Create and publish AI news LinkedIn posts from RSS with OpenAI and Airtable

by Craig ✓ · 26 views · created 2026-08-14 · Social Media, Multimodal AI

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 47 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00). 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).

1. Set Publishing Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 12 fields: brand_name, linkedin_organization_id, airtable_base_id…
2. Apply Editorial Cadence and Safety Gate (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
3. Load Recent Publishing History (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (GET)
4. RSS TechCrunch AI (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
5. RSS The Verge AI (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
6. RSS OpenAI Blog (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
7. Merge: merges the data from its input branches
8. Prepare RSS Signals (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Select Best Editorial Signal With OpenAI (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
10. Parse Editorial Signal (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 36 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
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs on a daily schedule, reads AI-related articles from multiple RSS feeds, uses OpenAI to select and draft a LinkedIn company-page post, stores the editorial pack in Airtable, generates and QA-checks an image, and then publishes…

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