Create and approve LinkedIn posts from RSS with OpenAI, Gmail, and Sheets
Ready for 3.0Ready 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 18 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, OpenAI Chat Model and Gmail.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 08:00).
- Read Posts from Sheets (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Build RSS Sources (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Fetch RSS News (RSS Read): reads an RSS feed
- Content Analysis Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Model for Content Draft
- Parse JSON Output (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Generate Image from Pexels (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Wait for Approval Email Response (Gmail): send and wait for a reply
- Route by Approval Decision (Switch): routes items into 3 branches
- Download Image from URL (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Log Rejected Items to Sheets (Google Sheets): append
…plus 5 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
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 (9)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - RSS Read
n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
From the author
Quick overview This workflow runs daily, reads RSS news and your recent post history from Google Sheets, uses OpenAI to draft a new LinkedIn post in Brazilian Portuguese, fetches a relevant image from Pexels, and emails you for approval before publishing to…