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Personalized AI tech newsletter with RSS and OpenAI

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail, RSS and in-memory vectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 17 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 8Logic 5Service 2

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

  1. 1Embeddings OpenAIEmbeddings Open AiModel
  2. 2Recursive Character Text SplitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  3. 3OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4Get Articles DailySchedule triggerStarts it
  5. 5Send Weekly SummarySchedule triggerStarts it
  6. 6Embeddings OpenAI2Embeddings Open AiModel
  7. 7Store News ArticlesVector Store In MemoryModel
  8. 8Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  9. 9News reader AIAgentModel
  10. 10Set Tech News RSS FeedsSetLogic
  11. 11Your topics of interestSetLogic
  12. 12Get News ArticlesVector Store In MemoryModel
  13. 13Convert Response to an Email-Friendly FormatMarkdownLogic
  14. 14Split OutSplit OutLogic
  15. 15Send NewsletterGmailService
  16. 16Read RSS News FeedsRss Feed ReadService
  17. 17Set and Normalize FieldsSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
17
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, RSS, in-memory vectors
Model
OpenAI
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, RSS and in-memory vectors accounts, 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. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

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.