Trending AI News — Email Report
Automatically surface what’s hot in AI—research, headlines, and product launches—then package it into a readable report delivered to your inbox.
Ideal for operators, founders, and analysts who want a steady pulse on AI without living in a dozen tabs—your workflow gathers signals, summarizes them, and emails you on a schedule.
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Why This Stack?
AI news moves fast. Instead of checking multiple sites and social feeds every day, you can orchestrate discovery and delivery: pull trending topics and credible sources, synthesize them into a short brief, and email yourself (or your team) on a cadence you control.
The Workflow
Step 1 — Define what “trending” means for you
List the sources you trust (RSS, newsletters, X lists, Reddit subs, product changelog pages) and the topics you care about (e.g. models, regulation, dev tools, enterprise adoption). In n8n, use scheduled triggers and HTTP / RSS nodes to collect raw items on each run.
Step 2 — Research and summarize with Perplexity AI
Feed the collected headlines or URLs into Perplexity AI (or your LLM step) to cluster duplicates, fact-check against recent context, and produce a tight summary: top stories, one-line why-it-matters, and optional “watch next” items. Keep the output structured (sections or JSON) so the email template stays consistent.
Step 3 — n8n: format and send email
Use n8n’s Send Email node (SMTP), or hand off to your ESP (Resend, Mailgun, etc.) via HTTP. Personalize the message with the subscriber’s name. Schedule the workflow (daily/weekly) or run it on demand after someone signs up for a test report.
Try it on this site
Use the Try a sample report form on this stack page (above the article). Enter a valid email and your name; the site forwards your details to a configured webhook so your automation can trigger a one-off or welcome report. Webhook: the site POSTs your form data to n8n. You can override the URL with AI_TRENDING_NEWS_REPORT_WEBHOOK_URL or N8N_DAILY_AI_NEWS_WEBHOOK_URL; otherwise a default test webhook is used.
Limitations
- Quality depends on sources you wire in; garbage in, garbage out.
- Not financial or legal advice; verify claims before acting.
- Email deliverability is handled by your ESP and domain reputation—not by this stack page alone.
Estimated Monthly Cost
| Component | Notes | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| n8n | Self-hosted or Cloud | From $0 (self-host) / Cloud plans vary |
| Perplexity AI | API or Pro usage | Varies by volume |
| Email (SMTP / ESP) | Transactional sends | Often free tier available |
Total scales with how often you run the workflow and how much you call external APIs.
Sample report
Use the form in the article column to trigger a test email through your webhook.
Stack Details
- Category
- Research
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Tools
- 2
- Added
- Apr 2026