AI daily news digest

Every morning, AI summarises the latest articles from a news feed into one short email.

Medium Saves ~5 hours/month ProductivityBy Flowngn team

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How it works

Trigger: Schedule — every day at 7:00

Read the latest items from an RSS feed (industry news, blogs, Google News).
Keep articles from the last 24 hours.
Ask an AI model for a 5-bullet summary with the most important links.
Email the digest to yourself.

Diagram

Trigger App Code AI

Code

JavaScript used in the Code step — already included in the template below.

Last 24 hours · Code node

// Keeps the last 24 hours of articles (max 15) as one block of text for the AI.
const DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;

const articles = $input.all()
  .map((item) => item.json)
  .filter((a) => Date.now() - new Date(a.isoDate || a.pubDate).getTime() < DAY)
  .slice(0, 15)
  .map((a, i) => `${i + 1}. ${a.title}\n${(a.contentSnippet || "").slice(0, 300)}\n${a.link}`);

if (!articles.length) return [];
return [{ json: { articles: articles.join("\n\n") } }];

Build it

Pick your tool — same automation, step by step.

Copy and paste straight into an n8n canvas (Ctrl+V), or download and use Import from File. Then connect your own credentials and replace every YOUR_… placeholder. AI steps use a Claude model node — swap it for OpenAI, Gemini or Ollama if you prefer.

Workflow JSON

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  "name": "AI daily news digest (Flowngn)",
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        "content": "## AI daily news digest\nEvery morning, AI summarises the latest articles from a news feed into one short email.\n\n**Setup**\n1. Open each node and connect your own credentials.\n2. Replace every YOUR_… placeholder.\n3. Test once, then activate.\n\nFree template from Flowngn",
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      "id": "292cf932-28a7-4640-ac3f-63835463a159",
      "name": "Every day 7:00",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "position": [
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    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=YOUR_TOPIC&hl=en",
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "292cf932-28a7-4640-ac3f-63835463a159",
      "name": "Read news feed",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
      "typeVersion": 1.1,
      "position": [
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    {
      "parameters": {
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    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "promptType": "define",
        "text": "=Summarize today's most important news for a busy reader in 5 bullet points. Each bullet: one sentence plus the link. Skip duplicates and clickbait.\n\n{{ $json.articles }}"
      },
      "id": "292cf932-28a7-4640-ac3f-63835463a159",
      "name": "Summarize news",
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      "position": [
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        0
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    },
    {
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        "model": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "claude-sonnet-5",
          "mode": "list"
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      "name": "Claude model",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatAnthropic",
      "typeVersion": 1.3,
      "position": [
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    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "you@yourcompany.com",
        "subject": "=☕ Your news digest — {{ $now.toFormat('d LLL') }}",
        "emailType": "text",
        "message": "={{ $json.text }}",
        "options": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        }
      },
      "id": "292cf932-28a7-4640-ac3f-63835463a159",
      "name": "Email digest",
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  "meta": {
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  },
  "tags": []
}

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Tips

Google News offers RSS for any search: news.google.com/rss/search?q=your+topic

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