🎬 Auto-generate AI news commentary with Dumpling AI and GPT-4o

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Description

This workflow turns trending news into thoughtful first-person commentary for platforms like LinkedIn. It uses Dumpling AI’s News Search and Scraping APIs to find and extract article content, then feeds the cleaned text to GPT-4o to write personalized insights. The final output is saved back to Google Sheets as a draft for easy review or posting.

✅ What this workflow does

1. Triggers daily using a Schedule node.
2. Fetches a list of content topics from a Google Sheet.
3. Uses Dumpling AI to search for relevant news articles based on each topic.
4. Scrapes the article content with Dumpling AI’s /scrape endpoint.
5. Cleans and aggregates the article content using a Code node.
6. Generates first-person commentary with GPT-4o tailored for LinkedIn.
7. Appends the generated post back to the Google Sheet next to its topic.

🧩 Nodes in this workflow

• Schedule Trigger: Starts the workflow daily.
• Google Sheets (Read Topics): Pulls topic rows that don’t have a generated commentary yet.
• Split In Batches: Processes each topic one at a time.
• Wait: Adds a delay to manage API limits.
• HTTP Request (Search News): Uses Dumpling AI’s /search-news to find relevant articles for the topic.
• Split Out: Iterates over the list of article results.
• HTTP Request (Scrape Article): Extracts the full article text using Dumpling AI’s /scrape.
• Aggregate: Collects and merges article content fields.
• Code (Clean Article): Strips links, formatting, and irrelevant text.
• OpenAI (GPT-4o): Generates a short, first-person LinkedIn post-style commentary using a custom prompt.
• Google Sheets (Write Back): Appends the final output next to the original topic in the sheet.

🧑‍💼 Who is this for?

• Founders, content creators, marketers, or agency teams looking to maintain an active presence on LinkedIn or newsletters by sharing smart takes on industry trends.

💡 What problem does this solve?

Most people want to comment on current events but don’t have the time to summarize articles or write well-structured posts. This automation saves hours of manual work by:

• Finding the right article.
• Extracting and cleaning the content.
• Writing it in a natural, first-person voice using AI.

⚙️ What you need to use this:

• A Google Sheet with at least two columns: topic and generated commentary.
• A Dumpling AI API Key with access to the /search-news and /scrape endpoints.
• An OpenAI GPT-4o connection.

🔗 Nodes Used

Google Sheets, HTTP Request, Schedule Trigger, OpenAI

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup