Developer & DevOps

Post RSS feed items from yesterday to Slack

6 nodes 200 126 Scheduled trigger
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Workflow Description

Automated daily workflow that fetches RSS feed articles published yesterday and sends them to Slack channels automatically, keeping your team informed about the latest updates without manual intervention.

How it works

  1. 1.Schedule daily execution at a specific time using the cron trigger
  2. 2.Read RSS feed and extract items published yesterday using date filtering functions
  3. 3.Filter articles by comparing publication date to yesterday's date using conditional logic
  4. 4.Send each article to Slack with title, link, and description

Use cases

  • Track industry news and technical developments on a regular basis
  • Distribute blog posts and content updates to the team automatically
  • Monitor external sources and alert the team about new updates immediately

Requirements

  • Valid and active RSS feed URL
  • Slack channel access with message posting permissions
  • Understanding of date formats and time operations in n8n

Service Value

Ready-made workflow template for automation delivery and service execution.

Apps Used

Schedule Rss Feed Read Slack

Details

Trigger Scheduled trigger
Nodes 6
Apps 3
Views 200
Downloads 126

How to Use

  1. 1.Click "Download Template"
  2. 2.Open your n8n dashboard
  3. 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
  4. 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials

Nodes Used (6)

Build our message

Function

#1

Every Morning

Cron

#2

Get Yesterdays Date

Date Time

#3

Get the RSS Feed

Rss Feed Read

#4

If it was published after yesterday

If

#5

Post to Slack

Slack

#6