Stream Daily Tech Trends to macOS Menu Bar via SwiftBar Webhook

Stream today’s tech trends straight into your macOS Menu Bar—automatically

This n8n workflow exposes a webhook endpoint that fetches today’s top tech trends from an n8n Data Table, formats them into SwiftBar-compatible menu lines, and returns the result as a JSON response for display in your macOS Menu Bar.

What this workflow does

• Receives a webhook request at a configured path and waits to respond via a dedicated “respond to webhook” step.
• Queries the n8n Data Table named tech_trends using a configurable date filter.
• Filters, sorts, and limits results by score to build a SwiftBar list of the top 10 trend items.
• Returns SwiftBar output as JSON with application/json content type and CORS enabled, so SwiftBar (or a SwiftBar script) can consume it reliably.

Use cases

• SaaS operators who want a daily “at-a-glance” view of industry signals without opening dashboards.
• Automation engineers using n8n Data Tables to curate trend sources, then surfacing the results on macOS for quick review.
• Product teams collecting ranked entries (e.g., by impact score) and making the latest items instantly visible as a menu bar widget.

Technical details

• Nodes / components: code, webhook, data table, sticky note, respond to webhook.
• Data source: n8n Data Table tech_trends with fields like date, title, source, and optionally score.
• Response format: JSON (application/json) designed for SwiftBar.
• Customization: adjust the Data Table date logic (the template includes a fixed date filter), and optionally edit formatting to change the menu title and item limit.

Setup tip: create/populate the tech_trends Data Table, copy the production webhook URL, then configure SwiftBar to call this endpoint on a schedule.