# Filter & summarize AI news from TechCrunch to Slack: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/filter-and-summarize-ai-news-from-techcrunch-to-slack (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Filter & summarize AI news from TechCrunch to Slack

Started by a clock, and works across Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

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**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 3 Service 3

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

- 1 **Daily Market Research Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Summarizer** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Crawl TechCrunch (FireCrawl)** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Summarizer Agent** Agent *Model*
- 5 **Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 6 **Filter Messages** Code *Logic*
- 7 **Receive Firecrawl Results** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Send Summary to Slack** Slack *Service*
- 9 **Split Output** Code *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 9, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Slack
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Slack 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?

Plan an afternoon. 9 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 9 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%2Ffilter-and-summarize-ai-news-from-techcrunch-to-slack)
- **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.

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

## Workflows like it

Also research and reporting, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Summarize RSS feeds into a daily AI digest with Gemini** 9 steps · calls a model · Gmail, RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/summarize-rss-feeds-into-a-daily-ai-digest-with-gemini)
- [**Automate Marketing Revenue Attribution & ROI Analytics** 9 steps · Airtable, Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-marketing-revenue-attribution-and-roi-analytics)
- [**Send a daily Slack summary of Gmail triage metrics** 9 steps · Google Sheets, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-a-daily-slack-summary-of-gmail-triage-metrics)