Automated News Summarizer with GPT-4o + Email Delivery

How it Works

This workflow fetches top news headlines every 10 minutes from NewsAPI, summarizes them using OpenAI's GPT-4o model, and sends a concise email digest to a list of recipients defined in a Google Spreadsheet. It's ideal for anyone who wants to stay updated with the latest news in a short, digestible format.

🎯 Use Case

• Professionals who want summarized daily news
• Newsletters or internal communication updates
• Teams that require contextual summaries of the latest events

Setup Instructions

1. Upload the Spreadsheet

• File name: Emails
• Column: Email with recipient addresses

2. Configure Google Sheets Nodes

• Connect your Google account to:
  • Email List
  • Send Email

3. Add API Credentials

• NewsAPI Key → for fetching top headlines
• OpenAI API Key → for summarizing headlines
• Gmail Account → for sending the email digest

4. Activate the Workflow

• Once active, the workflow runs every 10 minutes via a cron trigger
• Summarized news is sent to the list of emails in the spreadsheet

🔁 Workflow Logic

1. Trigger: Every 10 minutes via Cron
2. Fetch News: HTTP request to NewsAPI for top headlines
3. Summarize: Headlines are passed to OpenAI's GPT-4o for 5-bullet summary
4. Read Recipients: Google Sheet is used to collect email recipients
5. Send Email: Summary is formatted and sent via Gmail

🧩 Node Descriptions

| Node Name | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Cron | Triggers the workflow every 10 minutes. | | HTTP Request - NewsAPI | Fetches top news headlines using NewsAPI. | | Set | Formats or structures raw news data before processing. | | AI Agent | Summarizes the news content using OpenAI into 5 bullet points. | | Email List | Reads recipient email addresses from the 'Emails' Google Spreadsheet. | | Send Email | Sends the email digest to all recipients using Gmail. |

🛠️ Customization Tips

• Modify the AI prompt for tone, length, or content type
• Send summaries to Slack, Telegram, or Notion instead of Gmail
• Adjust cron interval for more/less frequent updates
• Change email formatting (HTML vs plain text)

📎 Required Files

| File Name | Purpose | |-----------|---------| | Emails spreadsheet | Google Sheet containing the list of email recipients | | daily_news.json | Main n8n workflow file to automate daily news digest |

🧪 Testing Tips

• Add 1–2 test email addresses in your spreadsheet
• Temporarily change the Cron node to run every minute for testing
• Check email inbox for delivery and formatting
• Inspect the execution logs for API errors or formatting issues

🏷 Suggested Tags & Categories

#News #OpenAI #Automation #Email #Digest #Marketing