Your first n8n agent: a daily digest on Telegram

Goal

Build a workflow that runs every morning, reads a few RSS feeds or websites, summarizes them with an AI model and sends you the digest on Telegram.

Steps

1. Choose n8n Cloud (paid, nothing to install) or self-host the free Community Edition (Docker; needs a server that stays on). Beginners: start with the cloud trial or Make.
2. Create a Telegram bot with @BotFather, copy its token, and add it as a Telegram credential in n8n.
3. Add a Schedule Trigger (e.g. every day at 07:00 your local time; set the workflow time zone).
4. Add RSS Read nodes for 2–4 feeds (e.g. this site's /en/new/feed.xml), then a node that keeps only the latest 10 items.
5. Add an AI/LLM node (OpenAI, Anthropic or Google credential) with the prompt below, feeding in the items' titles and links.
6. Add a Telegram 'Send Message' node to your chat ID. Run once manually, then activate the workflow.

Agent template

Replace anything in { } with your details.

You write my morning digest. Language: {LANGUAGE}.
From the items below, pick the {N} most useful for someone interested in {INTERESTS}. For each: one bold title line, one sentence on why it matters, and the link. Skip duplicates and ads. End with one line: "Today's one action:" + a concrete suggestion.
Keep the whole message under 1,200 characters (Telegram-friendly).
Items:
{{ $json.items }}

Expected output

A Telegram message every morning with 5 summarized links and one suggested action.

Gotchas

• ⚠ A self-hosted n8n on your laptop stops when the laptop sleeps; use a small always-on server or n8n Cloud.
• ⚠ AI API calls are billed by the model provider separately from n8n.
• ⚠ Keep tokens in n8n credentials, never inside node text.
• ⚠ Scraping sites against their terms is not OK; prefer RSS and official APIs.