    Sign in to NeuronWriter in the tab that opens. You need an account on the app, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch.

  3. 03

    Grant access, then reuse it

    Grant Zapier access to the account. The connection (your NeuronWriter account linked once) is then reused by every NeuronWriter step, in this Zap and in the next ones.

First Zap

Your first Zap: a chat message when recommendations are ready

GoalPost a message in your team chat when NeuronWriter has finished processing a query that passes your rule.

  1. 01

    Build: pick Finished Processing Query

    Create a Zap, choose NeuronWriter as the app that starts it and Finished Processing Query as the event, select your connection, then fill the Project ID.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the trigger test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items of that project, so you pick a real query and set the next steps on actual data.

  3. 03

    Add the filter (paid plan)

    Click the plus icon, choose Filter, then fill the field to look at, the rule and the value. A text rule only works on text. The filter makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan.

  4. 04

    Add the chat message

    Add your team chat as the action, choose the step that sends a message, and write it with values from the query picked at test.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Run each step once and read what came back. Then publish the Zap to switch it on: each message sent costs one task, and Zapier checks NeuronWriter at your plan's interval.

Triggers

The 3 NeuronWriter triggers

3 events start a Zap when something happens in NeuronWriter. Zapier checks for them at the interval your plan allows.

1

Retrieve Projects

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when users has to select one of the projects.”

NeuronWriter describes this one as the trigger for the moment a project has to be picked. It works on the projects of your account rather than on queries or content.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one.
When to use it
when a Zap should start from your list of projects rather than from a query.
Watch out
the official description says little, so check at test what it returns before you build anything on it.
2

Query Is Marked as "Done"

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when your query has been tagged as "Done" meaning the content is ready for publication.”

Starts the Zap when a query is tagged "Done" in NeuronWriter, the sign that its content is ready for publication. It follows that tag set in NeuronWriter, not the end of the analysis.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one.
When to use it
to copy a finished piece to another tool, or to log it in a spreadsheet.
Watch out
the Project ID is required, and the trigger only sees queries of that project.
3

Finished Processing Query

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when your query has been processed by NeuronWriter API and recommendations are ready.”

Fires once NeuronWriter has processed a query and its recommendations are ready to read. This is the end of the analysis, before anyone writes a line.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one.
When to use it
to signal that the recommendations for a keyword can be read.
Watch out
the Project ID is required; queries from another project never start this Zap.
Actions

The 3 NeuronWriter actions

NeuronWriter gives you 3 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Get Content Saved for a Query

Action

In Zapier“Returns last content revision saved for a query”

Returns the last content revision saved for a query, so the text written in NeuronWriter can travel to another tool.

When to use it
after a query is marked done, to copy the draft into the place where it gets published or reviewed.
Watch out
the Query ID is required, and only the latest saved revision comes back.
2

Get Query Details

Action

In Zapier“Retrieves details for a query added with "Create new query" action. If status="ready", the query has been processed and recommendations are ready (returned as a result).”

Reads where a query created with Create New Query stands. When its status is ready, the step returns the recommendations themselves.

When to use it
later in a Zap, to pass the recommendations on to a document or a message.
Watch out
it needs the Query ID that Create New Query returned; map it from that step.
3

Create New Query

Action

In Zapier“Creates a new query for a given keyword (and search engine + language). NeuronWriter then generates recommendations on how to write the content that is optimized for SEO (which terms to use in title, headings, content and more). The analysis usually takes around 60 seconds.”

Opens a new NeuronWriter analysis for a keyword, a search engine and a content language. NeuronWriter then works out which terms the title, headings and text should carry; its own description puts the analysis at around 60 seconds.

When to use it
when your keyword list lives in a spreadsheet or a form and each new entry deserves its own query.
Watch out
four fields are required, the Project ID included.
When it breaks

When a NeuronWriter Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to NeuronWriter. The cases below are Zapier's general limits plus what the NeuronWriter fields require.

Go through them before you publish. If a run still behaves in a way you did not expect, see our Zapier troubleshooting guide.

  • Wrong or missing Project ID

    Two triggers and Create New Query need the Project ID, taken from the project's address. Check at test that the code matches the project you meant.

  • No Query ID to read

    Get Query Details and Get Content Saved for a Query need the Query ID returned by Create New Query. Without it, there is nothing to read.

  • No catch-up on old queries

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Queries already done or processed are not picked up; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A Zap that sets itself off

    As a general precaution: a Zap that writes into the very place its own trigger watches can start itself again and again and burn through your tasks.

  • Flood protection on big batches

    A trigger that suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration, can be held back by Zapier's flood protection.

  • The same query twice

    On polling triggers, Zapier keeps track of what it has already seen, so the same query does not start the Zap a second time.
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FAQ

NeuronWriter and Zapier: frequent questions

01Is the NeuronWriter Zapier integration free?
Yes. NeuronWriter is not a premium app, so its triggers and actions work on Zapier's free plan. That plan gives you 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, each limited to two steps: one trigger and one action. A Zap that posts a chat message when a query is processed fits there. Chain Create New Query with Get Query Details, or add a filter, and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan.
02How many tasks does a NeuronWriter Zap use?
One task per action that succeeds. The three NeuronWriter triggers never cost a task, and Zapier's checks cost nothing however often they run. A Zap that creates one query per new keyword uses one task per keyword. Add Get Query Details and a chat message, and the same keyword costs three tasks when all three actions go through. An action that fails is not counted against your plan. A few apps and actions take more than one task when they complete.
03Does NeuronWriter work with Zapier in real time?
No. All three NeuronWriter triggers are polling triggers: Zapier asks NeuronWriter for news at a fixed interval, every 15 minutes on Free, 2 minutes on Professional, 1 minute on Team and Enterprise. On paid plans you can change that interval and run a check by hand from the editor. The type of a trigger is set by the app itself, and it cannot be switched to instant from Zapier. A Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt in the editor; these do not.
04What does connecting NeuronWriter to Zapier require?
An account on NeuronWriter, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch. From the Apps page of your Zapier account, click + Add connection, search for NeuronWriter, confirm with Add connection, then sign in to NeuronWriter in the tab that opens and grant access. The connection is stored once, and every later NeuronWriter step reuses it. You do not repeat any of this when you build the next NeuronWriter Zap.
05Where is the NeuronWriter Project ID?
In the address of the project. Open the project in NeuronWriter and look at the link in your browser: the Project ID is the code that comes right after /project/view/, before the next slash. Create New Query, Query Is Marked as Done and Finished Processing Query all require it. Copy it once and paste it in each step, then run the test to check that the step reads the project you meant.
06What if the NeuronWriter operation you need is not listed?
Then the Zapier editor cannot do it with NeuronWriter today. The app offers 3 triggers and 3 actions: create a query, read its details, fetch its saved content, and watch for processed, done or project events. There is no search and no step that edits a query. The NeuronWriter page on Zapier shows the current list, so check it before you plan a Zap around a missing step. If a need falls outside that list, no Zap setting can stand in for the missing operation.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for NeuronWriter?
Decide on criteria, not on a ranking. Availability first: on Zapier, NeuronWriter is ready with 6 operations; check the Make and n8n catalogs for NeuronWriter. Timing next: every NeuronWriter trigger on Zapier is a polling one, so your plan's interval sets how soon a processed query is noticed. Cost last: Zapier bills each successful action, and a create-then-read chain is already a paid, multi-step Zap. These are criteria to weigh against your own volume, not a verdict on the three platforms.
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