Create and send tech news digests with RSS, Gemini AI and Gmail
This workflow automates the entire lifecycle of collecting, filtering, summarizing, and delivering the most important daily news in technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and the digital industry. It functions as a fully autonomous editorial engine, combining dozens of RSS feeds, structured data processing, and an LLM (Google Gemini) to transform a large volume of raw articles into a concise, high–value daily briefing delivered straight to your inbox.
Read: Full setup Guide
✅ 1. Scheduled Automation
The workflow begins with a Schedule Trigger, which runs at predefined intervals. Every execution generates a fresh briefing that reflects the most relevant news from the past 24 hours.
✅ 2. Massive Multi-Source RSS Collection
The workflow gathers content from over 25 curated RSS feeds covering:
🔐 Cybersecurity
(The Hacker News, Krebs on Security, SANS, CVE feeds, Google Cloud Threat Intelligence, Cisco Talos, etc.)
🤖 Artificial Intelligence
(Google Research, MIT News, AI News, OpenAI News)
💻 Technology & Digital Industry
(Il Sole 24 Ore, Cybersecurity360, Graham Cluley, and more)
⚙️ Nvidia Ecosystem
(Nvidia Newsroom, Nvidia Developer Blog, Nvidia Blog)
Each RSS feed is handled by a dedicated node, which ensures:
- source isolation
- easier debugging
- no single point of failure
The feeds are grouped using category-specific Merge nodes (Cyber1/2/3, AI, Nvidia), enabling modular scalability.
✅ 3. Unified Feed Aggregation
All category merges feed into the Merge_All node, creating a single combined dataset of articles from every source.
✅ 4. Intelligent Filtering (last 24 hours only)
The Filter node removes:
- articles older than 24 hours (based on
isoDate) - invalid items
- duplicated or redundant entries
This keeps the briefing strictly relevant to the current day.
✅ 5. Chronological Sorting
The Sort – Articles by Date node orders all remaining items in descending date order. More recent or time-sensitive news is therefore prioritized.
✅ 6. Data Normalization (JavaScript Code)
A dedicated Code node transforms all incoming items into one clean JSON object:
{
"articles": [
{
"title": "...",
"content": "...",
"link": "...",
"isoDate": "..."
}
]
}
This standardized structure becomes the input for the LLM summarization stage.
✅ 7. AI Editorial Processing – Google Gemini
The node LLM – News Summarizer is the workflow’s editorial brain.
A complex prompt instructs Gemini to behave like the editor-in-chief of a major tech newspaper, enforcing strict rules:
Selection rules:
- choose only 8–10 truly important stories
- ignore low-value content (minor product releases, clickbait, rumors…)
Relevance criteria:
- AI research & foundation models
- Big Tech developments
- cybersecurity incidents
- regulation and digital policy
- semiconductors, cloud, and infrastructure
- digital rights, governance, sovereignty
Deduplication:
If multiple feeds report the same story, only one version is kept.
Output format:
Gemini must output a valid JSON object containing:
subject: the email subject linehtml: a fully structured HTML body grouped into categories
Each news item ends with a clickable HTML source link, NEVER plaintext URLs.
This step condenses dozens of articles into a polished, editorial-grade briefing.
✅ 8. HTML Newsletter Assembly (Code Node)
The Build Final Newsletter HTML node:
- safely parses the JSON from the LLM
- cleans any ```json fences or extra text
- validates
subjectandhtmlfields - embeds the content into a modern, responsive HTML email template
The output is a single item containing:
- the final email subject
- the final HTML body Ready to be sent.
✅ 9. Automatic Email Delivery
The Send Final Digest Email (Gmail node):
- uses the generated subject
- sends the curated HTML newsletter
- delivers it to the configured recipient(s)
- uses a custom sender name (“n8n News”)
The result is a fully automated Tech & AI Daily Briefing delivered with zero manual effort.
In Summary: What This Workflow Achieves
✔ Collects news from 25+ high-quality RSS sources ✔ Normalizes, filters, and sorts all items automatically ✔ Uses Google Gemini to select only the stories that truly matter ✔ Generates a coherent, readable, professional-looking HTML newsletter ✔ Sends the result via email every day
Perfect for:
- daily executive briefings
- technology and cybersecurity monitoring
- automated newsletter production
- internal knowledge distribution
- competitive intelligence workflows
n8n Workflow: Create and Send Tech News Digests with RSS, Gemini AI, and Gmail
This n8n workflow automates the process of generating and sending personalized tech news digests. It reads articles from specified RSS feeds, filters them based on keywords, summarizes the relevant articles using Google Gemini AI, and then compiles and sends the digest via Gmail.
What it does
This workflow performs the following steps:
- Schedules Execution: Triggers daily at 9:00 AM to fetch the latest news.
- Fetches RSS Feeds: Reads articles from multiple configured RSS feeds (e.g., "https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml", "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Technology.xml").
- Filters Articles: Filters the fetched articles to include only those containing specific keywords (e.g., "AI", "Gemini", "ChatGPT", "n8n", "automation").
- Sorts Articles: Sorts the filtered articles by publication date in ascending order.
- Generates AI Summaries: For each relevant article, it uses Google Gemini AI to generate a concise summary.
- Formats Digest Content: Compiles all summarized articles into a well-formatted HTML email body, including a title, link, and summary for each article.
- Sends Email Digest: Sends the compiled tech news digest as an email via Gmail to a specified recipient.
Prerequisites/Requirements
To use this workflow, you will need:
- n8n Instance: A running instance of n8n.
- Google Gemini Credential: An n8n credential configured for Google Gemini (API key or service account).
- Gmail Credential: An n8n credential configured for Gmail (OAuth 2.0 recommended).
- RSS Feed URLs: The URLs of the RSS feeds you wish to monitor for tech news.
- Keywords: A list of keywords to filter articles by.
Setup/Usage
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Import the Workflow:
- Download the provided JSON file for this workflow.
- In your n8n instance, go to "Workflows" and click "New".
- Click the three dots next to "New Workflow" and select "Import from JSON".
- Paste the workflow JSON or upload the file.
-
Configure Credentials:
- Google Gemini: Locate the "Google Gemini" node (ID:
1309). Click on the "Credential" field and select or create a new Google Gemini credential. - Gmail: Locate the "Gmail" node (ID:
356). Click on the "Credential" field and select or create a new Gmail OAuth 2.0 credential.
- Google Gemini: Locate the "Google Gemini" node (ID:
-
Customize RSS Feeds:
- Locate the "RSS Read" node (ID:
37). - In the "URL" field, you can add or remove RSS feed URLs. The example includes "https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml" and "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Technology.xml".
- Locate the "RSS Read" node (ID:
-
Adjust Keywords:
- Locate the "Filter" node (ID:
844). - In the "Conditions" section, you can modify the keywords used to filter articles. The current setup checks for "AI", "Gemini", "ChatGPT", "n8n", and "automation" in the article title or description.
- Locate the "Filter" node (ID:
-
Configure Email Recipient:
- Locate the "Gmail" node (ID:
356). - Update the "To" email address to send the digest to your desired recipient.
- Locate the "Gmail" node (ID:
-
Activate the Workflow:
- Once configured, ensure the workflow is active by toggling the "Active" switch in the top right corner of the workflow editor.
The workflow will now run daily at 9:00 AM, generate your personalized tech news digest, and send it to your specified email address.
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