Amir This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #9652 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Chainllm → Emailsend recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "dmoXmxoRl7IynHDc",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Instagram Daily Post",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "fda4cf10-8bc2-490c-8412-eaef0dd637f4",
"name": "Send email",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Hello dear,\n\nDaily tips and guide has attached to this email.\n\n{{ $('Code-Split-LangChain').item.json.quote }}\n\n{{ $('Code-Split-LangChain').item.json.caption }}\n\n{{ $('Code-Split-LangChain').item.json.hashtags }}\n\nBest\nAI",
"options": {
"attachments": "=data"
},
"subject": "Daily Instagram Post",
"toEmail": "=",
"fromEmail": "user@example.com",
"emailFormat": "text"
},
"credentials": {
"smtp": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "c17de175-e95e-4e88-bd42-52851656e3ba",
"name": "Read Text Files from Disk",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.readWriteFile",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fileSelector": "/home/node/instagram_posts.txt"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f1bf713b-05bb-4a19-a80f-fe201833f4fa",
"name": "Extract from Text File",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"keepSource": "json"
},
"operation": "text",
"destinationKey": "post_history"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "6f59e757-00c4-4605-b54f-cb9808ea7528",
"name": "Convert Quote to File",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"operation": "toText",
"sourceProperty": "quote",
"binaryPropertyName": "quote_for_file"
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "df525ede-df99-49c2-a5e5-ae67b38ee9ff",
"name": "Generate an image",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.googleGemini",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"prompt": "=Draw a simple image for below quote and put the text in the image with bold and clear front and contrast color like red. This is the quote:{{ $('Code-Split-LangChain').item.json.quote}}",
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "models/gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation",
"cachedResultName": "models/gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation"
},
"options": {},
"resource": "image"
},
"credentials": {
"googlePalmApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2c3dedaa-9791-44c5-9b20-fcbada1f3658",
"name": "Write Text Files from Disk",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.readWriteFile",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"options": {
"append": true
},
"fileName": "/home/node/instagram_posts.txt",
"operation": "write",
"dataPropertyName": "quote_for_file"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"id": "9df5aee8-c071-4eea-885d-32efe21e1b67",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 624,
"height": 1120,
"content": "# \ud83d\udcf8 Instagram Post Automation Workflow\n\n## \u2139\ufe0f What is this workflow\nThis workflow automatically produces daily Instagram posts based on a user-provided prompt and sends them to your email inbox. \nSocial media creators can use it to generate content periodically and save time. \n\nThe email includes: \n- Picture \n- Title \n- Caption \n- Relevant hashtags \n\nYou can simply copy and paste the content from the email into Instagram, or go further by connecting it to the Facebook API for **full automation**.\n\n## \ud83d\udcbc Business Cases\n- Generating social media posts primarily for Instagram. \n- Integrating with other workflows (trend research, market studies, news feeds) to produce images, statistics, text, or data comparisons for social media.\n\n## \u2699\ufe0f How Does It Work\n1. The workflow runs periodically according to your schedule settings. \n2. Generates a new quote, avoiding duplicates of previously created ones. \n3. Creates an image. \n4. Sends all content by email.\n\n## \ud83d\udd17 Integrated Services\n- Local file storage on the hosted platform \n- OpenAI GPT model (customizable to any AI model you prefer) \n- Gemini model for image generation (replaceable with your preferred tool) \n- Email sending via SMTP\n\n## \ud83d\udee0 How to Set Up\n1. Install the workflow template. \n2. Configure AI models and set up SMTP credentials. \n3. Create a file on your local installation (`/home/node/instagram_posts.txt`). \n4. Set up the scheduler. \n5. Test and enjoy."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"name": "Basic LLM Chain",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"text": "=Create an Instagram post about self-growth and partnership, inspired by Rumi, Khayam, or similar poets. Make sure dont generate these again as previsouly generated:\"\" {{ $json.post_history }}\"\"\n\nOUTPUT:\nNo additional text, explanations or title for sections and only provide below information:\n1. One short inspirational sentence between 5 to 25 words about self-growth or partnership, including quoting the poet\u2019s name.\n2. A suggested Instagram caption to accompany the post.\n3. A list of suitable hashtags.\n\n\n\n",
"batching": {},
"messages": {
"messageValues": [
{
"message": "you are a self growth and partnership mentor and coach and by giving inspirational quotes you will give insight and guidline to people for beeter life."
}
]
},
"promptType": "define"
},
"typeVersion": 1.7
},
{
"id": "eae5a242-b569-4cd4-8b34-4e29efc763dd",
"name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"model": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4.1-mini"
},
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "9691f4f7-be6f-421a-adcc-60e2244a673b",
"name": "Code-Split-LangChain",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const input = items[0].json.text.replace(/[\"\u201c]/g, ''); \n// const input = items[0].json.choices[0].message.content.replace(/[\"\u201c]/g, ''); \nconst lines = input.split('\\n').filter(line => line.trim() !== ''); \n\nreturn [\n {\n json: {\n quote: lines[0] || '',\n caption: lines[1] || '',\n hashtags: lines[2] || ''\n }\n }\n];\n"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
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"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
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},
"typeVersion": 1.2
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"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 560,
"height": 592,
"content": "# 2. Quote Generation\n\n* Use Model to generate a new quote\n* Split outcome to Quote, Caption and Hashtag for the next step"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "20f471e4-32dd-4d07-bce6-52cef13320c8",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 432,
"height": 512,
"content": "# 3. Save new Quote\n\n* save new quote to the file for the next run"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 544,
"height": 512,
"content": "# 4. Image Generation and Send Email\n\n* Generate Image based on quote\n* Send email by attach the generated image and include Quote, Caption and Hashtag"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3104990d-c570-47d2-826a-68ec886bac28",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 672,
"height": 512,
"content": "# 1. Initial Stage\n\n* Schedule node is running the workflow periodically based on user configuration\n* Next node read all previous generated quotes and convert it to JSON format for the next step to avoid duplicate generation"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "e7cc6bba-55d0-4b42-a26f-8a7ff84d6c1a",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"height": 80,
"content": "Update System and User Prompt Based on your needs"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "9c1bc39c-4dec-413f-a37f-dddb0fb87a08",
"name": "Sticky Note6",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 256,
"height": 80,
"content": "Update User Prompt if you need to change the image generation style"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "781a8396-7098-4724-920c-d3258511862b",
"name": "Sticky Note7",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 208,
"height": 80,
"content": "Update receiver email address field"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner",
"errorWorkflow": "9HH2EGZy0RsECzde",
"executionOrder": "v1"
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"connections": {
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{
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"Generate an image": {
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{
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"OpenAI Chat Model": {
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{
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{
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{
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]
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}
}
}
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About this workflow
This workflow automatically produces daily Instagram posts based on a user-provided prompt and sends them to your email inbox. Social media creators can use it to generate content periodically and save time.
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/9652/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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