{ "id": "BgcWKaScg3Sr3w5T9IJ2E", "name": "Media relations news briefing - Trends", "tags": [], "nodes": [ { "id": "ddfd0955-d4e7-4c41-a3dd-40fe8cc0ede0", "name": "Merge", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge", "position": [ 912, 416 ], "parameters": { "mode": "combine", "options": {}, "combineBy": "combineByPosition", "numberInputs": 3 }, "typeVersion": 3.2 }, { "id": "648120da-cf8c-48f4-86e3-8232975f1029", "name": "Sticky Note", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 48, 192 ], "parameters": { "color": 5, "width": 784, "height": 560, "content": "Handling historic data" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "bddc9400-d036-41d3-938f-4922fb6d2a2c", "name": "Sticky Note1", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -1088, 192 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 672, "height": 560, "content": "Setup" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "87d045d2-bb8f-4935-b322-d6594ebf4d5e", "name": "Sticky Note2", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 848, 192 ], "parameters": { "color": 4, "width": 576, "height": 560, "content": "Analysis & deep-dive" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "79ec0cf5-4c62-480f-aab1-4afd6bcf9aed", "name": "Sticky Note3", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 1440, 192 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 432, "height": 560, "content": "Output" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "06fb6b77-b64d-4aff-926b-e793e1cbc504", "name": "AI Agent", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent", "position": [ 1120, 432 ], "parameters": { "text": "=You are a media relations analyst. Prepare a concise media briefing based on the latest coverage of: \"{{ $('Set user config').item.json.query }}\"\n\nYou will receive {{ $('Fetch news articles').item.json.totalResults }} articles in the end of this instruction. From this data, select the 10 most relevant and impactful for the topic above.\n\n**ANOMALY DETECTION:**\nIf you detect an anomaly based on historic volume seen here {{ $('Get historic values from Google Sheets').item.json.history }}, decide the most fitting keyword and use the \"Topic research\" tool where you use this URL (replace KEYWORD):\n\nhttps://newsapi.org/v2/everything?q=KEYWORD&from={{ $('Set timeframe to last 2 days').item.json.newDate }}&sortBy=relevancy&apiKey=719937591fcb4c5986426a3a9d9dac6b\n\nThen explain which keyword you researched and present your findings in the anomaly section. If you didn't research an anomaly, mention this briefly in a sentence.\n\nBut in the top 10 articles, only list the ones from the data in the end.\n\n**HTML OUTPUT FORMAT:**\n\nUse proper HTML formatting for email. Structure your response as follows:\n\n

\ud83d\udcf0 Personal Media Briefing \u2013 {{ $('Trigger daily').item.json['Readable date'] }}

\n\n
\n\n

Executive Overview

\n

[1 short paragraph summarizing the overall trend or narrative]

\n\n

Top Articles

\n\nFor each of the selected articles, format as:\n\n
\n

\n [Article Headline] [SENTIMENT_DOT]\n

\n

[1-sentence summary]

\n
\n\n
\n\n

Coverage Insights

\n

\n Current Volume: {{ $json.coverageVolume }} articles
\n Average Volume: {{ $json.averageCoverageVolume }} articles\n

\n\n[If anomaly detected, add:]\n\n
\n

\u26a0\ufe0f Anomaly Detected

\n

Research Keyword: [KEYWORD]

\n

[Explanation of anomaly and further research findings]

