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The workflow JSON
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"name": "Merge All Sources",
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"jsCode": "// Fetch and parse all RSS feeds with categories\nconst feeds = [\n { url: 'https://arstechnica.com/feed/', category: 'Tech News' },\n { url: 'https://noted.lol/rss', category: 'Homelab' },\n { url: 'https://omgubuntu.co.uk/feed', category: 'Linux' },\n { url: 'https://9to5linux.com/feed', category: 'Linux' },\n { url: 'https://www.cyberciti.com/atom/atom.xml', category: 'Linux' }\n];\n\n// Date filter: previous calendar day only\nconst now = new Date();\nconst yesterdayStart = new Date(now);\nyesterdayStart.setDate(yesterdayStart.getDate() - 1);\nyesterdayStart.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);\n\nconst yesterdayEnd = new Date(now);\nyesterdayEnd.setDate(yesterdayEnd.getDate() - 1);\nyesterdayEnd.setHours(23, 59, 59, 999);\n\nconst allArticles = [];\n\nfor (const feed of feeds) {\n try {\n const response = await this.helpers.httpRequest({\n method: 'GET',\n url: feed.url,\n returnFullResponse: false\n });\n \n const xmlData = typeof response === 'string' ? response : (response.data || response.body || '');\n \n if (!xmlData) continue;\n \n // Detect Atom vs RSS\n const isAtom = xmlData.includes('<feed') && xmlData.includes('<entry');\n \n if (isAtom) {\n // Parse Atom\n const entryRegex = /<entry[^>]*>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/entry>/gi;\n let match;\n let count = 0;\n \n while ((match = entryRegex.exec(xmlData)) !== null && count < 3) {\n const entryXml = match[1];\n \n const linkMatch = entryXml.match(/<link[^>]*href=[\"']([^\"']+)[\"']/i);\n const link = linkMatch ? linkMatch[1] : '';\n \n const titleMatch = entryXml.match(/<title[^>]*><!\\[CDATA\\[([\\s\\S]*?)\\]\\]><\\/title>/i) ||\n entryXml.match(/<title[^>]*>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/title>/i);\n const title = titleMatch ? titleMatch[1].replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '').trim() : 'No title';\n \n const dateMatch = entryXml.match(/<published>([^<]+)<\\/published>/i) ||\n entryXml.match(/<updated>([^<]+)<\\/updated>/i);\n const pubDate = dateMatch ? new Date(dateMatch[1]) : null;\n \n if (link && pubDate && pubDate >= yesterdayStart && pubDate <= yesterdayEnd) {\n allArticles.push({ title, url: link, category: feed.category, pubDate: pubDate.toISOString() });\n count++;\n }\n }\n } else {\n // Parse RSS\n const itemRegex = /<item[^>]*>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/item>/gi;\n let match;\n let count = 0;\n \n while ((match = itemRegex.exec(xmlData)) !== null && count < 3) {\n const itemXml = match[1];\n \n const getTag = (tag) => {\n const regex = new RegExp(`<${tag}[^>]*><!\\\\[CDATA\\\\[([\\\\s\\\\S]*?)\\\\]\\\\]><\\/${tag}>|<${tag}[^>]*>([\\\\s\\\\S]*?)<\\/${tag}>`, 'i');\n const m = itemXml.match(regex);\n return m ? (m[1] || m[2] || '').trim() : '';\n };\n \n const title = getTag('title') || 'No title';\n const link = getTag('link');\n const pubDateStr = getTag('pubDate');\n const pubDate = pubDateStr ? new Date(pubDateStr) : null;\n \n if (link && pubDate && pubDate >= yesterdayStart && pubDate <= yesterdayEnd) {\n allArticles.push({ title, url: link, category: feed.category, pubDate: pubDate.toISOString() });\n count++;\n }\n }\n }\n } catch (error) {\n continue;\n }\n}\n\nif (allArticles.length === 0) {\n return [{ json: { empty: true, message: 'No recent articles found' } }];\n}\n\nreturn allArticles.map(a => ({ json: a }));"
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"options": {}
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"id": "17dcef4d-b39e-49c6-8672-c3d3c3e2c1c1",
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"typeVersion": 3,
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},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "scrape",
"url": "={{ $json.url }}",
"requestOptions": {}
},
"type": "@mendable/n8n-nodes-firecrawl.firecrawl",
"typeVersion": 1,
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"id": "b398aca6-1f9a-4aad-bd83-bd1f49081f37",
"name": "Scrape URL",
"credentials": {
"firecrawlApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"onError": "continueRegularOutput"
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Combine scraped content with original metadata\nconst scraped = $('Scrape URL').first().json;\nconst original = $('Loop Over Articles').first().json;\n\nif (!scraped || scraped.error) {\n return [{\n json: {\n title: original.title || 'No title',\n url: original.url,\n category: original.category,\n content: 'Content could not be scraped.'\n }\n }];\n}\n\nconst data = scraped.data || scraped;\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n title: data.metadata?.title || original.title || 'No title',\n url: original.url,\n category: original.category,\n content: data.markdown || data.content || 'No content available'\n }\n}];"
