Auto-generate AI news commentary with Dumpling AI and GPT-4o
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 12 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and OpenAI. It also calls app.dumplingai.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day).
- Fetch Topics with Empty Commentary (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Loop Through Each Topic (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- Wait: pauses before continuing
- Search News with Dumpling AI (HTTP Request): calls app.dumplingai.com (POST)
- Split Returned News Articles (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
- Scrape Article Content with Dumpling AI (HTTP Request): calls app.dumplingai.com (POST)
- Aggregate: combines items into one
- Clean Article Content (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Generate LinkedIn Commentary (GPT-4o) (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Append Commentary Back to Sheet (Google Sheets): append or update
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: app.dumplingai.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 (10)
- No Operation, do nothing
n8n-nodes-base.noOp - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Aggregate
n8n-nodes-base.aggregate - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - OpenAI
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From the author
This workflow turns trending news into thoughtful first-person commentary for platforms like LinkedIn. It uses Dumpling AI’s News Search and Scraping APIs to find and extract article content, then feeds the cleaned text to GPT-4o to write personalized…