Daily Briefing

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{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
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            {
              "triggerAtHour": 7
            }
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "getAll",
        "calendar": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_GOOGLE_CALENDAR_EMAIL",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "YOUR_GOOGLE_CALENDAR_EMAIL"
        },
        "options": {
          "timeMin": "={{ $now.beginningOf('day').toISO() }}",
          "timeMax": "={{ $now.plus(1, 'day').beginningOf('day').toISO() }}"
        }
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleCalendar",
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      "alwaysOutputData": true,
      "id": "f24ae974-20be-48a1-8b7d-ca9752eca1d5",
      "name": "Get Today's Events"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "// Calendar events from upstream\nconst events = $('Get Today\\'s Events').all();\nconst lines = [];\n\nfor (const item of events) {\n  const ev = item.json;\n  // Skip empty items (alwaysOutputData sends one empty item when no events)\n  if (!ev.summary && !ev.start) continue;\n\n  const start = ev.start?.dateTime || ev.start?.date || '';\n  const end = ev.end?.dateTime || ev.end?.date || '';\n\n  // Format times (HH:MM)\n  let timeRange = '';\n  if (start.includes('T')) {\n    const s = new Date(start);\n    const e = new Date(end);\n    const fmt = (d) => d.toLocaleTimeString('en-GB', { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', hour12: false });\n    timeRange = `${fmt(s)}-${fmt(e)}`;\n  } else {\n    timeRange = 'All day';\n  }\n\n  lines.push(`${timeRange}  ${ev.summary || '(no title)'}`);\n}\n\nconst calendarBlock = lines.length > 0\n  ? lines.join('\\n')\n  : 'No events today';\n\n// Price section from price-checker\nconst priceSection = $input.first().json.priceSection || '';\n\nconst message = `\\u2600\\uFE0F Good morning! Your day:\\n${calendarBlock}${priceSection}`;\n\nreturn [{ json: { message } }];"
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      "id": "7dd737b0-7c4c-4c14-955f-01356f83d2b9",
      "name": "Format Message"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "chatId": "YOUR_CHAT_ID_1",
        "text": "={{ $json.message }}",
        "replyMarkup": "inlineKeyboard",
        "inlineKeyboard": {
          "rows": [
            {
              "row": {
                "buttons": [
                  {
                    "text": "\ud83d\udcca Expenses",
                    "additionalFields": {
                      "callback_data": "briefing:expenses"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "\ud83d\udcda Learning Notes",
                    "additionalFields": {
                      "callback_data": "briefing:learning"
                    }
                  }
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "row": {
                "buttons": [
                  {
                    "text": "\ud83d\udecd\ufe0f Deal Finder",
                    "additionalFields": {
                      "callback_data": "briefing:deals"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "\u2753 Help",
                    "additionalFields": {
                      "callback_data": "briefing:help"
                    }
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                ]
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        "additionalFields": {
          "appendAttribution": false,
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      "name": "Send to Telegram"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Daily Briefing\n\nSends calendar summary + price tracker report every morning at 7 AM.\n\n**Flow:** Schedule/Manual \u2192 Calendar \u2192 Price Check \u2192 Format \u2192 Telegram\n\nManual Trigger wired for testing.",
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      "name": "Sticky Note - Overview"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Button Callbacks\n\ud83d\udcca briefing:expenses \u00b7 \ud83d\udcda briefing:learning \u00b7 \ud83d\udecd\ufe0f briefing:deals \u00b7 \u2753 briefing:help\nRouted by menu-handler.json in [10_steward](YOUR_GITHUB_REPO_URL/tree/main/projects/n8n/10_steward)",
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    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Standalone Briefing\nCalendar + price tracker with inline action buttons.\nCallbacks handled by menu-handler.json in project 10.",
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      },
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    },
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      "parameters": {
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          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_PRICE_CHECKER_WORKFLOW_ID",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultUrl": "/workflow/YOUR_PRICE_CHECKER_WORKFLOW_ID",
          "cachedResultName": "price-checker"
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      ],
      "id": "db100001-0001-0001-0001-000000000002",
      "name": "Check Prices"
    }
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        [
          {
            "node": "Get Today's Events",
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Manual Trigger": {
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        [
          {
            "node": "Get Today's Events",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
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            "node": "Check Prices",
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          }
        ]
      ]
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      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Format Message",
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Format Message": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send to Telegram",
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  }
}

About this workflow

Daily-Briefing. Uses googleCalendar, telegram. Scheduled trigger; 9 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/runfish5/micro-services/blob/main/projects/n8n/05_daily-briefing/workflows/daily-briefing.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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