Subscribe to New Releases of a Github Repository via Gmail

The workflow JSON

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{
  "meta": {
    "templateId": "2278",
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "4074dda0-993b-4b63-8502-3db09a920e42",
      "name": "Send Gmail",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "position": [
        1520,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "user@example.com",
        "message": "={{ $json.html }}",
        "options": {
          "appendAttribution": true
        },
        "subject": "new stable version of n8n released"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "gmailOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.1
    },
    {
      "id": "01364110-5482-416f-abab-32ddbb9c3123",
      "name": "Fetch Github Repo Releases",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        840,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/n8n-io/n8n/releases/latest",
        "options": {}
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "fb96efc1-e615-4378-80c5-1ddafff3a4e8",
      "name": "Split Out Content",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
      "position": [
        1080,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "fieldToSplitOut": "body"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "ca540fee-a2dc-4780-95d1-6a0a5b8dc6fa",
      "name": "Convert Markdown to HTML",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.markdown",
      "position": [
        1260,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "markdownToHtml",
        "options": {},
        "markdown": "={{ $json.body }}",
        "destinationKey": "html"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "e0e74830-bb7b-4b1f-9a1e-e7eb01a5cecb",
      "name": "Daily Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "position": [
        580,
        260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {}
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "d90f0d15-de3b-4997-9a36-f6ee08d5aea2",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        740,
        160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 288,
        "height": 300,
        "content": "Change **url** for Github Repo here"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "f3b1af79-9946-4588-bae9-839f712a7d12",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1440,
        160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 288,
        "height": 300,
        "content": "Change **to Email** here"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Daily Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Fetch Github Repo Releases",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Split Out Content": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Convert Markdown to HTML",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Convert Markdown to HTML": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Gmail",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Fetch Github Repo Releases": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Split Out Content",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• gmailOAuth2

About this workflow

This is a very simple workflow that lets you subscribe to any github repository for the latest release (using n8n as example). daily poll to Github repository for release for latest (stable) version of n8n parses the content to HTML sends a gmail add your gmail credentials (or…

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2278/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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