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"id": "64ecf827-8072-412a-8f54-6ea7114450c9",
"name": "Format Content",
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"typeVersion": 2,
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},
{
"parameters": {
"promptType": "define",
"text": "=Summarize this news article:\n\n**Title:** {{ $json.title }}\n**Category:** {{ $json.category }}\n**URL:** {{ $json.url }}\n\n**Content:**\n{{ $json.content }}\n\n---\n\nProvide your summary in EXACTLY this format:\n\n**TLDR:** [One to two sentences summarizing the article]\n\n**Key Points:**\n- [First key point]\n- [Second key point]\n- [Third key point]\n\nIMPORTANT: List exactly 3 key points. No more, no less. Stop after the third point. These should be with - and not numbers.",
"options": {
"systemMessage": "You are a concise news summarization assistant. Output ONLY the formatted summary, nothing else."
}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
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"id": "7733d1c1-80c8-4e2d-8658-3cc079972ba6",
"name": "AI Summary Agent"
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{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const summary = $json.output || '';\nconst original = $('Format Content').first().json;\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n category: original.category,\n url: original.url,\n title: original.title,\n summary: summary\n }\n}];"
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"id": "3e3c020c-c060-4a30-b029-fa3d8c9d6529",
"name": "Store Summary",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
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]
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{
"parameters": {
"amount": 3
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"id": "0546a3f8-934d-4869-bd2b-5a6809a90c06",
"name": "Wait 3 Seconds",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
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"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Aggregate all summaries into final report\nconst items = $input.all();\n\nconst categories = [\n { key: 'Tech News', emoji: '\ud83d\udcbb' },\n { key: 'Homelab', emoji: '\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f' },\n { key: 'Linux', emoji: '\ud83d\udc27' },\n { key: 'GitHub Trending', emoji: '\u2b50' },\n { key: 'Hacker News', emoji: '\ud83d\udd25' }\n];\n\nconst today = new Date();\nconst dateFormatted = today.toLocaleDateString('en-US', { \n weekday: 'long', \n year: 'numeric', \n month: 'long', \n day: 'numeric' \n});\n\nlet report = `# Daily News Summary\\n`;\nreport += `*Generated on ${dateFormatted}*\\n\\n`;\n\nlet hasContent = false;\nfor (const cat of categories) {\n const catItems = items.filter(i => i.json.category === cat.key);\n if (catItems.length > 0) {\n hasContent = true;\n report += `## ${cat.emoji} ${cat.key}\\n\\n`;\n \n if (cat.key === 'GitHub Trending') {\n for (const item of catItems) {\n const title = item.json.title || 'Repository';\n const lang = item.json.language ? ` (${item.json.language})` : '';\n report += `### [${title}](${item.json.url})${lang}\\n\\n`;\n report += item.json.summary + '\\n\\n---\\n';\n }\n } else if (cat.key === 'Hacker News') {\n for (const item of catItems) {\n const title = item.json.title || 'Story';\n const points = item.json.points ? ` (${item.json.points} points)` : '';\n const priority = item.json.priority ? ' \ud83c\udfaf' : '';\n report += `### [${title}](${item.json.url})${points}${priority}\\n\\n`;\n report += item.json.summary + '\\n';\n if (item.json.hnUrl) {\n report += `\\n[Discuss on HN](${item.json.hnUrl})\\n`;\n }\n report += '\\n---\\n';\n }\n } else {\n for (const item of catItems) {\n const title = item.json.title || 'Article';\n report += `### [${title}](${item.json.url})\\n\\n`;\n report += item.json.summary + '\\n\\n---\\n';\n }\n }\n report += '\\n';\n }\n}\n\nif (!hasContent) {\n report += 'No articles were found.\\n';\n}\n\nreturn [{ json: { output: report } }];"
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"name": "Aggregate Summaries",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
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9680
