Automated News Summarizer with Gpt-4o + Email Delivery

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "0amwQfcJAlNBQvX6",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "Daily News",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "1145643c-2b2c-44e9-bcf4-30e412f9416e",
      "name": "Schedule Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "position": [
        -960,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "minutes",
              "minutesInterval": 10
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "44038509-248a-47d4-9c49-5c0f29ffda22",
      "name": "AI Agent",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
      "position": [
        -400,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "=You are act as news expert and collect all news headlines  in below and summarise in 5 bullets.\n\n\n {{ $json.articles[1].title }}",
        "options": {},
        "promptType": "define"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.9
    },
    {
      "id": "e97aeaae-a829-40d5-a344-6ae7141095ec",
      "name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "position": [
        -400,
        -160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "model": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4o-mini"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "7b285d38-5089-4eed-bd81-8ef4667f3c28",
      "name": "Pull News",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        -680,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines",
        "options": {},
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "country",
              "value": "us"
            },
            {
              "name": "apiKey",
              "value": "NEWS_API_KEY"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "4c6e30ad-4030-48e7-b735-1d8e228a1c03",
      "name": "Send Mail",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "position": [
        180,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "={{ $json.Email }}",
        "message": "=Hi {{ $json.Name }},\nPlease find the top news headlines as below:\n\n{{ $('AI Agent').item.json.output }}",
        "options": {},
        "subject": "News Headlines",
        "emailType": "text"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "gmailOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.1
    },
    {
      "id": "c05f27cc-fd08-457a-b964-3bbd3e7193a2",
      "name": "Email list",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        -40,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "sheetName": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gid=0",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/YOUR_GOOGLE_SHEET_ID/edit#gid=0",
          "cachedResultName": "Sheet1"
        },
        "documentId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "1L2dLObdw_aicD6fTd-ElHSBBJIj1aBmKT7FecMtbyyE",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/YOUR_GOOGLE_SHEET_ID/edit?usp=drivesdk",
          "cachedResultName": "Emails"
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.5
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "b5ab7305-3729-4b0a-a432-1e187a93e1bb",
  "connections": {
    "AI Agent": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Email list",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Pull News": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Email list": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Mail",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Schedule Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Pull News",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "OpenAI Chat Model": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_languageModel",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.

• gmailOAuth2
• googleSheetsOAuth2Api
• openAiApi

About this workflow

This workflow fetches top news headlines every 10 minutes from NewsAPI, summarizes them using OpenAI's GPT-4o model, and sends a concise email digest to a list of recipients defined in a Google Spreadsheet. It's ideal for anyone who wants to stay updated with the latest news in…

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/4864/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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