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Automate RSS to Instagram with Ai-generated Content and Cloudinary

ByPaolo Ronco @paoloronco on n8n.io

Reads and aggregates news from one or more RSS feeds (customizable by category). Uses AI to select the most relevant or engaging articles. Generates a caption and headline with a natural, professional tone. Creates a realistic AI-generated image to match the topic. Uploads the…

Cron / scheduled trigger★★★★★ complexityAI-powered35 nodesRSS Feed ReadAgentOpenAI ChatOpenAIFacebook Graph ApiEdit ImageN8N Nodes Cloudinary
AI & RAG Trigger: Cron / scheduled Nodes: 35 Complexity: ★★★★★ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #11791 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Agent → Facebookgraphapi recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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About this workflow

Reads and aggregates news from one or more RSS feeds (customizable by category). Uses AI to select the most relevant or engaging articles. Generates a caption and headline with a natural, professional tone. Creates a realistic AI-generated image to match the topic. Uploads the…

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