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{
"name": "AI News Competitive Intelligence Digest",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"field": "weeks",
"triggerAtDay": [
1
],
"triggerAtHour": 9
}
]
}
},
"id": "c9f2cfbf-f93e-4d29-abaa-b61a81536172",
"name": "Every Monday 9am",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1.3,
"position": [
0,
96
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"url": "https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/feed/",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"responseFormat": "text"
}
}
}
},
"id": "36c99276-b99e-4935-b029-d4a3e75d57c7",
"name": "Fetch AI News (RSS)",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.4,
"position": [
224,
0
],
"retryOnFail": true,
"onError": "continueErrorOutput"
},
{
"parameters": {
"url": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/venturebeat/SZYF",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"responseFormat": "text"
}
}
}
},
"id": "b9f0ca03-662f-4aa0-be2b-a980be20e23b",
"name": "Fetch VentureBeat (RSS)",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.4,
"position": [
224,
192
],
"retryOnFail": true,
"onError": "continueErrorOutput"
},
{
"parameters": {},
"id": "6431b476-393f-4af9-b975-e2c0a5dd9504",
"name": "Merge Feeds",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
"typeVersion": 3.2,
"position": [
448,
96
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const clean = (s) =>\n s ? s.replace(/<!\\[CDATA\\[/g, '').replace(/\\]\\]>/g, '').replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '').replace(/\\s+/g, ' ').trim() : '';\n\nconst articles = [];\n\nfor (const item of $input.all()) {\n const xml = item.json.data || '';\n const feedTitleMatch = xml.match(/<channel>[\\s\\S]*?<title>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/title>/);\n const feedTitle = feedTitleMatch ? clean(feedTitleMatch[1]) : 'Unknown Feed';\n const blocks = xml.match(/<item[\\s\\S]*?<\\/item>/g) || [];\n for (const block of blocks.slice(0, 10)) {\n const t = block.match(/<title>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/title>/);\n const l = block.match(/<link>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/link>/);\n const d = block.match(/<description>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/description>/);\n const p = block.match(/<pubDate>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/pubDate>/);\n const title = clean(t && t[1]);\n if (!title) continue;\n articles.push({\n feed: feedTitle,\n title,\n link: clean(l && l[1]),\n description: clean(d && d[1]).slice(0, 300),\n pubDate: clean(p && p[1]),\n });\n }\n}\n\nconst combinedText = articles\n .map((a, i) => `${i + 1}. [${a.feed}] ${a.title}\\n ${a.description}\\n ${a.link}`)\n .join('\\n\\n');\n\nreturn [{ json: { articleCount: articles.length, combinedText, articles } }];"
},
"id": "7190445e-6288-4d36-8f64-96ac0e30eb0b",
"name": "Parse RSS Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
672,
96
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "strict",
"version": 2
},
"conditions": [
{
"id": "has-articles",
"leftValue": "={{ $json.articleCount }}",
"rightValue": 0,
"operator": {
"type": "number",
"operation": "gt"
}
}
],
"combinator": "and"
},
"options": {}
},
"id": "6c758426-d108-47a3-83ff-f151fff26435",
"name": "Has Articles?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
896,
96
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"cachedResultName": "gpt-4o-mini"
},
"responses": {
"values": [
{
"content": "=Below are recent AI-industry news items collected from RSS feeds. Produce a competitive-intelligence digest of 3 to 5 concise bullet points. For each point, focus on the strategic/competitive implication (who is doing what, and why it matters), not just a summary of the headline. Keep each point to 1-2 sentences.\n\nNEWS ITEMS:\n{{ $json.combinedText }}"
}
]
},
"builtInTools": {},
"options": {
"instructions": "You are a competitive-intelligence analyst covering the AI industry. You write sharp, decision-useful briefings for a product and strategy team.",
"maxTokens": 800,
"temperature": 0.4
}
},
"id": "fabb0c93-bf80-4b6a-9c66-ea722ea84364",
"name": "Generate CI Digest",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"typeVersion": 2.3,
"position": [
1120,
0
],
"retryOnFail": true,
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const digest =\n ($json.output && $json.output[0] && $json.output[0].content && $json.output[0].content[0] && $json.output[0].content[0].text) || '';\nconst count = $('Parse RSS Items').first().json.articleCount || 0;\nconst today = $now.toFormat('cccc, LLL d, yyyy');\n\nconst markdown = [\n '*AI Competitive Intelligence Digest*',\n '_' + today + ' \\u2014 based on ' + count + ' recent articles_',\n '',\n digest.trim(),\n].join('\\n');\n\nreturn [{ json: { markdown } }];"
},
"id": "6690a67e-0ed2-405a-852b-1ba633313b2f",
"name": "Format Markdown",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
1344,
0
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "C0BK2QVDSQN",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "ai-digest"
},
"text": "={{ $json.markdown }}",
"otherOptions": {}
},
"id": "3754bc9d-ccf6-4b8a-85f2-003b799678a7",
"name": "Post to Slack",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"typeVersion": 2.5,
"position": [
1568,
0
],
"credentials": {
"slackApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"onError": "continueErrorOutput"
},
{
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "your-email@example.com",
"subject": "AI Competitive Intelligence Digest (Slack post failed)",
"emailType": "text",
"message": "={{ $json.markdown }}",
"options": {}
},
"id": "a6f78b33-8b3c-4d86-b0be-f48b471d2fed",
"name": "Email Digest Fallback",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
1760,
208
],
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "C0BK2QVDSQN",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "ai-digest"
},
"text": "No new AI news this week",
"otherOptions": {}
},
"id": "12e2f63e-c6af-4b25-bc10-fd2fda171ebe",
"name": "No News to Slack",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"typeVersion": 2.5,
"position": [
1120,
192
],
"credentials": {
"slackApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## AI Competitive Intelligence Digest\nRuns every Monday 9am. Fetches two RSS sources in parallel \u2014 **AI News** (artificialintelligence-news.com) and **VentureBeat** \u2014 merges them (append), and parses items with regex (no XML dependency, safe in the Cloud sandbox).\n\n**AI node:** gpt-4o-mini, temp 0.4, analyst framing \u2192 3\u20135 strategic bullets.\n\n**Resilience (selective, not blanket):** retries + error-output on both fetches; an IF guard skips the AI call when there are no articles; a Slack failure falls back to email.",
"height": 300,
"width": 420,
"color": 4
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
0,
320
],
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "a9dab4a9-903b-4027-8e19-0aed2ba51f6c",
"name": "Sticky Note"
}
],
"connections": {
"Every Monday 9am": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Fetch AI News (RSS)",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Fetch VentureBeat (RSS)",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Fetch AI News (RSS)": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge Feeds",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Fetch VentureBeat (RSS)": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge Feeds",
"type": "main",
"index": 1
}
]
]
},
"Merge Feeds": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Parse RSS Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Parse RSS Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Has Articles?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Has Articles?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Generate CI Digest",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "No News to Slack",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Generate CI Digest": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Format Markdown",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Format Markdown": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Post to Slack",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Post to Slack": {
"main": [
[],
[
{
"node": "Email Digest Fallback",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"active": true,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1",
"binaryMode": "separate"
},
"versionId": "68717ea1-6097-4ee4-9d24-e95a75d35895",
"nodeGroups": [],
"id": "IyxGRhBB5eFAfrCP",
"tags": []
}
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About this workflow
AI News Competitive Intelligence Digest. Uses httpRequest, openAi, slack, gmail. Scheduled trigger; 12 nodes.
Source: https://gist.github.com/Paramjeet-singh-neu/3016413d127ecef5b9ae0fd8f402f2c9 — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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