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Convert markdown to clean HTML for email\nconst markdown = $json.output || '';\n\nlet html = markdown\n .replace(/\\[([^\\]]+)\\]\\(([^)]+)\\)/g, '<a href=\"$2\" style=\"color: #1a73e8; text-decoration: none;\">$1</a>')\n .replace(/^### (.+)$/gm, '<h3 style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 15px; margin: 12px 0 4px 0;\">\ud83d\udcc4 $1</h3>')\n .replace(/^# Daily News Summary$/gm, '<h1 style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 24px; margin: 0 0 2px 0;\">\ud83d\udcf0 Daily News Summary</h1>')\n .replace(/^## (\ud83d\udcbb|\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f|\ud83d\udc27|\u2b50|\ud83d\udd25) (.+)$/gm, '<h2 style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 17px; margin: 20px 0 8px 0;\">$1 $2</h2>')\n .replace(/^# (.+)$/gm, '<h1 style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 24px; margin: 0 0 2px 0;\">$1</h1>')\n .replace(/^## (.+)$/gm, '<h2 style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 17px; margin: 20px 0 8px 0;\">$2</h2>')\n .replace(/\\*\\*TLDR:\\*\\*/g, '<p><strong>\ud83d\udca1 TLDR:</strong>')\n .replace(/\\*\\*Key Points:\\*\\*/g, '</p><p><strong>\ud83d\udd11 Key Points:</strong></p>')\n .replace(/\\*\\*(.+?)\\*\\*/g, '<strong>$1</strong>')\n .replace(/\ud83c\udfaf/g, '<span style=\"background: #fef3c7; padding: 2px 6px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 12px;\">\ud83c\udfaf Priority</span>')\n .replace(/^- (.+)$/gm, '<li style=\"margin: 1px 0;\">$1</li>')\n .replace(/^\\* (.+)$/gm, '<li style=\"margin: 1px 0;\">$1</li>')\n .replace(/^\\d+\\.\\s+(.+)$/gm, '<li style=\"margin: 1px 0;\">$1</li>')\n .replace(/---/g, '<hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #eee; margin: 10px 0;\">')\n .replace(/\\n/g, '');\n\nhtml = html.replace(/(<li[^>]*>.*?<\\/li>)+/g, '<ul style=\"padding-left: 18px; margin: 2px 0;\">$&</ul>');\n\nconst emailHtml = `<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\"></head><body style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; color: #333; max-width: 640px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 24px 16px;\">${html}<p style=\"color: #999; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 20px; padding-top: 10px; border-top: 1px solid #eee;\">\u2728 Generated automatically</p></body></html>`;\n\nreturn [{ json: { output: $json.output, htmlOutput: emailHtml } }];"
},
"id": "360d70ec-1172-49ee-aa12-88e32699ebab",
"name": "Convert to HTML",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
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9680
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "brandon@hopkins.sh",
"subject": "=\ud83d\udcf0 Daily News Summary - {{ $now.format('EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy') }}",
"message": "={{ $json.htmlOutput }}",
"options": {}
},
"id": "4cbeab91-b891-408e-9141-e7cdfae69b8b",
"name": "Send Email Report",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
-4912,
9680
],
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"model": "mistral:latest",
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOllama",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
-6640,
9936
],
"id": "bf5bdf7e-e142-4ea2-9cb2-f4db4807bb50",
"name": "Ollama Chat Model",
"credentials": {
"ollamaApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Extract and normalize metadata from RSS items\nconst items = $input.all();\nconst results = [];\n\nfor (const item of items) {\n const json = item.json;\n \n const hnLink = json.comments || json.link || '';\n const storyIdMatch = hnLink.match(/id=(\\d+)/);\n const storyId = storyIdMatch ? storyIdMatch[1] : '';\n \n const description = json.description || json.content || '';\n \n let points = 0;\n let commentCount = 0;\n \n const pointsMatch = description.match(/Points:\\s*(\\d+)/i);\n if (pointsMatch) {\n points = parseInt(pointsMatch[1], 10);\n }\n \n const commentsMatch = description.match(/Comments:\\s*(\\d+)/i);\n if (commentsMatch) {\n commentCount = parseInt(commentsMatch[1], 10);\n }\n \n results.push({\n json: {\n title: json.title || '',\n url: json.link || '',\n hnLink: json.comments || hnLink,\n storyId: storyId,\n points: points,\n commentCount: commentCount,\n pubDate: json.pubDate || json.isoDate || new Date().toISOString()\n }\n });\n}\n\nreturn results;"
},
"id": "f23a679d-c8a2-4f03-8254-cb182db5b4f3",
"name": "Extract HN Metadata",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
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10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Filter out stories we've already processed\nconst incomingStories = $('Extract HN Metadata').all();\nconst processedData = $('Get Processed IDs1').all();\n\nconst processedIds = new Set();\nfor (const row of processedData) {\n if (row.json.story_id) {\n processedIds.add(String(row.json.story_id));\n }\n}\n\nconst newStories = [];\nfor (const story of incomingStories) {\n const storyId = String(story.json.storyId || '');\n if (storyId && !processedIds.has(storyId)) {\n newStories.push(story);\n }\n}\n\nif (newStories.length === 0) {\n return [{ json: { _empty: true, message: 'No new stories to process' } }];\n}\n\nreturn newStories;"
