# Daily English learning automation: BBC News to Notion: n8n workflow

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

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/daily-english-learning-automation-bbc-news-to-notion (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Alerts and monitoring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Alerts+and+monitoring#library)

# 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.

Medium

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fdaily-english-learning-automation-bbc-news-to-notion)

**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 10 Service 5

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

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **When clicking ‘Test workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Switch-what-type-English-skill-learn-path** Switch *Logic*
- 4 **HTTP Request - Get BBC home page html** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **HTML - get news url** Html *Logic*
- 6 **Create the database page** Notion *Service*
- 7 **Parse url to newsId** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Merge notion database page url and news data** Merge *Logic*
- 9 **HTTP Request - Get Each news content** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **Code - let data more simple** Code *Logic*
- 11 **HTML - Parse news articles** Html *Logic*
- 12 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 13 **Code - format news article and url** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Code - check if any update is success, and output status and notion url** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Update the block from the created database page** Notion *Service*
- 16 **if any one news udpate success** If *Logic*
- 17 **Send to Discord for notify** Discord *Service*

## 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.

## 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%2Fdaily-english-learning-automation-bbc-news-to-notion)
- **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.

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

## Workflows like it

Also alerts and monitoring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Generate multi-variation FX concept clips with Seedance AI** 17 steps · Google Drive, Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-multi-variation-fx-concept-clips-with-seedance-ai)
- [**Redact personal data from any item with Discord** 17 steps · Discord, n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/redact-personal-data-from-any-item-with-discord)
- [**Role-based access control (RBAC) for Telegram automations** 17 steps · Airtable, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/role-based-access-control-rbac-for-telegram-automations)
- [**Automate Reddit Monitoring with OpenAI and Notion** 17 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-reddit-monitoring-with-openai-and-notion)
- [**Monitor data quality with Notion and SQL** 17 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Jira](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-data-quality-with-notion-and-sql)
- [**Monitor news sentiment trends with OpenAI and MrScraper** 17 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-news-sentiment-trends-with-openai-and-mrscraper)