AI Daily Tech Briefing (schedule → RSS → Anthropic Claude → Gmail)

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "AI Daily Tech Briefing (Schedule \u2192 RSS \u2192 Anthropic Claude \u2192 Gmail)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "cronExpression",
              "expression": "0 8 * * 1-5"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "id": "node-schedule",
      "name": "Schedule Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "position": [
        240,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/TechCrunch",
        "options": {
          "itemsLimit": 5
        }
      },
      "id": "node-rss",
      "name": "RSS Feed Read",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
      "typeVersion": 1.1,
      "position": [
        480,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "runOnceForAllItems",
        "jsCode": "const items = $input.all();\nconst headlines = items.map((item, i) =>\n  (i + 1) + '. ' + item.json.title\n).join('\\n');\n\n// Escape newlines and quotes so the value is safe inside a JSON string\nconst headlinesEscaped = headlines\n  .replace(/\\\\/g, '\\\\\\\\')\n  .replace(/\"/g, '\\\\\"')\n  .replace(/\\n/g, '\\\\n')\n  .replace(/\\r/g, '\\\\r');\n\nreturn [{ json: { headlines: headlines, headlinesEscaped: headlinesEscaped } }];"
      },
      "id": "node-code",
      "name": "Combine Headlines",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        720,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $credentials.value }}"
            },
            {
              "name": "anthropic-version",
              "value": "2023-06-01"
            },
            {
              "name": "content-type",
              "value": "application/json"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "{\"model\":\"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001\",\"max_tokens\":700,\"system\":\"You are a friendly tech newsletter writer. Write in a conversational, engaging tone.\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Write a friendly 3-paragraph daily tech briefing from these headlines. Include a key insight for each.\\n\\nHeadlines:\\n1. OpenAI launches GPT-5 with real-time reasoning capabilities\\n2. Apple unveils Vision Pro 2 with 40% lighter design\\n3. Google DeepMind cracks protein folding for drug discovery\\n4. Microsoft integrates Copilot directly into Windows kernel\\n5. Meta releases open-source AI video generator\"}]}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "node-anthropic",
      "name": "Anthropic Claude \u2014 Write Briefing",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        960,
        300
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "your@email.com",
        "subject": "=Your AI Daily Tech Briefing \u2014 {{ $now.format('EEEE, MMMM d') }}",
        "emailType": "html",
        "message": "=<h2 style='color:#F56040;font-family:sans-serif;'>Your AI Daily Tech Briefing</h2>\n<p style='font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7;'>{{ $json.content[0].text.replace(/\\n/g, '<br>') }}</p>\n<hr>\n<p style='font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#888;'>Powered by n8n + Anthropic Claude &middot; {{ $now.toISO() }}</p>",
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "node-gmail",
      "name": "Gmail",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        1200,
        300
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "gmailOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Schedule Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "RSS Feed Read",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "RSS Feed Read": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Combine Headlines",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Combine Headlines": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Anthropic Claude \u2014 Write Briefing",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Anthropic Claude \u2014 Write Briefing": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Gmail",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "tags": [
    "ai",
    "schedule",
    "anthropic",
    "claude",
    "gmail",
    "rss",
    "tutorial"
  ]
}

Credentials you'll need

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• gmailOAuth2
• httpHeaderAuth

About this workflow

AI Daily Tech Briefing (Schedule → RSS → Anthropic Claude → Gmail). Uses rssFeedRead, httpRequest, gmail. Scheduled trigger; 5 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/shazforiot/n8n-ai-automation-tutorial/blob/main/workflow-ai-newsletter.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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