},
"id": "ae918942-d5c8-4a8d-956e-14a708f0d5e5",
"name": "Remove HN Duplicates",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
-6816,
10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "strict",
"version": 2
},
"conditions": [
{
"id": "condition-not-empty",
"leftValue": "={{ $json._empty }}",
"rightValue": true,
"operator": {
"type": "boolean",
"operation": "notEquals"
}
}
],
"combinator": "and"
},
"options": {}
},
"id": "78a917e6-7778-4c12-9049-f4c54d36d69f",
"name": "Has New HN Stories?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
-6608,
10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"maxItems": 10
},
"id": "958305ed-b9d4-40a9-b7c3-b6fe34b2b7c7",
"name": "Limit HN to Top 10",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
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10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"id": "3d5894dd-6582-4508-a410-c1f3c02ac134",
"name": "Loop Over HN Stories",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"typeVersion": 3,
"position": [
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10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "scrape",
"url": "={{ $json.url }}",
"requestOptions": {}
},
"type": "@mendable/n8n-nodes-firecrawl.firecrawl",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
-5760,
10128
],
"id": "34e1ad7b-b2bb-4f9c-932b-ad600dfbf514",
"name": "Scrape HN URL",
"credentials": {
"firecrawlApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"onError": "continueRegularOutput"
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Combine scraped content with original HN metadata\nconst scraped = $('Scrape HN URL').first().json;\nconst original = $('Loop Over HN Stories').first().json;\n\nlet content = 'Content could not be scraped.';\n\nif (scraped && !scraped.error) {\n const data = scraped.data || scraped;\n content = data.markdown || data.content || 'No content available';\n}\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n title: original.title || 'No title',\n url: original.url,\n hnLink: original.hnLink,\n storyId: original.storyId,\n points: original.points,\n commentCount: original.commentCount,\n content: content\n }\n}];"
},
"id": "ae66b063-9fcd-402e-b040-a66c565a718b",
"name": "Format HN Content",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
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10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"promptType": "define",
"text": "=Summarize this Hacker News article:\n\n**Title:** {{ $json.title }}\n**Points:** {{ $json.points }} | **Comments:** {{ $json.commentCount }}\n**URL:** {{ $json.url }}\n**HN Discussion:** {{ $json.hnLink }}\n\n**Content:**\n{{ $json.content }}\n\n---\n\nProvide your summary in EXACTLY this format:\n\n**TLDR:** [One to two sentences summarizing the article]\n\n**Why It Matters:** [One sentence on relevance to developers, sysadmins, or the tech community]",
"options": {
"systemMessage": "You are a concise tech news summarization assistant focused on developers, system administrators, and tech enthusiasts interested in Linux, self-hosting, homelabs, and open-source software. Flag content as priority if it relates to these topics. Output ONLY the formatted summary."
}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
-5344,
10128
],
"id": "611abb67-552f-4698-affb-f59d6bb00818",
"name": "AI Agent"
},
{
"parameters": {
"model": "mistral:latest",
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOllama",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
-5440,
10288
],
"id": "0afafe0d-edaf-4c72-9b11-f0e5566c9d9f",
"name": "Ollama HN Model",
"credentials": {
"ollamaApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Store HN summary with metadata\nconst summary = $json.output || '';\nconst original = $('Format HN Content').first().json;\n\n// Check if it's priority content based on keywords\nconst priorityKeywords = ['linux', 'open source', 'self-host', 'homelab', 'privacy', 'docker', 'kubernetes', 'proxmox', 'truenas', 'raspberry pi', 'ansible', 'terraform'];\nconst lowerTitle = (original.title || '').toLowerCase();\nconst lowerContent = (original.content || '').toLowerCase();\nconst isPriority = priorityKeywords.some(kw => lowerTitle.includes(kw) || lowerContent.includes(kw));\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n category: 'Hacker News',\n url: original.url,\n hnUrl: original.hnLink,\n title: original.title,\n storyId: original.storyId,\n points: original.points,\n commentCount: original.commentCount,\n summary: summary,\n priority: isPriority\n }\n}];"
