I got tired of refreshing news sites, so I built a small workflow that watches RSS feeds for me and pings Telegram the moment a matching story breaks. Sharing it here free.
What it does
- Polls your RSS feeds every 5 minutes (configurable)
- Matches new stories against your keyword watchlist
- Remembers what it already sent, so each alert fires exactly once
- Sends a formatted Telegram message with headline, source and link
All settings live in a single Config node (feeds, keywords, Telegram chat ID), and the AI summarization step uses a plain HTTP Request node, so it runs on n8n Cloud with no extra packages.
Setup
- Import the JSON below
- Create a Telegram bot via @BotFather and connect the Telegram credential
- Edit feeds and keywords in the Config node
- Activate
Workflow JSON
I also packaged this with 6 more workflows I use for content sites (daily AI news digest, RSS to WordPress drafts, content repurposing, competitor weekly brief, multilingual publisher, YouTube to blog drafts). The free template and the full pack are both here: Breaking-News Keyword Alerts for n8n (Free Template)
Happy to answer setup questions.