🎬 Summarize RSS feeds with Claude and post digests to Slack
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Description
Quick overview
On a schedule, this workflow fetches an RSS feed, extracts the latest items, asks Claude to write a short factual digest from only that data, and posts the digest to Slack.
How it works
- On a schedule, fetches an RSS feed and converts it from XML to JSON.
- Extracts the latest items (title, link, publish date, summary), capped at a configurable number.
- Sends the extracted items to the Anthropic Claude Messages API with instructions to write a short, factual digest using only the provided data — with automatic retries on transient failures.
- Posts the digest to Slack via an Incoming Webhook, verifying delivery by checking the actual response body rather than assuming success.
Setup
- Add an Anthropic API key as a credential in n8n and assign it in the “Call Claude (Anthropic) API” node.
- Open the “Set: feed URL & Slack webhook” node and paste the RSS feed URL you want summarized, plus your Slack Incoming Webhook URL.
- Adjust the Schedule Trigger to whatever cadence you want (defaults to every 24 hours), then activate the workflow.
Requirements
- An n8n instance (Cloud or self-hosted)
- An Anthropic API key, added as an “Anthropic” credential in n8n
- A Slack Incoming Webhook URL (no Slack app or OAuth required)
- Any standard RSS 2.0 feed URL
Customization
- Change maxItems in the “Set: feed URL & Slack webhook” node to summarize more or fewer recent items.
- Swap the Slack delivery step for email, Notion, or a database write.
- This template is written for standard RSS 2.0 feeds. For Atom feeds, adjust the “Extract feed items” node’s parsing logic.
🔗 Nodes Used
HTTP Request, Schedule Trigger
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File