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Send Daily AI News Digests From RSS Feeds with Openai, Telegram and Gmail

ByManik Chandra Dhor @youthfireit on n8n.io

This workflow runs every morning at 8 AM, pulls articles from multiple RSS feeds, deduplicates and trims the list, uses OpenAI (GPT-5 Mini) to write a short plain-text news digest, and delivers the same digest to a Telegram chat and a Gmail inbox. Runs daily at 8:00 AM on a…

Cron / scheduled trigger★★★★☆ complexityAI-powered17 nodesRSS Feed ReadAgentOpenAI ChatTelegramGmail
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This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #17217 — we link there as the canonical source.

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{
  "name": "Send daily AI-summarized news digests from RSS feeds to Telegram and Gmail",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "0429c717-cc1a-426c-bfe5-84525651e55e",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -608,
        -48
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 480,
        "height": 752,
        "content": "## Send daily AI-summarized news digests from RSS feeds to Telegram and Gmail\n\n### How it works\n\nThis workflow runs every morning, reads configured RSS feeds, deduplicates and trims the newest articles, then asks an AI agent to write a daily news digest. The generated digest is sent first to Telegram and then emailed via Gmail.\n\n### Setup steps\n\n- Edit the settings node to add RSS feed URLs, the digest topic, the recipient email address, and the Telegram chat ID.\n- Configure credentials for the RSS-compatible feed access if needed, OpenAI or the selected chat model, Telegram Bot API, and Gmail.\n- Verify the schedule trigger timezone and 8 AM run time match the desired delivery time.\n- Test the workflow with a small feed list before enabling the daily schedule.\n\n### Customization\n\nAdjust the feed list, article limit, retained article fields, AI prompt/model, Telegram destination, or Gmail subject/body formatting to change the digest content and delivery behavior."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "fbc4ec93-9a76-486f-9091-80ed22ce9298",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -48,
        -48
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 7,
        "width": 640,
        "height": 320,
        "content": "## Schedule and settings\n\nStarts the workflow each morning, defines editable digest settings, and splits the configured RSS feed URL list into one item per feed for processing."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "03bf90aa-5cdc-41e2-981d-6d9868a436d7",
      "name": "Sticky Note2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        624,
        -16
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 7,
        "width": 864,
        "height": 304,
        "content": "## Fetch and filter articles\n\nReads articles from each RSS feed, removes duplicate entries, limits the result to the newest articles, and keeps only the key fields needed for the digest."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "7133697e-7ad3-4ede-b590-831309bae447",
      "name": "Sticky Note3",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1520,
        -48
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 7,
        "width": 576,
        "height": 528,
        "content": "## Create AI digest\n\nCombines the filtered articles into a single list and uses the AI agent with its OpenAI chat model to write the daily summarized digest."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "1cbb9a1f-3e14-419b-90da-96c84b8c2d17",
      "name": "Sticky Note4",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        2128,
        -48
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 7,
        "width": 416,
        "height": 320,
        "content": "## Send digest outputs\n\nDelivers the finished AI-written digest to the configured Telegram chat and then emails it to the configured Gmail recipient."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "678cb1f3-0ae9-4bb9-be8f-0b2e4a348da2",
      "name": "When Daily Digest Scheduled",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "position": [
        0,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "days",
              "triggerAtHour": 8,
              "triggerAtMinute": 0
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.3
    },
    {
      "id": "2ac51389-83f5-4b50-9832-7449e2d0a7c3",
      "name": "Set Digest Configuration",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
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        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "manual",
        "assignments": {
          "assignments": [
            {
              "id": "a1",
              "name": "feedUrls",
              "type": "array",
              "value": "={{ [\"https://techcrunch.com/feed/\", \"https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml\", \"https://blog.n8n.io/rss/\"] }}"
            },
            {
              "id": "a2",
              "name": "digestTopic",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "AI and tech news"
            },
            {
              "id": "a3",
              "name": "emailTo",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "you@example.com"
            },
            {
              "id": "a4",
              "name": "telegramChatId",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "123456789"
            },
            {
              "id": "a5",
              "name": "maxArticles",
              "type": "number",
              "value": 25
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "3f692d1f-89da-4c2d-a356-6694f0467e7c",
      "name": "Split Feed URLs",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
      "position": [
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        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {
          "destinationFieldName": "feedUrl"
        },
        "fieldToSplitOut": "feedUrls"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "22253942-1ab7-4ee3-a388-f366ecb7ef58",
      "name": "Fetch Articles from RSS",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
      "onError": "continueRegularOutput",
      "position": [
        672,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "={{ $json.feedUrl }}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "30648afe-d3a3-4197-a756-c3cb7b3c60aa",
      "name": "Deduplicate by Article Link",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.removeDuplicates",
      "position": [
        896,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "compare": "selectedFields",
        "operation": "removeDuplicateInputItems",
        "fieldsToCompare": "link"
      },