\n
\n\n
\n\n**SENTIMENT INDICATORS:**\n- \ud83d\udfe2 for Positive\n- \u26aa for Neutral\n- \ud83d\udd34 for Negative\n\n\n**CONSTRAINTS:**\n- Entire HTML output must stay below 2000 characters\n- Don't mention tools used\n- Keep wording tight, remove filler\n- Consolidate repetitive content\n- Ensure all links use proper tags\n- Use inline CSS (no external stylesheets)\n\n**DATA INPUT:**\n{{ $('Fetch news articles').item.json.articles }}", "options": { "maxIterations": 3 }, "promptType": "define" }, "typeVersion": 3 }, { "id": "a67dcfb0-2416-4edc-b289-de9b0f4cd4ce", "name": "OpenAI Chat Model", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi", "position": [ 992, 624 ], "parameters": { "model": { "__rl": true, "mode": "list", "value": "gpt-4.1-mini" }, "options": { "maxRetries": 2 } }, "typeVersion": 1.2 }, { "id": "6733b6e1-cd76-446f-ad96-15da84ad5447", "name": "Simple Memory", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow", "position": [ 1152, 624 ], "parameters": { "sessionKey": "={{ $('Trigger daily').item.json.timestamp }}", "sessionIdType": "customKey" }, "typeVersion": 1.3 }, { "id": "cfcdc9f8-4918-4235-9683-560ba8fa6381", "name": "Sticky Note8", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -1088, -256 ], "parameters": { "width": 662, "height": 416, "content": "# How this works\nThis workflow finds articles, summarizes them and sends the findings via email. Therefore, it saves roughly **1 hour** of article research & writing the summary, deep-diving a topic when necessary.\n\n## Configuration\nUse the **Set user config node** to input the topic, like a company name or keyword such as Sustainability. Make sure to also put in necessary credentials and your email to where the briefing should be sent to.\n\n**Put in your credentials:**\n1. Get Google Sheets data\n2. Save to Google Sheets\n3. OpenAI Chat Model (or connect another model)\n4. Send the email (Gmail) (or connect another email provider)" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "4fa3c66a-0847-4ae8-8486-7d08eaf05efc", "name": "Sticky Note4", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -384, 192 ], "parameters": { "color": 2, "width": 416, "height": 560, "content": "Fetch news article" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "f92b3f43-f8f9-4d27-8591-a79e893ada2d", "name": "Fetch news articles", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [ -336, 400 ], "parameters": { "url": "=https://newsapi.org/v2/everything?q={{ $json.query }}&from={{ $json.from }}&sortBy=relevancy&apiKey={{ $json.apiKey }}", "options": {} }, "typeVersion": 4.2 }, { "id": "c42414ee-0218-4058-b756-a5f04509f459", "name": "Set user config", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [ -560, 400 ], "parameters": { "mode": "raw", "options": {}, "jsonOutput": "={\n \"query\": \"QUERY_HERE\",\n \"category\": \"\",\n \"countries\": \"us,de\",\n \"lookback_days\": 2,\n apiKey\": \"NEWS_API_KEY_HERE\",\n \"recipient_email\": \"RECIPIENT_EMAIL_HERE\",\n \"table_URL\": GOOGLE_TABLE_URL_HERE,\n \"from\": \"{{ $json.formattedDate }}\",\n}" }, "typeVersion": 3.4 }, { "id": "62ed3d26-9631-4f3f-a4c8-89d0b379322e", "name": "Format date", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dateTime", "position": [ -704, 400 ], "parameters": { "date": "={{ $json.newDate }}", "format": "yyyy-MM-dd", "options": {}, "operation": "formatDate" }, "typeVersion": 2 }, { "id": "cab2839d-6af2-46e8-8aa1-2690122f1ec4", "name": "Set timeframe to last 2 days", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dateTime", "position": [ -864, 400 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "duration": 2, "magnitude": "={{ $json.timestamp }}", "operation": "subtractFromDate" }, "typeVersion": 2 }, { "id": "247fada4-7c40-4e93-9fdb-885be6cb60c2", "name": "Trigger daily", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger", "position": [ -1040, 400 ], "parameters": { "rule": { "interval": [ {} ] } }, "typeVersion": 1.2 }, { "id": "1a1c1257-f62b-46bc-b452-5a9e9ebca5de", "name": "Understand number of results", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [ -144, 400 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "assignments": { "assignments": [ { "id": "19b5482a-ef3d-4558-bd75-c97dd75df351", "name": "date", "type": "string", "value": "={{ new Date().toISOString().slice(0,10) }}" }, { "id": "caca8893-44ed-416a-b595-7c57b88fdb73", "name": "coverageVolume", "type": "string", "value": "={{ $json[\"articles\"] ? $json[\"articles\"].length : 0 }}" }, { "id": "afedaf1f-8230-4354-ad4e-645f397af0e7", "name": "totalResults", "type": "string", "value": "={{ $json[\"totalResults\"] || $json[\"articles\"]?.length || 0 }}" }, { "id": "7043f438-f99c-4130-b5f9-215ac271ec65", "name": "query", "type": "string", "value": "={{ $('Set user config').item.json.query }}" } ] } }, "typeVersion": 3.4 }, { "id": "25e252bf-a800-42be-805d-4efbb4d8c876", "name": "Get historic values from Google Sheets", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "position": [ 384, 288 ], "parameters": { "jsCode": "// items: one per row from Google Sheets\nconst history = items\n .map(i => i.json)\n .filter(r => r.date && r.coverageVolume)\n .map(r => ({\n date: r.date,\n coverageVolume: Number(r.coverageVolume),\n totalResults: Number(r.totalResults || r.coverageVolume),\n }));\n\nreturn [\n {\n json: {\n history,\n },\n },\n];" }, "typeVersion": 2 }, { "id": "05eebaa8-2133-47cf-be43-3a7e24d1b309", "name": "Get Google Sheets data", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets", "position": [ 144, 272 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "sheetName": { "__rl": true, "mode": "id", "value": "={{ $json.sheet_ID }}" }, "documentId": { "__rl": true, "mode": "url", "value": "={{ $json.table_URL }}" } }, "typeVersion": 4.7 }, { "id": "8f605529-99f6-4c3e-9d54-7e08f59aaea0", "name": "Save to Google Sheets", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets", "position": [ 144, 528 ], "parameters": { "columns": { "value": { "date": "={{ $json.date }}", "totalResults": "={{ $json.totalResults }}", "coverageVolume": "={{ $json.coverageVolume }}" }, "schema": 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