Auto-notify on New Major N8n Releases via Rss, Email & Telegram

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "33",
  "name": "n8n_check",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "On clicking 'execute'",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        -520,
        250
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "RSS Feed Read",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
      "position": [
        -320,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases.atom"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "IF",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        70,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "string": [
            {
              "value1": "={{$node[\"Filter by current day\"].json[\"data\"]}}",
              "value2": "/.+/",
              "operation": "regex"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Cron",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
      "position": [
        -520,
        421
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "triggerTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "mode": "custom",
              "cronExpression": "0 0 10,14,18 * * *"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Filter by current day",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
      "position": [
        -120,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "functionCode": "var d = new Date();\nvar year = d.getFullYear();\nvar month = d.getMonth() + 1;\nvar day = d.getDate();\nvar hour = d.getHours() - 4;//Publication in last 4 hours\n\nmonth = month < 10 ? \"0\" + month : month;\nday = day < 10 ? \"0\" + day : day;\nhour = hour < 10 ? \"0\" + hour : hour;\n\nvar lines = items.filter(function(item) {\n  //var str = year + \"-\" + month + \"-\" + day + \"T\" + hour;\n  var str = year + \"-\" + month + \"-\" + day + \"T\" + hour;\n  //return true;//item.json.pubDate.indexOf(str) !== -1 && item.json.title.indexOf(\"n8n@\") !== -1;\n  return item.json.pubDate.indexOf(str) !== -1 && item.json.title.indexOf(\"n8n@\") !== -1 && item.json.title.indexOf(\".0\") !== -1;\n}).map(function(item) {\n  return item.json.title;\n}).join(\"\\n\");\n\n\nreturn [\n  {\n  json: {\n    date: year + \"-\" + month + \"-\" + day + \" \" + hour,\n    data: lines && lines.length ? \"New release on n8n:\\n\" + lines : \"\"\n   }\n  }\n]"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Telegram",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
      "position": [
        300,
        280
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{$node[\"Filter by current day\"].json[\"data\"]}}",
        "chatId": "123456789",
        "additionalFields": {
          "parse_mode": "HTML"
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "AWS SES",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.awsSes",
      "position": [
        300,
        110
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "body": "={{$node[\"Filter by current day\"].json[\"data\"]}}",
        "subject": "New n8n version",
        "fromEmail": "user@example.com",
        "isBodyHtml": true,
        "toAddresses": [
          "user@example.com"
        ],
        "additionalFields": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "aws": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": true,
  "settings": {},
  "connections": {
    "IF": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Telegram",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "AWS SES",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Cron": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "RSS Feed Read",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "RSS Feed Read": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Filter by current day",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Filter by current day": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "IF",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "On clicking 'execute'": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "RSS Feed Read",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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• aws
• telegramApi

About this workflow

This n8n workflow template checks for new major releases (tagged with ) of the n8n project using its official GitHub releases feed. It runs multiple times a day and sends notifications via email and Telegram if a new release is found.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/736/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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