Can it track more than one source?

Yes — use a free feed aggregator to combine multiple industry sources into one RSS URL; the guide walks through this.

Is this the same as the AI Newsletter Digest template?

No — that one repackages curated links for your subscribers. This one is for your own internal market intelligence, synthesizing trends across a whole week of coverage.

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AI Market Trend Digest

This automation reads your industry RSS feed every Monday morning, collects the past week's headlines, and has AI synthesize the real trends buried in the noise — not just a list of links, but what's actually shifting and one practical thing you could do about it. A 3-minute read instead of an hour of scrolling.

Automation flow

Step 1

Every Monday 07:00

A weekly schedule kicks off the digest.

Step 2

Read Industry Feed

Your combined industry RSS feed is checked.

Step 3

Collect This Week's Items

Only the past 7 days of headlines are kept.

Step 4

Synthesize Trend Report (AI)

AI identifies 3-5 real trends, not just headlines.

Step 5

Send Trend Report

A concise digest with action tips lands in your inbox.

How it works

1Every Monday at 7 AM, the feed is checked.
2Items published in the last 7 days are collected into one block of headlines and snippets.
3That block is sent to the AI with instructions to identify 3-5 real trends (not just list headlines) and suggest one practical action per trend.
4The synthesized digest is emailed to you as clean HTML.

Services used

RSS FeedAI API (OpenAI-compatible)Gmail

What you'll need

An n8n Cloud or self-hosted account
An RSS feed covering your industry (see "Getting a combined feed" below for tracking multiple sources)
An OpenAI API key (or any compatible AI API)
A Gmail account

What's included

Synthesizes trends, doesn't just repackage headlines
Each trend comes with one practical action tip
Works with any combined RSS feed (Feedly, Inoreader, etc.)
Bring your own AI API key

Estimate what this could save you

Times per week

Minutes each time

Your hourly value ($)

3.6 hours/month

≈ $108/month in your time

A rough estimate based on what you enter above — not a guarantee. Actual time saved depends on your process.

Make it yours

Send the digest to a Slack channel instead of (or in addition to) email — swap or add a Slack node after "Parse AI Response".
Feed the actionTip output into a task-tracking sheet so trend-driven ideas don't get lost after Monday.
Combine with the AI Newsletter Digest template: use this one internally for market intelligence, and the other externally for your own subscriber newsletter.

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Questions about this template

$25one-time

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Structurally validated: automatically checked for valid n8n format before every deploy.

Difficulty: Medium
Setup time: ~15 min
Integrations: 3
Node count: 6
Format: .json + guide