Daily RSS Email Digest with GPT-4o-mini via SMTP (n8n)

Get a plain-text daily RSS digest—automatically summarized with GPT-4o-mini and sent by email

This n8n workflow delivers a morning “read-it-in-60-seconds” summary of your favorite RSS feeds. Each day it collects the latest items, uses OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini) to condense them into a grouped digest, and emails the result via SMTP as a plain-text message with today’s date in the subject.

What this workflow does

• Runs daily on a cron schedule (default delivery time: 07:00, configurable).
• Reads multiple RSS feeds by splitting a comma-separated list of RSS feed URLs into individual feed requests.
• Fetches the latest items from each feed URL.
• Builds a combined text payload including titles, dates, links, and snippets.
• Uses OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini) to generate a short, grouped daily digest from the combined items, designed to skip ads or off-topic content.
• Sends the digest via SMTP as plain text, with today’s date included in the email subject.

Use cases

• SaaS operators who want a daily scan of product updates, engineering posts, or industry news without manually checking multiple sites.
• Automation engineers tracking RSS-based announcements and changelogs across several sources—then reviewing only the most relevant highlights.
• Teams who need a lightweight daily briefing that stays in email (no dashboards required) and remains easy to skim.

Technical details

• Nodes / components: Schedule Trigger, RSS Feed Read, Set, Code, OpenAI Chat Model (GPT-4o-mini), Email Send, Sticky Note.
• OpenAI integration: add your OpenAI API credentials in the OpenAI Chat Model connection.
• Email delivery: configure SMTP credentials in the Email Send step and set the From and To addresses.
• RSS configuration: replace the placeholder RSS FeedUrls field with your comma-separated RSS feed URLs.

Perfect for n8n automation workflows that combine RSS ingestion, GPT-4o-mini summarization, and SMTP email delivery.