Mutasem This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2144 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Gmail → RSS Feed Read recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
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{
"id": "48a0524d-db39-4046-bad1-18684064cbac",
"name": "Every 1 hour",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
40,
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"parameters": {
"rule": {
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{
"field": "hours",
"triggerAtMinute": 30
}
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"name": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
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"options": {}
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"name": "No Operation, do nothing",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
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{
"id": "980351bb-685b-4392-bb28-a10bec1608fe",
"name": "RSS Read",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
920,
620
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.urls }}",
"options": {}
},
"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 1,
"waitBetweenTries": 5000
},
{
"id": "7281072f-f773-468f-8599-4efa5832f8e2",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 162,
"height": 84,
"content": "\ud83d\udc46 Add your RSS feeds urls here."
},
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"name": "Sticky Note3",
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"parameters": {
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"width": 447,
"height": 104.61602497398542,
"content": "### \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udfa4 Setup\n1. Add your email and email creds\n2. Add the RSS feed URLs you want to follow"
},
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},
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"id": "8a932df6-4550-4f01-86a0-45a2857645c0",
"name": "If published in the last hour",
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
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"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
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"operator": {
"type": "dateTime",
"operation": "after"
},
"leftValue": "={{ DateTime.fromISO($json.isoDate) }}",
"rightValue": "={{ DateTime.now().minus({hour: 1}) }}"
},
{
"id": "b37ee746-6b2c-45ad-80db-fa2750ce9a58",
"operator": {
"type": "dateTime",
"operation": "beforeOrEquals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ DateTime.fromISO($json.isoDate) }}",
"rightValue": "={{ DateTime.now() }}"
}
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},
"typeVersion": 2
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{
"id": "8bf89e60-5ea1-47b9-9249-bf2e258f9a2d",
"name": "Send email with each post",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"position": [
1360,
600
],
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "SET YOUR EMAIL HERE",
"message": "=Check out this new post from {{ $json.link.extractDomain() }} at {{ $json.link }}\n\n----\n\n {{ $json.contentSnippet }}",
"options": {
"appendAttribution": true
},
"subject": "=New post from {{ $json.link.extractDomain() }}: {{ $json.title }} "
},
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
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"id": "8a344c1e-4f57-46b8-8736-d4d651188e57",
"name": "Split Out",
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"parameters": {
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{
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"name": "List of RSS feeds",
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"parameters": {
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"assignments": [
{
"id": "257d7e0a-1c6e-42ca-825c-347fec574914",
"name": "urls",
"type": "array",
"value": "[\"https://www.anildash.com/feed.xml\", \"https://sive.rs/en.atom\"]"
}
]
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"connections": {
"RSS Read": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "If published in the last hour",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out": {
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{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
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"Every 1 hour": {
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"node": "List of RSS feeds",
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}
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]
},
"Loop Over Items": {
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[
{
"node": "No Operation, do nothing",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "RSS Read",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"List of RSS feeds": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
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}
]
]
},
"If published in the last hour": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send email with each post",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
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]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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gmailOAuth2
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About this workflow
This workflow automatically turns any RSS feed into a newsletter. It send an email every time a new post is published to an RSS feed in the last hour. I have been using this personally to follow Derek Sivers and Anil Dash, who don't have newsletters. Check them out 😉 Add your…
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