# Send branded RSS article newsletters with OpenAI and Canvora: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and RSS. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-branded-rss-article-newsletters-with-openai-and-canvora (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Send branded RSS article newsletters with OpenAI and Canvora

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and RSS. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 12 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

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**12 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**3** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 1 Logic 7 Service 3

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

- 1 **When New Article in Feed** Rss Feed Read trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Write Newsletter Blurb** Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Parse Blurb** Code *Logic*
- 4 **Post to Canvora** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **Wait 30s** Wait *Logic*
- 6 **Fetch Generation Status** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **If Generation Done** If *Logic*
- 8 **If Generation Succeeded** If *Logic*
- 9 **If Timed Out** If *Logic*
- 10 **Build HTML Email** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Generation Failed (credits auto-refunded)** No Op *Logic*
- 12 **Send Newsletter via Gmail** Gmail *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 12, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, RSS
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and RSS accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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. 12 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 12 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-branded-rss-article-newsletters-with-openai-and-canvora)
- **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.

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

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