},
"id": "5ea65959-7de5-4b47-b790-d84b95ba65f2",
"name": "Store HN Summary",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
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10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"amount": 3
},
"id": "dd8f7825-bf38-4564-841f-e0ecbe3d4e4e",
"name": "Wait 3 Seconds HN",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"typeVersion": 1.1,
"position": [
-4864,
10224
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Prepare INSERT query for processed stories\nconst items = $input.all();\n\nconst validStories = items.filter(i => i.json.storyId && i.json.category === 'Hacker News');\n\nif (validStories.length === 0) {\n return [{ json: { _skip: true, message: 'No HN stories to insert' } }];\n}\n\nconst today = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0];\n\nconst values = validStories.map(item => {\n const story = item.json;\n const storyId = String(story.storyId).replace(/'/g, \"''\");\n const title = String(story.title).replace(/'/g, \"''\");\n const url = String(story.url).replace(/'/g, \"''\");\n const category = 'Hacker News';\n const points = parseInt(story.points) || 0;\n const priority = story.priority ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE';\n \n return `('${storyId}', '${title}', '${url}', ${points}, '${category}', '${today}', ${priority})`;\n}).join(',\\n');\n\nconst query = `INSERT INTO processed_stories (story_id, title, url, points, category, processed_date, is_priority)\nVALUES\n${values}\nON CONFLICT (story_id) DO UPDATE SET\n points = EXCLUDED.points,\n category = EXCLUDED.category,\n is_priority = EXCLUDED.is_priority`;\n\nreturn [{ json: { query: query, storyCount: validStories.length } }];"
},
"id": "e4711b70-29de-4a76-8418-cfc98ba2babf",
"name": "Build HN Insert",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
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9856
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "executeQuery",
"query": "={{ $json.query }}",
"options": {}
},
"id": "171babfa-363e-40f9-9989-6da2339a2dea",
"name": "Insert HN Stories",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.postgres",
"typeVersion": 2.5,
"position": [
-4912,
9856
],
"credentials": {
"postgres": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"conditions": [
{
"id": "filter-hn-valid",
"leftValue": "={{ $json.category }}",
"rightValue": "Hacker News",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
}
}
],
"combinator": "and"
},
"options": {}
},
"id": "f0022c65-70e3-4744-908c-38e53142aba5",
"name": "Filter HN for Merge",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
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9856
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "extractHtmlContent",
"extractionValues": {
"values": [
{
"key": "box",
"cssSelector": "div.Box",
"returnValue": "html"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"id": "94558806-acda-4124-9261-d2d1ada4efe6",
"name": "Extract Box1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.html",
"position": [
-7216,
9424
],
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"parameters": {
"url": "https://github.com/trending?since=daily",
"options": {}
},
"id": "9c9e5adf-1f7b-4406-a5a8-56aad1653f70",
"name": "Request to Github Trend1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
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9424
],
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"parameters": {
"fieldToSplitOut": "repositories",
"options": {}
},
"id": "c4d5a63b-8233-4a36-9968-f0e01c522aa6",
"name": "Turn to a list1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
-6832,
9424
],
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"parameters": {
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "a0e76646-60d7-44a6-af77-33f27fb465cb",
"name": "author",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.repository.split('/')[0].trim() }}"
},
{
"id": "a2bd790a-784e-4d72-9a4e-92be22edea8f",
"name": "title",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.repository.split('/')[1].trim() }}"
},
{
"id": "22f1518a-7081-4417-ab9d-88f26a7b5cfe",
"name": "repository",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.repository }}"
},
{
"id": "baff9a9f-020a-4968-bb80-a4a91a94144a",
"name": "url",
"type": "string",
"value": "=https://github.com/{{ $json.repository.replaceAll(' ','') }}"
},
{
"id": "f5c48a02-b55d-4167-a823-53ac1d851ee5",
"name": "created_at",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{$now}}"
},
{
