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Automated Zhihu Question Opportunity Tracking

Every morning, WebRun searches Zhihu for new questions matching your industry topics, logs each one as a content opportunity in Airtable with its view count, and drafts an answer outline in Notion for your writers to develop.

Runs on WebRun · Strict Lockdown policy
Every day at 8:00 AM WebRunorchestrates each step
1 Zhihu find matching new questions
2 Airtable log each as an opportunity
3 Notion draft an answer outline
In short

How do I find and track relevant Zhihu questions for content?

WebRun scans Zhihu every morning for new questions matching your industry topics, skipping any already well answered. It logs each one as a content opportunity in Airtable with its view count and drafts an answer outline in Notion, so your writers always have a ready pipeline of relevant questions to develop.

  • Relevant questions get logged the same morning they appear
  • Writers get a ready outline instead of starting from nothing
  • Already well-answered questions get filtered out automatically

Built for content marketers · China market teams · subject matter experts · growth teams

Step by step

What does WebRun do on every run?

The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.

  1. WebRun signs in and gets to work

    Opens www.zhihu.com in a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys.

  2. 1
    Zhihu - find matching new questions
    zhihu.com
    WebRun in Zhihu: find matching new questions
    WebRun opens Zhihu to find matching new questions.
    • Search Zhihu for new questions matching your set industry topics
    • Note each question's view count and how many answers it already has
    • Skip questions that already have a strong, highly-upvoted answer

    Done when Every matching new question has been found and checked for existing answers.

  3. 2
    Airtable - log each as an opportunity
    airtable.com
    WebRun in Airtable: log each as an opportunity
    WebRun opens Airtable to log each as an opportunity.
    • Log each question as a content opportunity with its view count
    • Mark the status as new, in progress, or answered
    • Skip anything already logged from a previous run

    Done when Every matching question is logged in the opportunity pipeline.

  4. 3
    Notion - draft an answer outline
    notion.so
    WebRun in Notion: draft an answer outline
    WebRun opens Notion to draft an answer outline.
    • Draft a short answer outline covering the key points to address
    • Link the outline back to the original Zhihu question
    • Leave posting the final answer on Zhihu as a manual step for the writer

    Done when Every logged opportunity has a drafted outline in Notion.

Run settings

How is each run configured?

Starting pageWhere Chrome opens at the start of each run
www.zhihu.com
ScheduleRuns automatically on this cadence
Every day at 8:00 AM
DeliveryHow each run's result reaches you
Content pipeline · Airtable
OutputWhat each run produces - A logged pipeline of relevant Zhihu questions, each with a drafted answer outline.
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Setup & safety

Secure by default

Connect once, stays signed in

WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.

Your credentials stay in your own private environment - WebRun never stores your passwords.
Strict Lockdown

Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.

Domains ALLOWLIST
Typed input ALLOW
Shell command BLOCK
File uploads BLOCK
Runs in a contained environment More on policies
Good to know

Questions, answered

Will WebRun post answers to Zhihu on its own?

No. It only researches questions and drafts an outline. Posting the finished answer on Zhihu is a public action a writer takes themselves.

How does it pick which questions to track?

It matches new questions against the industry topics you set and skips any that already have a strong, highly-upvoted answer.

How do writers know what to work on next?

Every logged opportunity in Airtable has a status, and the highest-view, unanswered questions are the ones worth prioritizing first.

Put this on autopilot.

Turn it on in minutes - or have our team set it up for you.