Scrape RSS Job Posts, Deduplicate with Google Sheets, and Send Telegram Alerts

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  "name": "Scrape job posts from RSS feeds and get instant Telegram alerts with deduplication",
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        "content": "## Scrape job posts from RSS feeds and get instant Telegram alerts\n\nAutomatically monitor job boards and RSS feeds on a schedule, filter by your criteria, deduplicate results, and get instant Telegram alerts when new matching jobs are found.\n\n### How it works\n1. **Schedule Trigger** runs every 6 hours (configurable) to check for new job posts.\n2. **HTTP Request** fetches job data from an RSS feed or job board API.\n3. **Parse & Extract** normalizes raw data into clean job objects with title, company, location, URL, salary, tags, and posting date.\n4. **Keyword Filter** matches jobs against your target roles, locations, and exclude terms \u2014 only relevant jobs pass through.\n5. **Deduplication** checks each job URL against a Google Sheet of previously seen jobs. Only truly new jobs continue.\n6. **Log to Sheet** saves every new job to Google Sheets for tracking and history.\n7. **Telegram Alert** sends a formatted message with job details and a direct apply link.\n\n### Setup steps\n1. **Schedule** \u2014 Adjust the interval in the Schedule Trigger (default: every 6 hours).\n2. **Job Source URL** \u2014 Replace the URL in the HTTP Request node with your target RSS feed or API. Examples:\n   - RemoteOK: `https://remoteok.com/api`\n   - Arbeitnow: `https://www.arbeitnow.com/api/job-board-api`\n   - Any RSS feed from LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.\n3. **Keywords** \u2014 Edit `targetRoles`, `targetLocations`, and `excludeTerms` arrays in the Keyword Filter node.\n4. **Google Sheets** \u2014 Connect your credential and set the spreadsheet ID in both Sheet nodes. Create columns: Title, Company name, Location, Url, Description, Posted date, Salary, Matched Role, Scraped date.\n5. **Telegram** \u2014 Create a bot via @BotFather, get your Chat ID, and connect the Telegram credential.\n6. **Test** \u2014 Run manually once to verify jobs flow through correctly.\n\n### Customization\n- Add multiple HTTP Request nodes for different job boards and merge results.\n- Change cron to every 1 hour for high-priority searches.\n- Add salary range filtering in the keyword filter.\n- Replace Telegram with Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, or email.\n- Add an AI node to score/rank jobs by relevance before alerting."
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udce5 Data Source\nSchedule trigger + HTTP request to fetch job posts from RSS/API"
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udd0d Parse & Filter\nExtract job fields, then filter by keywords, location, and role"
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        "content": "## \ud83e\uddf9 Deduplicate & Log\nCheck against previously seen jobs, save new ones to Google Sheets"
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udce3 Alerts\nSend formatted job notifications to Telegram with apply links"
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        "content": "## \u26a0\ufe0f Replace with your job board URL\nUpdate the HTTP Request URL to your target RSS feed or API. See the main overview sticky for example URLs."
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About this workflow

This workflow is perfect for job seekers, recruiters, freelancers, and anyone actively monitoring job boards who wants to automate their search — getting instant Telegram alerts for new matching jobs without manually refreshing pages or missing time-sensitive postings.

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