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "bde17156-cc73-4d0b-9478-f11d2306d433",
      "name": "Limit to Newest Articles",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
      "position": [
        1120,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "keep": "firstItems",
        "maxItems": "={{ $('Set Digest Configuration').first().json.maxArticles }}"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "f8a59234-0dbe-4763-8506-ce24fc488b7a",
      "name": "Prepare Article Snippets",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        1344,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "manual",
        "assignments": {
          "assignments": [
            {
              "id": "b1",
              "name": "title",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ $json.title }}"
            },
            {
              "id": "b2",
              "name": "link",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ $json.link }}"
            },
            {
              "id": "b3",
              "name": "published",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ $json.pubDate || $json.isoDate || \"\" }}"
            },
            {
              "id": "b4",
              "name": "snippet",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ ($json.contentSnippet || $json.content || \"\").toString().slice(0, 300) }}"
            }
          ]
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      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "2ab7e86d-2f76-4c51-b367-4467661e1983",
      "name": "Aggregate Article List",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate",
      "position": [
        1568,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "aggregate": "aggregateAllItemData",
        "destinationFieldName": "articles"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "cd73c334-adb7-45e9-a423-3eab71fd8df3",
      "name": "Create Daily Digest",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
      "position": [
        1792,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "=Today is {{ $now.toFormat(\"cccc, MMMM d, yyyy\") }}. Here are the latest articles as JSON:\n\n{{ JSON.stringify($json.articles) }}",
        "options": {
          "systemMessage": "=You are a sharp, concise newsletter editor writing a daily digest about {{ $('Set Digest Configuration').first().json.digestTopic }}.\n\nFrom the articles provided, pick the 5-8 most important and interesting stories. Skip duplicates, ads and low-value items.\n\nFormat rules:\n- Start with a single-sentence overview of the day.\n- Then list each story: an emoji, a short bold-free headline, a 1-2 sentence summary in plain language, and the link on its own line.\n- Plain text only: no HTML tags, no markdown symbols like *, _, # or [].\n- Keep the whole digest under 3,500 characters so it fits in one Telegram message.\n- End with one line: \"That's all for today \u2014 see you tomorrow!\""
        },
        "promptType": "define"
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.1
    },
    {
      "id": "ee32a046-735b-4760-abc3-12450c7bd79e",
      "name": "OpenAI GPT-5 Mini",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "position": [
        1872,
        336
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "model": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-5-mini"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.3
    },
    {
      "id": "9d920bee-c423-445f-926f-c1be33f71cda",
      "name": "Post Digest to Telegram",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
      "position": [
        2176,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{ $json.output }}",
        "chatId": "={{ $('Set Digest Configuration').first().json.telegramChatId }}",
        "resource": "message",
        "operation": "sendMessage",
        "additionalFields": {
          "parse_mode": "Markdown",
          "appendAttribution": false,
          "disable_web_page_preview": true
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "fde1dc68-61c3-4688-b087-6b7d3dc099b9",
      "name": "Send Digest via Gmail",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "position": [
        2400,
        112
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "={{ $('Set Digest Configuration').first().json.emailTo }}",
        "message": "={{ $('Create Daily Digest').first().json.output }}",
        "options": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        },
        "subject": "=\u2615 Your Daily News Digest \u2014 {{ $now.toFormat(\"MMMM d, yyyy\") }}",
        "resource": "message",
        "emailType": "text",
        "operation": "send"
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Split Feed URLs": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Fetch Articles from RSS",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "OpenAI GPT-5 Mini": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Create Daily Digest",
            "type": "ai_languageModel",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Create Daily Digest": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Post Digest to Telegram",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Aggregate Article List": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Create Daily Digest",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Fetch Articles from RSS": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Deduplicate by Article Link",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Post Digest to Telegram": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Digest via Gmail",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Limit to Newest Articles": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Prepare Article Snippets",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Prepare Article Snippets": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Aggregate Article List",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Set Digest Configuration": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Split Feed URLs",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Deduplicate by Article Link": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Limit to Newest Articles",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "When Daily Digest Scheduled": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Set Digest Configuration",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}
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This workflow runs every morning at 8 AM, pulls articles from multiple RSS feeds, deduplicates and trims the list, uses OpenAI (GPT-5 Mini) to write a short plain-text news digest, and delivers the same digest to a Telegram chat and a Gmail inbox. Runs daily at 8:00 AM on a…

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