n8n LinkedIn Drafts from Blog RSS with OpenAI & Gmail

Turn your blog RSS into LinkedIn drafts—automatically (and safely) with OpenAI + Gmail

This n8n workflow runs every morning, reads your blog’s RSS feed, generates LinkedIn-ready post copy with OpenAI, and saves each result as a Gmail draft for you to review—so nothing gets posted automatically.

What this workflow does

• Runs on a daily schedule (currently set to 8:00).
• Loads configuration values such as your RSS feed URL, brand voice, look-back window, and maximum posts per run.
• Reads your blog RSS feed and filters items to keep only posts published within the configured look-back window.
• Limits processing to a maximum number of posts per run to control output volume.
• Uses OpenAI to generate LinkedIn copy from each eligible post’s title, link, and snippet, keeping the result to up to 120 words and matching your specified voice.
• Creates a Gmail draft containing the generated LinkedIn text so you can approve and publish manually.

Use cases

• SaaS operators who want consistent LinkedIn presence based on new blog content.
• Automation engineers building an n8n content pipeline that turns RSS into social drafts.
• Teams that prefer human review before posting on LinkedIn.
• Founders who want brand-voice-aligned LinkedIn updates without writing from scratch.

Technical details (n8n)

• Uses nodes/tools: rss feed read, filter, limit, set, sticky note (for documentation), gmail.
• OpenAI step: select your OpenAI model in the workflow and generate LinkedIn post copy (max 120 words) using configured brand voice.
• Gmail OAuth: requires permission to create drafts in your mailbox.

Setup checklist

• Add an OpenAI credential and choose the model in the OpenAI step.
• Add a Gmail OAuth credential with draft creation access.
• Update the RSS feed URL, brand voice, look-back hours, maximum posts per run, and the daily schedule time.