# Automate RSS to Instagram with Cloudinary: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across RSS. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 24 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-rss-to-instagram-with-cloudinary (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Automate RSS to Instagram with Cloudinary

Started by a clock, and works across RSS. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 24 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

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**24 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 6 Logic 10 Service 7

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **4o-mini** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **4.1** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 4 **RSS Read** Rss Feed Read *Service*
- 5 **Best Article finder** Agent *Model*
- 6 **News-writer** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Aggregate** Aggregate *Logic*
- 8 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 9 **AI-NewsTitle** Open Ai *Model*
- 10 **group the news into 1 item** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Find the urls the ai outputted** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Generate an image** Open Ai *Model*
- 13 **All url's to 1 string** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Add_textReadMore-toimage** Edit Image *Service*
- 15 **Upload an asset from file data** Cloudinary *Service*
- 16 **Instagram params** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Code in JavaScript** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Facebook Graph API** Facebook Graph Api *Service*
- 19 **Instagram check status of media uploaded before** Facebook Graph Api *Service*
- 20 **Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 21 **If media status is finished** If *Logic*
- 22 **Instagram publish media** Facebook Graph Api *Service*
- 23 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 24 **Instagram check status of media published before** Facebook Graph Api *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 24, with 1 branch, 2 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** RSS
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own RSS account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 24 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 24 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-rss-to-instagram-with-cloudinary)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=RSS#library)

## Workflows like it

Also content, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Automated WordPress Blogger with Claude and OpenAI** 25 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-wordpress-blogger-with-claude-and-openai)
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- [**News-to-blog automation with OpenAI and Leonardo AI** 25 steps · calls a model · RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/news-to-blog-automation-with-openai-and-leonardo-ai)