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The workflow JSON
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"chatId": "YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID",
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"parameters": {
"text": "={{ $json.digest }}",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
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"mode": "list",
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"otherOptions": {},
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"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"Date": "={{ $now.format('yyyy-MM-dd') }}",
"Digest": "={{ $json.digest }}",
"Timestamp": "={{ $now.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') }}",
"Article Count": "={{ $('Prepare Data for AI').item.json.articleCount }}",
"Character Count": "={{ $json.digestLength }}"
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"value": "YOUR_GOOGLE_SHEET_ID"
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"content": "## News Sources\nFetching from multiple APIs with error handling"
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"parameters": {
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"width": 1324,
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"content": "## Data Processing\nDeduplication, normalization & error handling"
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"content": " AI Analysis\nGPT-4 powered threat intelligence analysis with categorization"
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"content": "# Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence Digest System\n\n**Created by: Abdullah Dilshad**\niamabdullahdishad@gmail.com\n\n## Key Features\n\n### **Multi-Source Aggregation**\n- GNews API for mainstream news\n- NewsAPI for comprehensive coverage\n- Reddit r/cybersecurity for community insights\n- Expandable to RSS feeds, CISA alerts, CVE databases\n\n### **Smart Deduplication**\n- Levenshtein distance algorithm\n- 80% similarity threshold\n- Prevents duplicate stories from multiple sources\n\n### **AI-Powered Analysis**\n- GPT-4 threat prioritization\n- Automatic categorization (Breach, Vulnerability, Tool, Research)\n- Severity rating (Critical, High, Medium)\n- Actionable summaries for security teams\n\n### **Robust Error Handling**\n- Retry logic with continueOnFail\n- Admin alerts for failures\n- Timeout protection (10s)\n- Fallback mechanisms\n\n### **Multi-Channel Distribution**\n- **Telegram**: Instant mobile notifications\n- **Slack**: Team collaboration channels\n- **Email**: Executive-friendly HTML format\n- **Google Sheets**: Searchable historical archive\n\n### **Quality Assurance**\n- Message length validation\n- Character count monitoring\n- Warning alerts for oversized digests\n- Source count tracking\n\n---\n\n## Perfect For\n\n **Security Operations Centers (SOCs)**\n **Cybersecurity Teams**\n **IT Security Managers**\n **Incident Response Teams**\n **CISOs & Security Leadership**\n **Security Researchers**\n **Penetration Testers**\n\n Time: ~20 minutes\n\n**Requirements**:\n- n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted)\n- OpenAI API key\n- GNews API key (free tier available)\n- NewsAPI key (free tier available)\n- Telegram Bot Token\n- (Optional) Slack workspace access\n- (Optional) Google Sheets for archiving\n- (Optional) Email SMTP credentials"
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"jsCode": "const aiText = items[0].json.output;\n\n// 1\ufe0f\u20e3 Unified text message (Telegram / Slack / Email)\nconst message =\n`\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Daily Cybersecurity Brief\n\n${aiText}\n\n\ud83d\udd52 Generated: ${new Date().toLocaleString()}`;\n\n// 2\ufe0f\u20e3 Basic row format for Sheets (1 row per digest)\nconst sheetRow = {\n date: new Date().toISOString(),\n content: aiText\n};\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n textMessage: message,\n sheetRow,\n metadata: {\n generatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),\n length: aiText.length\n }\n }\n}];\n"
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"parameters": {
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"height": 616,
"content": "## Handeling Errors\n"
},
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{
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"name": "Send a message",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"message": "Hello",
"options": {},
"subject": "Hello"
},
"credentials": {
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"name": "<your credential>"
}
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{
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{
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"type": "main",
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{
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}
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.
gmailOAuth2googleSheetsOAuth2ApiopenAiApitelegramApi
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About this workflow
Workflow Created By: Abdullah Dilshad 📧 iamabdullahdishad@gmail.com
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/13072/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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