Publish LinkedIn AI operations posts from RSS with OpenAI and Airtable

by Craig ✓ · 7 views · created 2026-07-25 · Social Media, Multimodal AI

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 45 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects OpenAI, Airtable and Gmail. It also calls api.openai.com and api.linkedin.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 08:00) (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Fetch TechCrunch AI Feed (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
2. Fetch The Verge AI Feed (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
3. Fetch OpenAI Blog Feed (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
4. Load Test Signal Data (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
5. Merge: merges the data from its input branches
6. Parse Publish Payload (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
7. Clean RSS Signals (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
8. OpenAI: uses OpenAI
9. OpenAI: uses OpenAI
10. Normalize Post Content (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 33 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

OpenAIAirtableGmail

HTTP calls to: api.openai.com, api.linkedin.com

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Nodes used (11)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• RSS Readn8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead
• Mergen8n-nodes-base.merge
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• OpenAI@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Airtablen8n-nodes-base.airtable
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Convert to Filen8n-nodes-base.convertToFile
• Gmailn8n-nodes-base.gmail
• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger

From the author

Quick overview Workflow runs at 08:00 (UK), AI stories from TechCrunch, The Verge, and the OpenAI Blog via RSS, AI to select and editorially shape one signal into a post and image prompt, generates and QA-checks a poster image, then publishes to a LinkedIn,…

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