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This workflow follows the Gmail → OpenAI recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
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{
"name": "AI Content Digest \u2192 Email",
"nodes": [
{
"id": "sticky-01-overview",
"name": "Overview & Setup",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 560,
"height": 560,
"content": "## \ud83d\udcf0 AI Content Digest \u2192 Email\n\nTurns your own list of RSS feeds into one clean, AI-curated HTML briefing in your inbox \u2014 on a schedule. Zero manual reading.\n\n### \ud83d\udc64 Who's it for\nFounders, marketers and researchers who want a personalised weekly briefing instead of doomscrolling feeds.\n\n### \u2699\ufe0f How it works\n1. **Schedule** fires weekly (Mon 08:00).\n2. **RSS Read** pulls every feed; articles are merged, deduped, filtered to the last 7 days and ranked.\n3. **OpenAI** groups them into 2\u20134 themes and writes a one-sentence summary per item as ready-to-send HTML.\n4. **Gmail** sends the branded email.\n\n### \ud83d\udd27 Set up (~5 min)\n- Add an **OpenAI** credential (default `gpt-4o-mini`) and a **Gmail OAuth2** credential.\n- Put your feeds in **Define Feed Sources** and the recipient in **Build Email HTML**.\n- Tune `LOOKBACK_DAYS` / `MAX_ARTICLES` to taste."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "sticky-01-s1",
"name": "Section 1 \u00b7 Sources",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 520,
"height": 360,
"content": "### 1. Sources\nRuns weekly, then emits one item per feed. Edit the feed list in **Define Feed Sources**."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "sticky-01-s2",
"name": "Section 2 \u00b7 Fetch & Rank",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 540,
"height": 360,
"content": "### 2. Fetch & Rank\nRSS Read runs once per feed and fans out into articles, which are merged, filtered to the last 7 days and ranked newest-first."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "sticky-01-s3",
"name": "Section 3 \u00b7 AI Curation",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 200,
"height": 360,
"content": "### 3. AI Curation\nOpenAI acts as an editor: groups articles into 2\u20134 themes and writes a one-sentence summary per item as HTML."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "sticky-01-s4",
"name": "Section 4 \u00b7 Send",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 540,
"height": 360,
"content": "### 4. Send\nThe AI HTML is wrapped in a branded email shell and sent via Gmail. Set the recipient in **Build Email HTML**."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "schedule-trigger",
"name": "Weekly Monday 08:00",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
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"parameters": {
"rule": {
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"field": "weeks",
"triggerAtDay": [
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"triggerAtHour": 8,
"weeksInterval": 1,
"triggerAtMinute": 0
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{
"id": "define-feeds",
"name": "Define Feed Sources",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
220,
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],
"parameters": {
"mode": "runOnceForAllItems",
"jsCode": "// \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\n// EDIT ME: your RSS feed sources.\n// Add one entry per feed you want in your digest.\n// `source` is a friendly label shown in the email; `url` is the feed.\n// The next node (RSS Read) runs ONCE PER ITEM returned here.\n// \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\nconst FEEDS = [\n { source: 'TechCrunch', url: 'https://techcrunch.com/feed/' },\n { source: 'The Verge', url: 'https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml' },\n { source: 'Hacker News', url: 'https://hnrss.org/frontpage' },\n];\n\nreturn FEEDS.map((feed) => ({ json: feed }));"
},
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},
{
"id": "rss-read",
"name": "Read RSS Feed",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
560,
220
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.url }}",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
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{
"id": "merge-rank",
"name": "Merge, Filter & Rank Articles",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"mode": "runOnceForAllItems",
"jsCode": "// Combine every article from every feed, keep only recent ones,\n// rank newest-first, take the top N, and build a compact text block\n// that the AI can summarize cheaply.\n\nconst LOOKBACK_DAYS = 7; // only keep articles newer than this\nconst MAX_ARTICLES = 15; // cap to control token cost\n\nconst cutoff = Date.now() - LOOKBACK_DAYS * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;\n\nconst stripHtml = (s) => String(s || '').replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ').replace(/\\s+/g, ' ').trim();\n\nconst seen = new Set();\nconst articles = [];\n\nfor (const item of $input.all()) {\n const a = item.json || {};\n const title = stripHtml(a.title);\n const link = a.link || a.guid || '';\n if (!title || !link) continue;\n\n // Dedupe by link, then by lowercased title\n const key = String(link).split('?')[0].toLowerCase();\n const titleKey = title.toLowerCase();\n if (seen.has(key) || seen.has(titleKey)) continue;\n seen.add(key);\n seen.add(titleKey);\n\n // Parse publish date; if missing/invalid, keep the article (treat as 'now')\n const raw = a.isoDate || a.pubDate || a.published || a.date;\n const ts = raw ? Date.parse(raw) : NaN;\n const ms = Number.isNaN(ts) ? Date.now() : ts;\n if (!Number.isNaN(ts) && ms < cutoff) continue;\n\n const source = a.source || a.creator || (a.meta && a.meta.title) || 'Source';\n const snippet = stripHtml(a.contentSnippet || a.content || a.summary || a.description).slice(0, 220);\n\n articles.push({ title, link, source, snippet, ms });\n}\n\narticles.sort((x, y) => y.ms - x.ms);\nconst top = articles.slice(0, MAX_ARTICLES);\n\nconst articlesText = top\n .map((a, i) => `${i + 1}. ${a.title} \u2014 ${a.source} \u2014 ${a.link}\\n ${a.snippet}`)\n .join('\\n\\n');\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n articleCount: top.length,\n generatedFor: new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10),\n articlesText: articlesText || 'No new articles were found in the lookback window.',\n },\n}];"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "openai-curate",
