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Create a balanced RSS topic digest with HTML

Started by a clock, and works across RSS. 16 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 10Service 4

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

  1. 1Run manuallyManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Every morningSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Choose topics and limitsSetLogic
  4. 4Read feed 1Rss Feed ReadService
  5. 5Read feed 2Rss Feed ReadService
  6. 6Read feed 3Rss Feed ReadService
  7. 7Label feed 1CodeLogic
  8. 8Label feed 2CodeLogic
  9. 9Label feed 3CodeLogic
  10. 10Combine feedsMergeLogic
  11. 11Clean and check articlesCodeLogic
  12. 12Remove repeated storiesCodeLogic
  13. 13Score topic matchesCodeLogic
  14. 14Pick a balanced shortlistCodeLogic
  15. 15Build the HTML reportCodeLogic
  16. 16Download reportConvert To FileService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
16
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
RSS
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own RSS account. 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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.