Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Daily English learning automation: BBC News to Notion

Started by a clock, and works across Discord and Notion. 17 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 10Service 5

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

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2When clicking ‘Test workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  3. 3Switch-what-type-English-skill-learn-pathSwitchLogic
  4. 4HTTP Request - Get BBC home page htmlHttp RequestService
  5. 5HTML - get news urlHtmlLogic
  6. 6Create the database pageNotionService
  7. 7Parse url to newsIdCodeLogic
  8. 8Merge notion database page url and news dataMergeLogic
  9. 9HTTP Request - Get Each news contentHttp RequestService
  10. 10Code - let data more simpleCodeLogic
  11. 11HTML - Parse news articlesHtmlLogic
  12. 12Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  13. 13Code - format news article and urlCodeLogic
  14. 14Code - check if any update is success, and output status and notion urlCodeLogic
  15. 15Update the block from the created database pageNotionService
  16. 16if any one news udpate successIfLogic
  17. 17Send to Discord for notifyDiscordService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
17, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Discord, Notion
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Discord and Notion 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. 17 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 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.