# Monitor RSS feeds with Apify: n8n workflow template

> Started by a clock, and works across Apify and n8n data table. 9 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-rss-feeds-with-apify (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)

# Monitor RSS feeds with Apify

Started by a clock, and works across Apify and n8n data table. 9 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 5 Service 3

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

- 1 **When Every Hour** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Run RSS Monitoring Task** Apify *Service*
- 3 **If Default Dataset Exists** If *Logic*
- 4 **Fetch Dataset Records** Apify *Service*
- 5 **Report No Dataset Found** Code *Logic*
- 6 **Process Dataset Records** Code *Logic*
- 7 **If Records Exist** If *Logic*
- 8 **Upsert RSS Items** Data Table *Service*
- 9 **Report Ingestion Outcome** Code *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 9, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Apify, n8n data table
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Apify 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. 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%2Fmonitor-rss-feeds-with-apify)
- **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.

[Apify](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Apify#library)[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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