AI News Digest — n8n Workflow Kit with Claude API
Stop scanning a dozen sites every morning. Get a ranked AI news digest delivered to Discord, Slack, or email for $0.10/day — set up in 30 minutes.
What's Included
27-Node n8n Workflow
Complete workflow JSON — import into n8n and connect credentials
Database Migrations
4 PostgreSQL tables with indexes + 10 starter feed seeds
Docker Compose
Standalone PostgreSQL 17 container with health checks
Setup Guide
30-minute README covering all 7 setup steps
Troubleshooting Guide
10 real errors with exact fixes from development
Cost Guide
Per-component token counts, monthly projections, optimization tips
Customization Guide
Topic weights, feed management, schedule changes, prompt tuning
Prompt Templates
Full article analysis + digest compilation prompts with customization notes
30+ Curated Feeds
10 starter feeds + 30 recommended across 8 categories
Output Templates
Discord embed, Slack Block Kit, and HTML email format references
Features
$0.10/Day to Run
Haiku for batch analysis, Sonnet for compilation. Dual-model strategy that costs less than $3/month.
30-Minute Setup
Import workflow, run migrations, connect credentials, test. Seven steps, all documented.
Full-Text Analysis
Jina Reader extracts complete articles — not RSS excerpts. Claude analyzes the real content.
11 Errors Already Fixed
Every production bug documented with the exact fix. 7 hours of debugging you skip.
3-Tier Deduplication
URL hash + fuzzy title matching + 7-day database lookback. No duplicate stories.
Discord, Slack, and Email
Color-coded Discord embeds, Slack Block Kit, responsive HTML email. Enable any combination.
Importance Scoring
1–10 calibrated ratings with topic weight multipliers. Your priorities, not a feed algorithm’s.
Cost Tracking Built In
Every digest footer shows the actual API cost for that run. No surprise bills.
Description
I was spending 45 minutes every morning scanning Hacker News, Reddit, TechCrunch, and half a dozen AI blogs trying to figure out which stories actually mattered. So I built a workflow to do it for me.
This kit is that exact workflow — packaged with everything you need to have it running in 30 minutes. It monitors 10 RSS feeds, extracts full article text (not just RSS excerpts), analyzes each one with Claude Haiku for importance scoring, compiles the top stories into a polished digest with Claude Sonnet, and delivers it to Discord, Slack, or email every morning.
The real value isn’t the workflow JSON. It’s the 7 hours of debugging I already did for you. 11 documented errors, from Slack’s Block Kit formatting quirks (90 minutes) to the AI Agent node that silently 10x’d API costs (60 minutes) to n8n cron triggers that show “Active” but never fire (60 minutes). Every fix is documented in the troubleshooting guide.
Daily cost breakdown: Claude Haiku analyzes 25 articles for ~$0.06. Claude Sonnet compiles the digest for ~$0.04. Jina Reader extracts full text for free. Total: about $0.10/day, or $3/month. That’s less than a single coffee for a daily briefing that used to take 45 minutes of your morning.
Requirements
n8n 2.6.4+ (self-hosted or cloud), PostgreSQL 14+, Anthropic API key, at least one delivery channel (Discord, Slack, or email)
Learn how this was built, the decisions made, and gotchas to watch for.
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