Hourly is an intelligent email digest system built with n8n that automatically compiles and delivers personalized hourly updates straight to your inbox. Stay informed with real-time weather, entertainment, and AI-curated news - all in one beautifully formatted email.
| FEATUREs | DESCRIPTION | TECHNOLOGY |
|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ Real-time Weather Updates | Current conditions, temperature, humidity, and more | OpenWeatherMap API |
| 😂 Hourly Humor | A fresh random joke to brighten your hour | icanhazdadjoke API |
| 📰 AI-Summarized Tech News | Top 10 technology headlines intelligently summarized | Google News RSS, Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| 📧 Automated Email Delivery | Sends a beautifully formatted HTML email every hour | Gmail SMTP |
| 📗 Activity Logging | Tracks all digest activities with timestamps | Google Sheets |
Here is a visual overview of the n8n workflow:
| # | COMPONENTs | DESCRIPTION | NODEs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ | Schedule Trigger | Runs every hour automatically | n8n Schedule Trigger |
| 2️⃣ | OpenWeatherMap | Fetches current weather data for your location | OpenWeatherMap API |
| 3️⃣ | Get Joke | Retrieves a random dad joke via HTTP request | icanhazdadjoke API |
| 4️⃣ | Get Google News | Pulls latest tech news from Google News feed | Google News RSS |
| 5️⃣ | Limit News Items | Filters top 10 news articles | JavaScript Code |
| 6️⃣ | Summarize News | Uses Google Gemini to create an AI-powered summary | Google Gemini |
| 7️⃣ | Compose Email | Formats all data into a clean HTML email | n8n Set Node |
| 8️⃣ | Send Email | Delivers the digest via Gmail SMTP | Gmail SMTP |
| 9️⃣ | Prepare Log Data | Prepares activity log entry | n8n Set Node |
| 🔟 | Add Data | Logs the activity to Google Sheets | Google Sheets API |
Made with ⏳ by Saptarshi Roy