Automate Weekly RSS Digest with OpenAI & Gmail in n8n

Streamline Your Content Curation with Weekly RSS Digest Automation

Enhance your productivity with the Automate Weekly RSS Digest with OpenAI & Gmail in n8n workflow. Seamlessly gather and curate top articles from your favorite RSS feeds, and receive a sleek, AI-crafted newsletter in your inbox every Monday. Say goodbye to manual article sorting and hello to efficient content delivery!

What this workflow does

• Automatically triggers every Monday at 08:00 to ensure you start your week with curated content.
• Compiles articles from your chosen RSS feeds by accessing one entry per URL and reviewing all of its available articles.
• Ensures relevance by removing duplicates, and retains articles from the past week, ranking them from newest to oldest, and capping the list at 15 articles.
• Uses OpenAI's gpt-4o-mini to intelligently categorize the articles into 2-4 themes and generates a professional HTML digest with summaries and active hyperlinks.
• Creates a polished, styled email template with the AI-generated content and personalizes it with a recipient's email and a dated subject line.
• Sends the ready-to-read HTML email directly to your Gmail inbox, guaranteeing timely delivery of your weekly digest.

Use cases

• Content Managers: Effortlessly compile and distribute a weekly highlights newsletter without manual sorting.
• SaaS Operators: Keep your team updated with industry trends and updates directly in their inboxes.
• Automation Engineers: Demonstrate sophisticated use of n8n and OpenAI tools to optimize workflow tasks.

Technical details

• Tech Stack: n8n automation platform
• Nodes Used: RSS Feed Read, OpenAI, Gmail, Set, Code, Sticky Note, Schedule Trigger
• Integration Setup: Requires OpenAI credential for content curation and Gmail OAuth2 credential for email delivery.
• Customizable Elements: RSS feed URL list, recipient email address, scheduling, and article filtering/ranking parameters.