RSS Feed News Processing and Distribution Workflow
This workflow can automatically fetch the latest news from multiple RSS feeds, filter content from the past 7 days, and sort it by time. Selected summaries are published in Markdown format to the comments of designated Trello cards, while relevant personnel are notified via email. It supports monitoring up to three RSS feeds and allows for flexible adjustments to the filtering time range and the number of news items, significantly enhancing the timeliness of information retrieval and team collaboration efficiency, making it particularly suitable for content managers and marketing professionals.
Workflow Name
RSS Feed News Processing and Distribution Workflow
Key Features and Highlights
This workflow automatically fetches the latest news from multiple RSS sources, filters content published within the last 7 days, sorts the results chronologically, and publishes curated news summaries in Markdown format as comments on designated Trello cards. It also sends email notifications to relevant stakeholders. The workflow supports monitoring up to three RSS feeds simultaneously, with flexible adjustment of filtering time ranges and the number of news items, ensuring timely and accurate information delivery.
Core Problems Addressed
Manually monitoring multiple RSS subscriptions and filtering the latest content is cumbersome and inefficient. This workflow automates the centralized collection, filtering, formatting, and distribution of news content, significantly saving time and enhancing the team's timeliness in information acquisition and collaboration efficiency.
Application Scenarios
- Content operations teams needing regular summaries of industry news or competitor updates
- Marketing teams monitoring technology and market trend developments
- Project management teams tracking relevant domain information to support decision-making
- Media and information service providers automating news content aggregation
- Any teams or individuals requiring periodic acquisition and sharing of multi-source news information
Main Process Steps
- Scheduled Trigger: Automatically initiates the workflow every Monday at 7:00 AM.
- Multi-Source Collection: Simultaneously pulls the latest articles from three RSS feeds, including testingcatalog.com, marktechpost.com, and artificial-intelligence.blog.
- Data Transformation: Standardizes news titles, summaries, links, publication dates, and category information.
- Content Filtering: Selects news published within the last 7 days.
- Sorting and Limiting: Sorts news by publication date in descending order and limits output to 10 items.
- Format Conversion: Converts news content into Markdown format for easy reading and sharing.
- Publishing and Sharing: Posts the curated news summaries as comments on specified Trello cards.
- Email Notification: Sends email alerts to notify relevant personnel to review the updates.
Involved Systems or Services
- RSS Feeds (multiple news sources)
- Trello (posting card comments)
- Gmail (sending notification emails)
- n8n platform (workflow automation execution)
Target Users and Value
This workflow is especially suitable for content managers, marketing professionals, project team leaders, and any professionals who need to efficiently acquire and share multi-channel news information. It helps users automate the information collection and distribution process, improve work efficiency, ensure timely access to key industry developments, and support precise decision-making and collaborative work.