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Breaking news aggregator with SendGrid and PostgreSQL

Started by a clock, and works across Postgres and SendGrid. 10 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 3

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

  1. 1Daily Regulatory CheckSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Define Regulatory SourcesCodeLogic
  3. 3Loop Through SourcesSplit In BatchesLogic
  4. 4Scrape Regulatory PageScrapegraph AiService
  5. 5Normalize & Score ImpactCodeLogic
  6. 6Add Timestamp & MetadataSetLogic
  7. 7High Impact?IfLogic
  8. 8Prepare Email ContentSetLogic
  9. 9Store Regulation RecordPostgresService
  10. 10SendGrid AlertSend GridService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
10, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Postgres, SendGrid
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Postgres and SendGrid accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

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 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.