Automation library · Data collection

Send daily Reddit digest email with Google Sheets and SMTP

Started by a clock, and works across Email and Google Sheets. 16 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 9Service 6

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

  1. 1ScheduleSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Read SourcesGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3Build Feed URLSetLogic
  4. 4Fetch Feed XML1Http RequestService
  5. 5Parse XMLXmlLogic
  6. 6Split Atom EntriesCodeLogic
  7. 7Normalize Post FieldsSetLogic
  8. 8Read KeywordsGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9MergeMergeLogic
  10. 10ScoringCodeLogic
  11. 11Collect CandidatesCodeLogic
  12. 12Read SeenGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13Filter New OnlyCodeLogic
  14. 14Append SeenGoogle SheetsService
  15. 15Build Email DigestCodeLogic
  16. 16Send emailEmail SendService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
16
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Google Sheets accounts. 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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.