n8n RSS Reading List Workflow: Yaolifeng.com (Markdown)

Stay current with yaolifeng.com—automatically generate a Markdown RSS reading list in n8n

This n8n workflow fetches the latest public RSS feed from yaolifeng.com, selects the 10 newest blog posts, deduplicates them, and outputs both structured article data and a ready-to-use Markdown reading list. Run it manually or let it refresh every day at 08:00 (Asia/Shanghai).

What this workflow does

• Runs on demand or on a schedule: manual execution, or daily at 08:00 (Asia/Shanghai).
• Reads the yaolifeng.com RSS feed from https://yaolifeng.com/api/rss?type=blogs.
• Cleans and normalizes feed items, including title, URL, description, categories, and publication date.
• Deduplicates, sorts, and selects the newest posts by publication time, keeping only the 10 most recent.
• Generates one consolidated Markdown reading list, and returns it alongside the selected post records.

Use cases

• For SaaS operators and automation engineers who want a lightweight “inbox” of fresh blog content without manual browsing.
• To maintain a personal or team reading page by generating Markdown from an RSS feed automatically.
• To test and validate RSS-to-structured-data pipelines in n8n (including deduplication and recency filtering).
• To integrate yaolifeng.com blog updates into your internal publishing or knowledge workflow as a clean Markdown output.

Technical details

• Nodes / components used: code, sticky note, RSS Feed Read, Manual Trigger, Schedule Trigger.
• Scheduling requirement: ensure your n8n instance timezone is set to Asia/Shanghai, or adjust the cron expression accordingly.
• Output: structured article records + a single Markdown reading list.

Setup tip: import the workflow, verify the RSS feed URL matches the content you want to track, run it once manually to confirm output, then enable the daily schedule.