"id": "27a44ce9-4b5b-44b2-94d9-eb5b2ae81dcd",
"name": "description",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.description }}"
},
{
"id": "b1c2d3e4-f5g6-7h8i-9j0k-l1m2n3o4p5q6",
"name": "language",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.language }}"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"id": "7b1ecfa2-a30e-41f6-b554-d8a0df159112",
"name": "Set Result Variables1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
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],
"typeVersion": 3.4
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{
"parameters": {
"operation": "extractHtmlContent",
"dataPropertyName": "repositories",
"extractionValues": {
"values": [
{
"key": "repository",
"cssSelector": "a.Link"
},
{
"key": "language",
"cssSelector": "span[itemprop='programmingLanguage']"
},
{
"key": "description",
"cssSelector": "p"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"id": "012d9ad8-5c52-425e-9c54-3b399c2e4d18",
"name": "Extract repository data1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.html",
"position": [
-6608,
9424
],
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "extractHtmlContent",
"dataPropertyName": "box",
"extractionValues": {
"values": [
{
"key": "repositories",
"cssSelector": "article.Box-row",
"returnValue": "html",
"returnArray": true
}
]
},
"options": {
"trimValues": true,
"cleanUpText": true
}
},
"id": "c967ddbc-003a-4185-a1d4-e1f8ebb59515",
"name": "Extract all repositories1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.html",
"position": [
-7040,
9424
],
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"parameters": {
"maxItems": 10
},
"id": "b0a0ee57-026e-43e8-ab62-3b6850d15e9d",
"name": "Limit to Top ",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
"position": [
-6160,
9424
],
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Format GitHub repos to match news article structure\nreturn $input.all().map(item => ({\n json: {\n category: 'GitHub Trending',\n url: item.json.url,\n title: `${item.json.author}/${item.json.title}`,\n summary: item.json.description || 'No description available.',\n language: item.json.language || null\n }\n}));"
},
"id": "24443d7b-067b-463f-8f2a-1490d760ef51",
"name": "Format GitHub Items1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
-5936,
9424
]
},
{
"parameters": {
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"options": {}
},
"id": "c2b1a7c2-00b1-4f59-8b01-ba50afe4aeef",
"name": "Fetch HN Trending1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
"typeVersion": 1.1,
"position": [
-7392,
10128
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "executeQuery",
"query": "SELECT story_id FROM processed_stories WHERE processed_date > CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL '7 days'",
"options": {}
},
"id": "1a996401-56e5-4e02-8878-ca1cfdb4c595",
"name": "Get Processed IDs1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.postgres",
"typeVersion": 2.5,
"position": [
-7024,
10128
],
"alwaysOutputData": true,
"credentials": {
"postgres": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"triggerAtHour": 7,
"triggerAtMinute": 30
}
]
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"position": [
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9696
],
"id": "4c1536ac-a3ab-4345-93c2-937366d3b6f2",
"name": "Run every day at 7AM"
},
{
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "nima@netbird.io",
"subject": "=\ud83d\udcf0 Daily News Summary - {{ $now.format('EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy') }}",
"message": "={{ $json.htmlOutput }}",
"options": {}
},
"id": "c69aefad-3122-4c5e-90f1-a08eb24bdc0e",
"name": "Send Email Report1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
-4912,
9536
],
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
}
],
"connections": {
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"main": [
[
{
"node": "Aggregate Summaries",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Fetch & Parse All Feeds": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Articles",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Articles": {
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{
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],
[
{
