# Send a daily AI news digest from Hacker News: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-a-daily-ai-news-digest-from-hacker-news (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Chat assistants](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Chat+assistants#library)

# Send a daily AI news digest from Hacker News

Started by a clock, and works across Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 19 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenRouter

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**19 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 10 Service 4

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

- 1 **Daily Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenRouter GPT5** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 3 **OpenRouter GPT4** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 4 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 5 **HTTP Request** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Basic LLM Chain** Chain Llm *Model*
- 7 **Split Out** Split Out *Logic*
- 8 **Format for Telegram** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Filter Last 24 Hours** Filter *Logic*
- 10 **Send news** Telegram *Service*
- 11 **Limit** Limit *Logic*
- 12 **Guard Empty** Code *Logic*
- 13 **If** If *Logic*
- 14 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 15 **Notify No News** Telegram *Service*
- 16 **Collect Articles** Code *Logic*
- 17 **Scrape Article URL** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic*
- 19 **Convert to Markdown** Markdown *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 19, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Telegram
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Telegram account, and a key for OpenRouter. 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 OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 19 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 19 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%2Fsend-a-daily-ai-news-digest-from-hacker-news)
- **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.

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

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