"name": "Curate & Summarize Digest",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4o-mini",
"cachedResultName": "gpt-4o-mini"
},
"options": {
"maxTokens": 1800,
"temperature": 0.4,
"instructions": "You are an expert newsletter editor. From the provided list of articles, produce a concise weekly digest as VALID HTML (a fragment, no <html>/<body> wrapper).\n\nRequirements:\n- Start with a single <p> one-line intro summarizing the week's theme.\n- Group the items into 2\u20134 thematic sections. Each section starts with an <h2> heading.\n- Under each heading, output a <ul> where every <li> is: <a href=\"LINK\">Title</a> \u2014 a one-sentence summary in your own words, then the source in parentheses.\n- Drop near-duplicate stories; keep the strongest version.\n- Do NOT invent links or facts; only use the provided articles.\n- Output ONLY the HTML fragment, with no markdown code fences and no commentary."
},
"simplify": true,
"responses": {
"values": [
{
"role": "user",
"type": "text",
"content": "=Here are this week's candidate articles ({{ $json.articleCount }} items). Curate them into the HTML digest as instructed.\n\n--- ARTICLES ---\n{{ $json.articlesText }}\n--- END ARTICLES ---"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.3
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{
"id": "build-email",
"name": "Build Email HTML",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"mode": "manual",
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "assign-recipient",
"name": "recipient",
"type": "string",
"value": "you@example.com"
},
{
"id": "assign-digestDate",
"name": "digestDate",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $now.format('cccc, dd LLLL yyyy') }}"
},
{
"id": "assign-html",
"name": "emailHtml",
"type": "string",
"value": "=<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<body style=\"margin:0;padding:0;background:#f4f5f7;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#1f2933;\">\n <table role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"background:#f4f5f7;padding:24px 0;\">\n <tr><td align=\"center\">\n <table role=\"presentation\" width=\"600\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"background:#ffffff;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;\">\n <tr><td style=\"background:#0f172a;padding:24px 32px;\">\n <div style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;\">\ud83d\udcf0 Your Weekly Content Digest</div>\n <div style=\"color:#94a3b8;font-size:13px;margin-top:4px;\">{{ $json.digestDate }}</div>\n </td></tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:28px 32px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6;\">\n {{ $('Curate & Summarize Digest').item.json.content }}\n </td></tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:18px 32px;border-top:1px solid #e5e7eb;color:#94a3b8;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5;\">\n Curated automatically with n8n + OpenAI. To change the feeds or schedule, edit your workflow.\n </td></tr>\n </table>\n </td></tr>\n </table>\n</body>\n</html>"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "send-email",
"name": "Send Digest Email",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"position": [
1920,
220
],
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "={{ $json.recipient }}",
"message": "={{ $json.emailHtml }}",
"options": {
"appendAttribution": false
},
"subject": "=\ud83d\udcf0 Your Weekly Content Digest \u2014 {{ $json.digestDate }}",
"resource": "message",
"emailType": "html",
"operation": "send"
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
}
],
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"connections": {
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"node": "Merge, Filter & Rank Articles",
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"index": 0
}
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},
"Build Email HTML": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "Send Digest Email",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Define Feed Sources": {
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{
"node": "Read RSS Feed",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
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},
"Weekly Monday 08:00": {
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"node": "Define Feed Sources",
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"index": 0
}
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},
"Curate & Summarize Digest": {
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"node": "Curate & Summarize Digest",
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}
}
}
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About this workflow
This workflow runs every week, reads articles from a configurable list of RSS feeds, deduplicates and ranks recent items, uses OpenAI to curate them into a themed HTML digest, and sends the finished newsletter to your inbox via Gmail. Runs weekly on Monday at 08:00. Generates…
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