Send a daily AI news briefing from Hacker News, dev.to and Lobste.rs to Telegram with OpenAI

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Built by Ali Abdullah Ali Abdullah
Created on October 09, 2026

Description

Quick overview
Anyone who wants to stay current on AI without doomscrolling: developers, founders, researchers, and AI enthusiasts who live on Telegram and want one sharp briefing every morning.

How it works
Every morning the workflow pulls recent AI stories from Hacker News through the public Algolia API, with no API key needed.
It keeps the freshest stories that have real links.
Stories are ranked by community points and the top 8 are taken.
OpenAI then writes a punchy plain-language summary of the headlines.
The workflow formats everything into a clean Markdown briefing, AI summary first.
Then the top stories follow as linked headlines with point counts.
The finished briefing is sent to your Telegram chat.

Setup
Get an OpenAI API key from platform.openai.com and add it as credentials on the Summarize with AI node.
Create a Telegram bot with @BotFather and copy the API token. In n8n, add your Telegram credentials on the Send Telegram Briefing node.
Get your chat ID by messaging @userinfobot on Telegram. Open the Configuration node and paste your chat ID there.
Press Execute on the manual trigger to test, then activate the workflow.

Requirements
An OpenAI API key (used for the AI summary step).

Customization
Change the search query (try "open source LLM" or "AI agents"), the story count, the lookback window, or the schedule time in the Configuration node. Swap the Telegram node for Slack, Discord, or email to change how the briefing is delivered.

This workflow was created by Ali Abdullah and shared publicly on the n8n community template library. n8nFind indexes it for discovery — the workflow remains the property of its original creator.

Nodes Used (4)

Code
n8n-nodes-base.code
HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
OpenAI
n8n-nodes-base.openAi
Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram