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Filter and deduplicate AI news with Google Sheets, OpenAI, and Hugging Face

Ready for 3.0

by Stephen Anindo ✓ · 7 views · created 2026-07-23 · Market Research, AI Summarization

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 35 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and OpenAI Chat Model. It also calls api.openai.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. Set Workflow Context (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 17 fields: sheetDocumentId, sourceTab, articlesTab…
  2. Check for Fresh Start (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  3. Check for Live Articles (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  4. Clear Package Data in Sheets (Google Sheets): clear
  5. Resume After Clear (Merge): merges the data from its input branches
  6. Split RSS Feed URLs (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
  7. Clear Seen Ledger in Sheets (Google Sheets): clear
  8. Read Articles from Sheets (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  9. Read Seen Ledger from Sheets (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  10. Fetch RSS Feeds (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed

…plus 21 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsOpenAI Chat Model

HTTP calls to: api.openai.com

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (16)

From the author

Quick overview Reads your RSS feeds daily, kills obvious noise with free keyword rules, then groups outlets covering the same story using cheap embeddings, so the AI judge never rules on a story twice. Approved story packages, plus a kept-or-rejected reason…

Excerpt from Stephen Anindo's description on n8n.io.

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