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"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Scrape URL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Format Content",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Format Content": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "AI Summary Agent",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"AI Summary Agent": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Store Summary",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Store Summary": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait 3 Seconds",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait 3 Seconds": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Articles",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Aggregate Summaries": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Convert to HTML",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Convert to HTML": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send Email Report",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Send Email Report1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Ollama Chat Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "AI Summary Agent",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Extract HN Metadata": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get Processed IDs1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Remove HN Duplicates": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Has New HN Stories?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Has New HN Stories?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Limit HN to Top 10",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Limit HN to Top 10": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over HN Stories",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over HN Stories": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Build HN Insert",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Filter HN for Merge",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Scrape HN URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Scrape HN URL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Format HN Content",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Format HN Content": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"AI Agent": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Store HN Summary",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Ollama HN Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Store HN Summary": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait 3 Seconds HN",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait 3 Seconds HN": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over HN Stories",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Build HN Insert": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Insert HN Stories",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Filter HN for Merge": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge All Sources",
"type": "main",
"index": 2
}
]
]
},
"Extract Box1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Extract all repositories1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Request to Github Trend1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Extract Box1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Turn to a list1": {
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[
{
"node": "Extract repository data1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set Result Variables1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Limit to Top ",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
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[
{
"node": "Set Result Variables1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
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]
},
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[
{
"node": "Turn to a list1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Limit to Top ": {
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[
{
"node": "Format GitHub Items1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
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[
{
"node": "Merge All Sources",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Fetch HN Trending1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Extract HN Metadata",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get Processed IDs1": {
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[
{
"node": "Remove HN Duplicates",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Run every day at 7AM": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Fetch HN Trending1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Request to Github Trend1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Fetch & Parse All Feeds",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"meta": {
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}
}
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Rss-Daily. Uses @mendable/n8n-nodes-firecrawl, agent, gmail, lmChatOllama. Scheduled trigger; 38 nodes.
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