New blog post to a newsletter draft with AI
When you publish a blog post, AI writes a short newsletter about it and saves it to your Gmail drafts.
How it works
- Watch your blog's RSS feed.
- AI writes a subject line, intro and 3 takeaways with a link to the post.
- Save it as a Gmail draft, ready to paste into your newsletter tool.
Diagram
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.
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}In Make, create a new scenario and add these modules in order:
- RSS › Watch RSS Feed Items
- Anthropic Claude › Create a Prompt (or OpenAI › Create a Completion)
- Gmail › Create a Draft
- Every module run uses Make operations — the free plan includes a monthly quota.
- Module and step names can differ slightly as Make and Zapier update their apps.
In Zapier, create a new Zap and add these steps in order:
- RSS by Zapier — New Item in Feed
- Anthropic (Claude) — Send Message (or ChatGPT — Conversation)
- Gmail — Create Draft
- Zaps with more than two steps need a paid Zapier plan.
- Module and step names can differ slightly as Make and Zapier update their apps.
Tips
- Most blogs have a feed at /feed or /rss.xml.
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